Simon joined Arts Team in 2000 to work on the restoration of the London Coliseum for English National Opera. He became an Associate in May 2007. Highlights of Simon's early career include the award-winning £4.75m Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead. Recent projects include the design of the Sondhemin studio theatre in central London for Sir Cameron Mackintosh and the extension to Wakefield Theatre Royal. He is currently leading the project team designing the new Guildhall Scool of Music & Drama, which is located in London's Barbican Centre.

this month I'm listening to

• Newton Faulkner Foundations
• The Automatic Gold Digger
• Arctic Monkeys When the Sun Goes Down
• Muse
• Jack Johnson

at the cinema

• Silberling City of Angels
• von Trier Dogville
• Bird The Incredibles
• Armitage Grosse Point Blank
• Bigelow Point Break