Julia Park, Levitt Bernstein’s head of housing research, has been named Architecture Leader of the Year at the AYAs.

Park was honoured for her work campaigning for better housing and in particular against the unregulated conversion of offices into often deeply unsuitable homes.

She has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the issue, managing to secure coverage in the Times, Guardian and BBC radio, with headlines such as ‘Will these be the worst new rabbit hutch flats in Britain?’ and ‘Developer won approval for flat tinier than taxi’.

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