Julia Barfield is a British architect born in 1952. She studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1972 to 1978. After finishing her studies, Julia Barfield worked for Foster and Partners for nine years. In 1989 she founded her studio Marks Barfield Architects with her husband David Marks.
Their study shows a great interest in vernacular architecture, geometry and the way in which nature "is designed and organized so efficiently". In their training they have received the influence of Buckminster Fuller and his beliefs on how architects have a social and environmental responsibility.
They have won more than 70 Design, Innovation and Sustainability awards. With the Michael Tippett High School, they won the award for Best Design of a new school in 2008. With The Lightbox, a community cultural center in Woking, they won the 2008 National Arts Award; and with the project to create places, Clapham Old Town, win the NLA for Public Space in 2015.
Their study shows a great interest in vernacular architecture, geometry and the way in which nature "is designed and organized so efficiently". In their training they have received the influence of Buckminster Fuller and his beliefs on how architects have a social and environmental responsibility.
They have won more than 70 Design, Innovation and Sustainability awards. With the Michael Tippett High School, they won the award for Best Design of a new school in 2008. With The Lightbox, a community cultural center in Woking, they won the 2008 National Arts Award; and with the project to create places, Clapham Old Town, win the NLA for Public Space in 2015.
