Laura Bucknall
Architect
Laura is an architect whose work combines thoughtful concept design and spatial planning with clear, well-considered presentation. Her design work starts with a close look at how people will actually use a building, how its spaces relate to one another and what each one needs to work well.
Laura began her career at PRP as a document controller, which is where she first developed her rigorous approach. After university she joined BPTW, where she worked on delivery packages for Rochester Riverside, and after completing her master's she moved to Life3A. There she supported the project leads on Strawberry Fields, a 150-home retirement village in South Cambridgeshire for Rangeford Villages, and the £80m Brent Cross integrated retirement community for Related Argent and Audley. She also led a scheme for a historic site in St Albans through two pre-application submissions.
At amn, Laura has played a central role on Bramston Park, a 147-home integrated retirement community in Oakley, Hampshire, for Rangeford Villages. She helped shape the masterplan and its character areas, and took responsibility for the central facilities building at the heart of the village. Working closely with Rangeford's operations team, and drawing on lessons from their existing villages, she planned the building to run efficiently day to day.
Laura is currently project lead on a series of projects at an established resort on Dartmoor near Okehampton, where she runs the design and coordinates it with the consultant team. The work centres on the resort's existing buildings, upgrading the accommodation and adding new reception buildings and balconies, and it draws on Laura's long-standing interest in the reuse of existing buildings.
Within the practice, Laura leads amn's management systems, bringing the same rigour to how the practice runs as she does to its buildings. She set up the quality management system in 2024 and has since audited and restructured it in line with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, and the system has supported the practice's bids for public sector frameworks.
