Principals

Julian Ashton
Matthew Blair
Chris Clarke
Bill Dowzer
Abbie Galvin
Mark Grimmer
James Grose
David Kelly
Phillip Rossington
Phil Tait
Ninotschka Titchkosky
Jane Williams

National Director

James Grose

Principal
(Commercial Director)

Ian Kirkland

Critic-in-Residence

Andrew Metcalf

Board of directors

James Grose
David Kelly
Mark Grimmer
Jane Williams
Phillip Rossington
Ian Kirkland, Ex officio
Kathy Udeh, Secretary to the Board

Julian Ashton

BArch (Hons)

Member RAIA
Registered Architect NSW


Julian is a Principal with BVN and a registered architect with extensive experience in the areas of Health, Research and Education. Graduating from Deakin University in 1994 with honours he was previously a Director of Silver Thomas Hanley and a Principal of Daryl Jackson Robin Dyke, Julian brings to a project a wealth of technical expertise and problem solving skills in complex buildings.

Julian has been involved in all aspects of project delivery including master planning, user-group consultation, documentation and contract administration. Predominantly undertaking Health and Research projects since joining BVN as a Practice Director in 2009, Julian has worked on a number of major projects including the Campbelltown Hospital Redevelopment with clinical and mental health components, the Millennium Research Institute at Westmead with PC2, PC3 laboratories dedicated animal house clean-rooms, proteomics and other core facilities, the Kinghorn Cancer Centre National Life Sciences Hub and Sydney Children’s Hospital .