Bernard Storch
Partner
ARB
About
Bernard Storch is one of PLP’s key creative thinkers, known for his life‑centric design approach that strengthens the relationship between people, nature and the built environment. As a Partner at PLP Architecture, he plays a key design leadership role, shaping collaborative, user‑focused outcomes across complex projects. His work spans residential, commercial, mixed‑use and urban design projects across the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
In the Middle East, he led the early design stages of a major mixed-use development in Riyadh, leading master planning, massing and early architectural concepts aligned with Saudi Vision 2030. In the UAE he has led design on major waterfront and mixed‑use schemes, including Dubai Creek Beach. In the Netherlands, Bernard was part of the senior design team for Tower Ten, a major extension to the World Trade Centre Amsterdam campus in the Amsterdam Zuidas.
In London, Bernard contributed to Park Modern, a high‑end residential and retail development within a sensitive conservation area, and Mayfair Park Residences, shaping a series of luxury residences through careful integration of contemporary architecture into their heritage context. He has also contributed to the wider master planning of Bankside Yards, guiding urban design and residential strategy of this major mixed‑use regeneration on the South Bank. His workplace experience includes the award-winning Sky Central and the new Hogan Lovells headquarters at Holborn Viaduct, transforming a fragmented site into a coherent and sustainable workplace with enhanced public realm.
About
Bernard Storch is one of PLP’s key creative thinkers, known for his life‑centric design approach that strengthens the relationship between people, nature and the built environment. As a Partner at PLP Architecture, he plays a key design leadership role, shaping collaborative, user‑focused outcomes across complex projects. His work spans residential, commercial, mixed‑use and urban design projects across the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
In the Middle East, he led the early design stages of a major mixed-use development in Riyadh, leading master planning, massing and early architectural concepts aligned with Saudi Vision 2030. In the UAE he has led design on major waterfront and mixed‑use schemes, including Dubai Creek Beach. In the Netherlands, Bernard was part of the senior design team for Tower Ten, a major extension to the World Trade Centre Amsterdam campus in the Amsterdam Zuidas.
In London, Bernard contributed to Park Modern, a high‑end residential and retail development within a sensitive conservation area, and Mayfair Park Residences, shaping a series of luxury residences through careful integration of contemporary architecture into their heritage context. He has also contributed to the wider master planning of Bankside Yards, guiding urban design and residential strategy of this major mixed‑use regeneration on the South Bank. His workplace experience includes the award-winning Sky Central and the new Hogan Lovells headquarters at Holborn Viaduct, transforming a fragmented site into a coherent and sustainable workplace with enhanced public realm.