Sean Bailey | Architecture + Design
Welcome to seanbaileyarchitecture.com.
This platform showcases some of my personal work; my interests and accolades throughout my life and career. Since graduating from the MArch course at the Welsh School of Architecture in 2018 and more recently the Part III Professional Studies course in 2020, I am now working as a qualified and RIBA chartered architect as an associate partner in London. I continue to pursue my voyage through the labyrinth of the architectural world looking for bigger and better challenges and truly enjoy pushing myself to explore new design frontiers.
– Sean Bailey, 2025
NEWS ITEMS
Promotion to Associate Partner, Foster + Partners.
June 2025 – After 6 and a half years working for world leading architecture practice, Foster + Partners, Sean has been promoted to Associate Partner. This is an achievement that has been ensured following year of dedication to the industry and ensuring that the highest quality in all facets of architectural design is achieved. As ever, Sean is excited to make even greater impacts on the global architectual stage with the new role.
Return to Cardiff University as an Visiting Critic for Fifth Year Reviews, Welsh School of Architecture
May 2025 – Sean has been returning back to Cardiff university over the course of the year to attend critiques on fifth year MArch students work. This month was the final crits for many anxious students before their final exams and it has been a privilage to be able to see all of the incredible and exciting work that has been produced over the course of the academic year. The work is looking to set up an incredible end of year show! Wishing all the students the very best for the last stretch of their Part II studies and a well rewarded break to follow!
Kilimanjaro Charity Climb, Tanzania
February 2024 – This month Sean and his brother committed to testing their limits in climbing Kilimanjaro in Tanzania for Rethink Mental illness.
1 in 4 adults suffer from a mental health condition. For many of us, periods of bad mental health are caused by everyday stresses – whether that’s from work, personal commitments, or something else. And while for some, these instances are isolated and brief, for others they become an ongoing struggle. Rethink directly support almost 60,000 people every year and a donation to them not only directly supports people in the UK impacted by mental health struggles, but also helps Rethink to fight for them at the highest levels.
The climb successfully raised over £2000 for the cause – an overwhelmingly positive response alongside huge support from all those involved.
https://www.justgiving.com/page/kilimanjaro-climb-for-rethink
Honeymoon Trip to Peru and Bolivia, Machu Picchu
June 2023 – A belated honeymoon trip saw Sean travel out to the Mountains, Deserts, Plains and Jungles of South America. Along the way, the architectural influences of ancient civilisations were abundant. Sean was able to adventure into the ruins of both Incan, and pre-Incan civilisations, experience the highly functional architectural vernacular of native rainforest peoples, climb through some of the highest altitude cities on the planet and even stay in buildings constructed entirely of Salt in the Bolivian Andes.
Promotion to Associate Architect, Foster + Partners.
May 2023 – After 4 and a half years working and leading on many high profile and exciting architectural projects around the globe across 4 continents, Sean has secured a promotion to Associate at Foster + Partners. Sean is excited to take on the challenges that come with the new role.
Marriage of Sean Bailey and Rosemiranda Hibbert, Jaggards House, Wiltshere.
August 2022 – 9 years to the day that the couple met, Sean and Rosie tied the knot at Jaggards House, in Wiltshere in front of a wonderful group of family and friends who have helped to ensure that the day will go down as one of the greatest of their lives.
Presenting awards at the WSA Degree show 2022 – Cardiff, UK.
June 2022 – Sean was incredibly honoured this month to represent Foster and Partners at the 2022 WSA degree Show in Cardiff and present two awards to students for ‘research-driven’ and ‘zooming-in’ project categories. Huge congratulations to the Cardiff students for a breathtaking show this year. This was an amazing opportunity to see some of the latest and greatest talent emerging in the architectural world as well as to catch up with old friends and tutors. Sean will be sure to return in the following years to come!
Celebratory trip to Malta – Valletta, Malta.
September 2021 – To mark the happy events in Seans life in the last few months and the slow decline of Covid in Europe, Sean has embarked on a well deserved trip to explore the country of Malta and its meltingpot of culture with his future wife. Architectural and cultural influence on the islands of Malta varies hugely from times of Roman, Greek and Arabic rule to the rule of the Knights of St. John and the British Empire.
Concept Image for 2021 – Competition Piece
January 2021 – We have been all been isolated this past year in our own bubbles which has created barriers for all of us. Despite this we have all successfully kept the machine ticking into 2021.
In 2021, I wish to ‘break the bubble’.
Perhaps more significantly than breaking these barriers for the individual is our continuous attempt in the coming year to break humanities existing barriers.
In 2021, I wish that…
…the people reaching out for each other will continue to break barriers that have divided their fragmented communities and families.
…the kneeling person will continue to break barriers created by racial inequality.
…the crying child will still receive the help to break the barriers of child abuse and poverty.
…the person of faith will continue to look for the real truths over the fake truths that have plagued us in recent times.
…all of us as creators will still look through these barriers and continue our attempts at finding ways to get the best results so the machine can keep ticking.
Registration as an Architect
August 2020 – Following the completion of all three parts of the architectural education system, Sean has finally registered with the ARB allowing him to use the title of Architect. The achievement has felt greater during this difficult year, regarding the impact of Covid-19 on the architectural profession – an impact that will that will likely have a profound and lasting effect on its future for years to come. In a year with a constant stream of seemingly bad news, some good news has been sincerely needed.
Part III Qualification from the Welsh School of Architecture
June 2020 – After almost 10 years in Architectural education, Sean has finally completed the third and final part of the architectural journey at the WSA – A journey that has taken him through undergraduate and master degrees and a diploma course, across multiple continents for study and brought about many long standing freindships. Many thanks go to the multitudes of people that have supported him though the last decade and for all the wonderful things that have been have learned along the way. He continues to work in London refining his skills and architectural understanding for the next challenges that his career bring.
Discovering the South of France – Millau Viaduct, Millau, France
August 2019 – To celebrate 6 years together with his partner, Sean ventured across the South of France from Monaco to Andorra. Along the way, countless opportunities arose to explore some of the best preserved old Roman and Traditional French Towns as well as explore some of the more modern masterpeices (particularly those by his current employer) along this picturesque part of the world.
Journey to the Baltic Country of Estonia – Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia
June 2019 – After finishing the first year of the Professional Diploma course in Architecture at the WSA, Sean has set of on a trip to Estonia to discover the architectural influences and mix of historical cultures in the town of Tallinn – once part of the great Danish, Swedish and Russian Kingdoms of the past.
Fifth Year Thesis Project Presented at the Foster + Partners Graduate Show To Lord Norman Foster
March 2019 – After 6 months of working at Foster + Partners Sean participated in the annual Foster + Partners graduate show. Here he presented his masters thesis to Lord Foster and the practice’s design board – after which the display was left open to view for the rest of the practice.
Relocation to London in a Part II Position at Foster + Partners – Riverside, London, UK
September 2019 – After accepting a position as a part II architectural assistant at Foster + Partners, Sean has moved away from Cardiff to London to start the next stages of his architectural journey.
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