A general architecture practice was founded in London in 1975 and expanded to offices in Covent Garden.
In 1980 the practice developed a historic building specialism, producing new designs in a historic context, converting existing buildings and conservation-repairing historic fabric.The office moved to Hertford, in 1985 and to Southwold in 2000, where it is now based and has developed as a historic-building practice.
Clients are private individuals and families, charity organizations, church parishes or government organisations.
In 1995 Alan Greening was invited to become a “Commissioned Architect” consultant to English Heritage advising it on church, industrial and large-house projects. The practice serves clients throughout the Home Counties and East Anglia and projects are currently involved in Suffolk, Essex, Kent and Hertfordshire.
Alan greening has been a tutor and lecturer in various schools of art and architecture since 1982 from Rochester to Manchester and London to Bournemouth. In 1996 he was invited to become the First-Year Tutor at The Architectural Association’s highly considered postgraduate Building-Conservation Course and served until 2006. He now lectures on the course and provides tours.
He is also a tutor and lecturer at Cambridge University on their postgraduate Building-Conservation course at Madingley.
Alan is the Suffolk Regional organiser for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and is a membership assessor for the organisation Architects Accredited in Building Conservation.
He has been the Education Officer for The Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association and is currently their webmaster.