{"id":56,"date":"2015-06-14T12:42:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T02:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-10-04T22:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T12:51:51","slug":"our-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/about\/our-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Our People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Jennifer Preston<\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Director \/ Architect \/ Interior Designer<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image_staff_Jennifer-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Preston\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Jennifer is a registered architect in both New South Wales and Victoria and the founding director of the practice. She has qualifications in Architecture, Interior Design and Building Science, and is a fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.<\/p>\n<p>She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in the Field of Architecture from the University of Queensland, and has taught at the University of Technology Sydney and the Queensland Institute of Technology. Jennifer has written book chapters, journal articles and conference papers on the history of architecture in Sydney and on the historic and cultural significance of public stairways. Jennifer is a Chapter Councillor and Chair of the Institute of Architects Heritage Committee of the NSW Chapter.<\/p>\n<p>With over twenty years in the profession Jennifer has a wide range of experience in different types of projects, including heritage, commercial and government projects. Jennifer has a strong interest in heritage and environmental issues and in developing ways of producing responsible designs that are not economically punitive. She also has a keen interest in equitable access and universal design and looking at ways of creating truly equitable environments.<\/p>\n<p>Nominated Architect | Registration number 6596<\/p>\n<h5>Essays and Details of Papers<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/espace.library.uq.edu.au\/view\/UQ:324149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cEdward Bell and the interdisciplinarity of engineering and architecture in Victorian Sydney\u201d, <em>Fabrications: the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand<\/em>, 2013, Vol 23:2 182-207<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/espace.library.uq.edu.au\/view\/UQ:328171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Social Climbing: The architectural, cultural and heritage significance of Sydney\u2019s public stairways<\/em>, 2014, PhD Thesis, University of Queensland<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/agar_steps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cAgar Steps\u201d, <em>Dictionary of Sydney<\/em>, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/butler_stairs#ref-uuid=4d65ba66-d1f0-4907-90a9-0f4142dedcce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cButler Stairs\u201d, <em>Dictionary of Sydney<\/em>, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/caraher_stairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cCaraher Stairs\u201d, <em>Dictionary of Sydney<\/em>, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/chard_stairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cChard Stairs\u201d, <em>Dictionary of Sydney<\/em>, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/mcelhone_stairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cMcElhone Stairs\u201d, <em>Dictionary of Sydney<\/em>, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/merriman_stairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cMerriman Steps\u201d, <em>Dictionary of Sydney<\/em>, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/caraher_stairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cMoore Steps\u201d, <em>Dictionary of Sydney<\/em>, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryofsydney.org\/entry\/butler_stairs#ref-uuid=4d65ba66-d1f0-4907-90a9-0f4142dedcce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cPlayfair Steps\u201d, <em>Dictionary of Sydney<\/em>, 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pavementbooks.com\/returntothestreet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe Stairway as Street: An alternate street typology\u201d, <em>Return to the Street, <\/em>Sophie Fuggle and Tom Henri Eds., London: 2015, Pavement Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Ross Thornton<\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Director \/ <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Senior Design Architect<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image_staff_Ross.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Thornton\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Ross is an architect in NSW and has been in the profession for over 30 years. He has extensive experience in both multi unit and single dwelling residential projects, including in his own practice from 1990 to 2014. Whilst senior design architect with a previous practice, his project \u2018Pavilions on the Park\u2019 was awarded best medium density development at the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) NSW Awards for Excellence 2010.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to residential projects, Ross is skilled in the design and detailing of a wide variety of project types including Police stations, Court Houses, Fire stations, substations and administrative offices.<\/p>\n<p>Ross joined JPA&amp;D in 2013 as Design Architect, and is responsible for design\u00a0and detailing of the offices major architectural projects.<\/p>\n<p>He has a passionate interest in architectural design at all levels, from concept to design development, to detail design at Tender\/Construction\u00a0documentation stage.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/about\/\">About<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/about\/accreditations\/\">Accreditations<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Preston Director \/ Architect \/ Interior Designer Jennifer is a registered architect in both New South Wales and Victoria and the founding director of the practice. She has qualifications in Architecture, Interior Design and Building Science, and is a fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":88,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/1490"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpad.com.au\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}