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Tony Kettle
Design Principal
Tony Kettle is an award winning British Architect probably best known for designing the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland and the Lakhta Centre in St Petersburg, the new headquarters for Gazprom, now Europe’s tallest tower at 462m.
Tony was educated at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland and went on to join RMJM, where he worked for 25 years. His experience is extensive and includes many notable projects including the City Palace Evolution Tower in Moscow, the Dubai International Convention Centre, the Stirling Prize winning Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, where he worked alongside EMBT. The Falkirk Wheel, the world’s only rotating boatlift was exhibited in the V&A for the 2012 Olympics and is a fixed exhibit in the Dundee V&A. It has been featured on the UK £50 bank note and in the new British Passport.
Tony is a Patron of ‘It’s Good to Give’ a Scottish Charity who support children and their families affected by cancer. For which he designed the ‘Ripple Retreat’ in the Trossachs National Park in Scotland, which opened in 2017.
Tony is passionate about the built environment and about how design directly influences the way we live. He has recently been a guest speaker at conferences in Bangkok, St Petersburg, London, Dubai and has
spoken at Harvard University.
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