Akay Zorlu founded Urban Habitat Studio in 2021.
He is registered with the ARB and is an RIBA chartered architect, accredited RIBA client advisor, urban designer, and experienced design team lead.
Akay graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) and the University of Westminster in London, with over 20 years post-qualification experience in award winning practices.
He has experience in a wide range of sectors including mixed-use regeneration, housing, leisure, community, workspace, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure.
Akay has a wide range of experience from residentially led mixed-use urban design, housing, specialist housing, and commercial, with experience in new build, refurbishment and retrofit projects across all project stages from masterplans to the design of single buildings, as well as leading multidisciplinary design teams from project inception to construction and occupation.