Julie Maxwell
I started working part-time for Paul Testa Architecture when I moved to Sheffield in early 2015. I came after a short sabbatical, that bookended a busy 6 years at VS-A in Lille (France), an architecture and engineering firm. I bring a keen eye for details to the office, having honed construction drawings for buildings across Europe.
In my time working at Paul Testa Architecture I’ve led the detailed design on a number of complex low energy retrofit and extension projects and have really enjoyed bringing the early design intent through in the fine construction details.
Away from architecture, I also founded Craft Lab, a platform to tackle social problems through craft and making. We run open-access sessions, workshops and sell products to reinvest in the programme.
As a husband-and-wife team I own La Biblioteka, a contemporary magazine and bookshop, event space and studio in Sheffield city centre.