Tom graduated at Edinburgh University in 1980. He worked in Tanzania on planning of the new capital Dodoma then on theatre design in Edinburgh and hi rise development in Sydney Australia. In 1984 he was based on site at the Scottish Exhibition Centre. He designed hi-tech industrial through the 1980's and planned Scotland`s largest retail mall near Glasgow. He relocated to London in 1987 designing retail, commercial HQ buildings and business parks and then hotels.
In 1993, Tom became senior designer with Wimberly Allison Tong and Goo Inc. for Legoland in Windsor. Following completion he relocated to their London office to design hotels and resorts throughout Europe Middle East and Africa, and in a few years became Managing Director, Senior Vice President and Board Member. He won international competitions for the Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi, Royal Opera House Muscat, and Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, and designed a new luxury hotel at Heliopolis in Cairo, later to become the first Waldorf Astoria in Africa.
He formed his own design company in 2010 to design a range of projects including hotel, education, sports and leisure, residential , and mixed use projects from concept to completion.
MA(hons) Edinburgh 1980 ; Diploma in Architecture 1981
Thomas Neale Russell
