BAL Architecture was founded by Balveer Mankia, an ARB registered architect with extensive experience in globally renowned, award-winning architectural practice.

Balveer studied architecture at the University of Nottingham, gaining a first-class BArch honours degree (RIBA Part 1) and a distinction for both his DipArch (RIBA Part 2) and MArch (RIBA Part 3) masters degrees.

From 2008 to 2019, Balveer worked at Make Architects on a number of world-class schemes, spanning the residential, office, hotel, education and masterplanning sectors. Balveer was a project architect on the 40 Leadenhall Street tower, nicknamed ‘Gotham City.’ Once completed, this £1.2 billion office development will be one of the largest schemes ever built in the City of London and form a key landmark on the city’s iconic skyline. He also led Make’s first schemes in the emerging UK co-living and co-working sectors, undertaking a key role in engaging with the Greater London Authority. Balveer was a project architect on Greenwich Square, a £250 million mixed-use regeneration scheme comprising 5 separate buildings and delivering public swimming baths, a public library, local healthcare facilities, retail units as well as over 680 new homes. Balveer was also involved in the design and construction of The Cube in Birmingham which has instantly become one of the city’s most recognisable landmarks. Additionally, he was a key member of the team that delivered the Elephant & Castle, Elephant Park masterplan application. Offering over 3,000 new homes across 28 acres of land, it forms one of the largest regeneration schemes in central London.

Balveer is a lecturer in architecture at The University of Westminster. He previously taught for several years at The University of Nottingham, The University of Greenwich and has been a guest critic at The University of the Arts London’s Central Saint Martins and Chelsea College of Arts.