Paul’s projects at all scales have been recognised as exemplars of outstanding design, collaborative creativity, applied technology, research and sustainability. These include William Street Quarter; Villaggio in Ghana; Unity on Liverpool’s historic waterfront; Barking Central; Westminster Academy; North London Hospice and Kentish Town Health Centre. His current and recent key projects include the redevelopment of Television Centre in west London; New Scotland Yard for the Metropolitan Police; and Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre. Paul led AHMM’s work on the RIBA Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School in south London, as well as two other Stirling-shortlisted buildings, Westminster Academy in 2008 and Kentish Town Health Centre in 2009.

In addition to his project work, Paul is an active speaker, teacher and juror. He is a visiting professor at the Bartlett and Sheffield schools of architecture; he has also been Vice Chair of the CABE Schools Design Review Panel and is on the CABE National Design Review Panel; and he is an RIBA Client Design Advisor. He has been chair of the Young Architect of the Year awards, chaired the RIBA awards panel until 2010, and was a judge for the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2016. 

Paul received an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Sheffield in 2018, and was appointed the Liverpool City Region Design Champion the same year. A Trustee of the Design Council, he has also been involved in the UK Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s initiatives to promote design quality within the planning process. Having been appointed by the Mayor of London as a Design Advocate in 2022, he was recently named by the Mayor as one of ten architects chosen for the Town Architects pilot project, a role in which he will support and guide work to improve the quality of Croydon’s high streets and public spaces.