Patrick Bellew

Patrick Bellew, (born June 12, 1959) is a British environmental engineer and educator. He is one of the United Kingdom's Royal Designers and a chartered building services engineer. that has pioneered numerous environmental innovations focused on sustainable architecture and the delivery of high-performance buildings. He lectures at various universities, including Yale, on issues that affect the environment.

Education and career Bellew attended Stonyhurst College before proceeding to the University of Bath where he studied for his Bachelor of Science honors at the school of architecture and building engineering until 1981.

Atelier Ten grew to 350 staff in 11 offices by 2020 when it was acquired by the Singapore-based engineering group Surbana Jurong. Patrick remained as chairman and was appointed SJ Group Chief Sustainability Officer in 2023, and a consultant in 2024, before stepping down from day-to-day involvement with Atelier Ten and SJ Group at the beginning of 2025.

Bellew has taught the core environmental design course on the M.Arch program at the Yale University School of Architecture from 2001 to 2006, and he led seven advanced design studios as Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor between 2008 and 2025. He was on the Design Review Committee of CABE from 1999 to 2003, a governor of the Building Centre Trust in London between 1996 and 2011 and was appointed a Trustee of the UK's Design Council in 2025.

Publications He writes in several United Kingdom design magazines and has published several books:

Green House: Green Engineering (co-authored with Meredith Davey), ORO Publications, 2012 Invisible Architecture, Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell, Laurence King Publishing

RIBA Journal CIBSE Journal (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers). BSD magazine (Building Sustainable Designs)

Awards In 2001, he was awarded the honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 2004, he became a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Award to the Royal Designers for Industry which he was offered on 25 November 2010. In 2023 he was awarded the Fazlur R Khan Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH) In 2024 he was awarded the Gold Medal from the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)