{"id":900419,"date":"2026-09-21T19:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900419\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:16:11","slug":"glancy-nicholls-managing-director-leaves-to-join-ridge-as-architecture-lead-in-the-midlands-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900419\/","title":{"rendered":"Glancy Nicholls managing director leaves to join Ridge as architecture lead in the Midlands | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-disciplinary consultant Ridge &amp; Partners has appointed the managing director of Glancy Nicholls to lead its architecture business in the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>Adam McPartland joins Ridge as a partner after 15 years at Glancy Nicholls, where he has spent a decade in senior management roles.<\/p>\n<p>McPartland has led some of the Midlands\u2019 largest development projects including Birmingham\u2019s 51-storey One Eastside tower and the Athlete\u2019s Village in Perry Barr for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Adam McPartland headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2038092_adammcpartlandheadshot_5099.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"2910\" height=\"2910\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He first joined Glancy Nicholls as a Part 2 architectural assistant in 2011 and was made a director in 2019 before being appointed managing director in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Ridge said his appointment will support the firm\u2019s plans to become the \u201cleading multidisciplinary architectural practice in Birmingham and the wider Midlands\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s lead architecture partner Liz Sparrow said McPartland will \u201cplay a key role in growing our architectural presence in the Midlands and strengthening the service we provide to clients across the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cHe brings a wealth of experience across residential, higher education and tall building projects, alongside a strong track record of leading successful teams and delivering complex developments.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McPartland said on LinkedIn this morning that he was \u201cincredibly grateful for the opportunities, experiences and relationships that have shaped my career so far\u201d but it was now time for the \u201cnext chapter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opportunity to lead and grow a design-led architectural studio working across the Midlands, shaped by my vision and supported by the wider Ridge team feels very exciting,\u201d he said, adding that he was \u201clooking forward to reconnecting with familiar faces, meeting new ones and working alongside the talented Ridge team to build something special\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ridge employs around 1,650 people and its annual fees for the 2025\/2026 financial year were \u00a3171m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multi-disciplinary consultant Ridge &amp; Partners has appointed the managing director of Glancy Nicholls to lead its architecture business&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-900419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}