Our team
Brian Heron
Co-Founder and Director
MA (Hons) MArch ARB RIBA Hon ARAM
Brian is a registered architect with over 20 years experience, 15 of which were happily spent at Ian Ritchie Architects in London, where he worked on a variety of projects including the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for neuroscience research, Grade II* listed King Solomon Academy school in Westminster and the Royal Institute of Architects Ireland’s competition-winning entry for a commemorative bridge in Dublin’s National War Memorial Gardens. Brian was the project architect on the Royal Academy of Music’s new theatre and recital hall, which was named both RIBA London Building of the Year and The Architects’ Journal Retrofit of the Year in 2018.
Prior to joining Ian Ritchie’s team, Brian working in Paris for Architecture-Studio, speaks fluent French and is a huge Francophile!
Ayesha Tariq
Co-Founder
MA (Hons) RIBA Part 1
Ayesha studied architecture at Edinburgh University, where she met Brian. After completing her Part 1, she went on to work with Axel Schoenert Architectes in Paris, before pursuing a decade-long career as a documentary producer, specialising in social issues films and gaining a Bafta nomination in the process! After completing an award-winning self-build project together with Brian, the idea of Tidal was born.
Ayesha brings her love of visual story-telling, keen interest in people’s lives and how they use their spaces and meticulous organisational skills to the Tidal office! She is passionate about inclusion and access to the arts and is always on the lookout for projects that have a community benefit.