Michael Hynd contributes 12+ years’ experience in design-led engineering throughout London. He’s a technical director with the ‘interdisciplinary’ engineering practice AKT II; his insight into industry-leading carbon mitigation ranges from the transformative retrofit at Panorama St Paul’s, and the assimilation of c. 3,000 existing piles within the flagship new Bloomberg European Headquarters in Bank, to the reuse of the former Finsbury Tower’s frame and foundations within the landmark new Hylo regeneration in Islington.