Jacques is an architect and urban designer and has held the role of Director of Practice at AP since 2010. He holds a BE&A (Hons) in Architecture from the University of Malta, an MA in Urban Design from Oxford Brookes, U.K., and pursued a PhD in Planning on sustainable urban governance at TU Delft. His relationship with the AP team began with the aoM Partnership, where he worked as Principal Design Architect, leading large-scale projects including the Tigné Point and Manoel Island developments.
Since joining AP, Jacques has played a key role in shaping the practice’s management as well as contributing to its urban projects, including the City Gate phase of the Valletta Entrance Project. He lectures and tutors at the University of Malta and has co-authored the award-winning paper, The Urban Challenge. Jacques is an active contributor to national planning, most recently as the co-ordinator and moderator of the APS Sustainability Forum’s session on ‘Urbanism’, and as chair of the Kamra tal-Periti’s Permanent Planning Committee.