An accomplished TentMaster, tensile fabric architect and membrane structure engineer. Alex is the Technical Director and a shareholder at Special Structures Lab. He provides SSL clients and collaborators with a range of unique and extensive experience in technical textile architecture, membrane engineering and lightweight structure installations for both temporary, portable and permanent applications. With nearly 30 years of experience across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Alex has worked with and covered an array of organisations from Disney, Live Nation, Sands Group and amfAR to Art Basel, Festival Republic, Formula E and Aramco.

He has a Masters degree in Membrane Structures Engineering from the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau, Germany and an Archineer® degree in Tensile Fabric Architecture from the Institute of Membrane & Shell Technologies (IMS Bauhaus). Alex is an experienced accredited TentMaster (TM) and supports on the ESITS Shelters Training Committee whilst also being the current secretary and a council member for the Guild of TentMasters. He continues to aid the development and promote tensioned fabric, membrane roofed construction training programs and standards in the UK and abroad for individuals and companies operating within the portable and permanent tensile fabric structure industries.