Timothy Horton

Commissioner
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Sydney-based architect and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects with an enduring interest in built environment policy, professional standards and regulation.

Educated at the University of Canberra and the University of Sydney, and first registered as an architect in 2000 – working in small and large practice over almost 20 years with a gradual shift to public-facing roles devising policy in SA, NSW and nationally.

Registrar of the NSW Architects Registration Board (2014-2018) leading public programs like the Sydney Architecture Festival, and designing nationally-leading models for digital transformation and mediation.

Led Sydney’s shortlisted bid to be declared World Design Capital (2017), and was the national host of ‘Australia by Design’ – a free-to-air television series that aired on the Ten Network, with almost 5 million viewers in 2017-2018.

Appointed a full-time Commissioner of the Land and Environment Court in 2018.