Penny Stone

Chartered Architect

A partner in the Harare based architectural practice of The Stone/Beattie Studio which she originally formed as Penny Stone Architect in 1988. She is also a Director of Pencell (Pvt) Ltd, a registered Project and Construction Contract Management Company operational in Zimbabwe since 1986.

Educated at Girls High School, Harare, Zimbabwe she obtained a Certificate in Architecture and Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Studies after studying at the University of Natal, South Africa and the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow University, Scotland.

Penny Stone has served on the Board of the Institute of Architects and the Architects Council of Zimbabwe, and Chaired the Educational Committee of the IAZ which is responsible for running the Professional Practice examinations which lead to registration as an Architect in Zimbabwe.

Richard Beattie

Chartered Architect and Arbitrator

A partner with The Stone/Beattie Studio formed with Penny Stone in 1990. He is also a Director of Pencell (Pvt) Ltd, a registered Project and Construction Contract Management Company operational in Zimbabwe since 1986.

Raised and schooled in Kenya and Scotland, he graduated from the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow University with an Honours Degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Architecture gaining work experience in the United Kingdom, Zimbabwe and Malawi prior to the formation of The Stone/Beattie Studio in 1991.

Richard Beattie has served on the Board of the Institute of Architects and the Architects Council of Zimbabwe, has represented these institutions on the Model Building By-laws Variations Committee, National Joint Practice Committee and Harare Inner City Partnership and numerous Standards Association of Zimbabwe technical committees, many of which he has Chaired.

He has acted as a visiting design tutor and external examiner at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) and served as a member of the NGAVAD Advisory Committee.

A practicing arbitrator and past Secretary of the Zimbabwe Arbitration Association and the Zimbabwe Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, he has also served as a Governor of St John’s Educational Trust.

He is architectural advisor for the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and The National Trust of Zimbabwe.