Educated in the UK, Robert joined Snøhetta in 1993 to play a central role in the design and construction of the Alexandra Library in Egypt. In 2018 he became a Partner and Design Director at Snøhetta and from 2011 he has been Managing Director for Snøhetta, with responsibility for international projects. Currently these include the Opera houses in Shanghai and Busan, the Beijing New Capital Library, the Head Quarters for the Banque Libano Francaise in Beirut, the King Abdullaziz Centre for World Culture in Dhahran and the Shibuya Upper West Tower in Tokyo for the Tokyo Corporation. From 2017 Robert has been based at the Snøhetta studios in Hong Kong and Oslo with a specific focus on their work in the Asia Pacific region.