Charlie did a BA in Architecture at Oxford Brookes University achieving a first class honours degree before going on to do an MA at the Royal College of Art in London.

He worked for a number of architecture and design communication practices and in 2005 he left London to practice on his own focusing on sustainable housing. He has since done projects in London and North Oxfordshire. He is currently working on several sustainable housing projects in the Cotswolds where he now lives.

Charlie started making television programmes while studying for his MA with Modern British Architects for Channel 5 and since then he has written and presented over 50 programmes including Not All Bricks and Mortar and Not All Houses are Square for Channel 4. More recently he has made two series of Dreamspaces and written and presented Guerrilla Homes both for BBC3. Ice Dreams for BBC4 followed an ice sculpting competition in the Arctic Circle and Restored to Glory on BBC2. Vertical City looked at Skyscapers around the world and Artland was a 10,000 mile road trip across the US looking at Art and Architecture for American Television. In the past year and a half he has worked on programmes for Channel 5 including Build a new life in the Country and Behind closed doors.

He has hosted Designer of the Year for BBC4 twice and the ‘Stirling Prize’ award ceremony and regularly lectures on sustainability and architecture to a wide range of institutions and corporate clients.