Sarah Townsend Roger Stephenson, who set up his eponymous architectural practice in 1979, is handing over the reins to Keith Hamilton and Justin Risley, while continuing to serve as a creative consultant to the business. Associate director and partner respectively, Hamilton and Risley step into director positions under the changes and the practice has rebranded to Stephenson Hamilton Risley STUDIO to mark the shift in leadership. The changes have immediate effect. Stephenson told Place North West that, after four decades heading the studio, and its predecessor Stephenson Bell Architects with Jeffrey Bell that wound up in 2013, stepping back and taking on a reduced amount of responsibility for its administrative functions “is what I want I right now.