Urban Design & Masterplanning

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Sound masterplanning is the bedrock of sustainable placemaking, and ultimately, of healthy and happy communities

Placemaking is a privilege and an opportunity that demands a rigorous understanding of context, a robust masterplan and a clear vision to create the conditions for public life to flourish: where places for people are more important than spaces for buildings.

We have a proven track record of delivering value to communities and clients across a very wide range of sectors and scales ranging from infill sites to whole settlements.

Our approach is simple:

  • We listen
  • We understand
  • We create
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It is rooted in best practice, and tempered by decades of experience. We frame our approach as a series of questions each project must address to ensure the best possible placemaking outcomes can be achieved, based on a shared vision that is always ambitious, yet also deliverable.

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Urban Design & Masterplanning Projects

From mixed-use town centres to detailed housing layouts, from garden villages to large-scale urban extensions – our approach responds to constraints and maximises opportunities. Browse recent projects.

We create places in tune with current needs but with the flexibility to adapt – so they deliver long-term commercial, civic and social value.

We create places in tune with current needs but with the flexibility to adapt – so they deliver long-term commercial, civic and social value.

Placemaking

Placemaking

Our experienced team brings together urban design, architectural, and town planning expertise. As a result, we create robust and sustainable places to live, work and visit.

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Regeneration & Engagement

We take a collaborative approach, working with stakeholders and the community to reconcile varied interests and adapt to changing circumstances.

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Social Value & Sustainable Design

Through our people-focused design approach, we help your scheme maximise human connection, wellbeing and sustainability.

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