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INTROducTION2 Foreword - John Billingham3 Urban Design as defined in the Dictionary of Urbanism - Rob Cowan4 Urban Design for our Time - George Ferguson7 Urban Agriculture – Joe Holyoak

PRAcTIcES11 List of subscribing practices12 - 55 Individual practice pages56 - 60 Overall list of practice members

cOuRSES61 List of Urban Design courses and related subjects62 - 83 Courses that have subscribed to directory

uRBAN dESIGN GROuP84 The UDG’s Agenda for Urban Design85 List of officers, contact information and committee members86-88 Key Achievements of the Urban Design Group - Sebastian Loew

Front cover: Image of Dumfries interventions by Graham Ross, project at Edinburgh College of Art, also included on page 67Inside back cover: Useful addresses Back cover: Contact details for the Urban Design Group

Editor John BillinghamEmail [email protected] Claudia SchenkPrinted Nuffield Press, Abingdon

Copyright© Urban Design Group and John Billingham February 2009ISBN 978-0-9553897-1-9

Publisher Urban Design Group70 Cowcross St, London EC1M 6DGTel 020 7250 0892 Fax 020 7250 0872 Email [email protected] www.udg.org.uk

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This is the second edition of this biennial publication which aims to provide information about urban design consultancies and courses in urban design as well as information about the Urban Design Group. It is hoped that it will give a snapshot of the state of current urban design work in the UK and Ireland in a way that is not easily achievable with information on the internet.

There are two new initiatives with this edition.Firstly it includes two articles on urban design, one by George

Ferguson which is the text of an introductory talk given at the first Francis Tibbalds Prize event in September. The second article is by Joe Holyoak a regular contributor to the URBAN DESIGN Journal who provides a valuable insight into Urban Agriculture.

The second initiative is to provide an additional page for urban design courses to include examples of student work. Some years ago the Urban Design Group organised an exhibition of student work held every two years but as this is both difficult to organise and was limited in circulation it was felt that the publication of students work in a directory would achieve many of the earlier objectives. It is hoped that a prize for work by students in their final year can also be introduced in 2009 or 2010.

In a Directory containing so many practices there are bound to be different ways to express areas of work and interests and it has not been found possible to require a particular style to be followed by all. As a result readers will need to see each page as that practice’s own way of describing their specialisms and projects.

The financial support of the practices and the courses subscribing to this publication is gratefully acknowledged.

The Directory is being circulated to all UK and Irish planning authorities, public sector agencies, design centres, selected developers, major libraries and all urban design group members. The Directory can be accessed under the publication section on the UDG website if readers wish to refer other people to its contents. Members contact details (available to members only) can be obtained from the UDG office.

I hope that in conclusion all those who receive it will find it a useful publication to which reference can be made over a period of time. It is expected it will continue on a biennial basis and any comments on its contents should be sent to me. If anyone is interested in acting as an editor in any role for future editions please let me know.

John Billingham, formerly director of design & development Milton Keynes devt corporation Editor of Urban Design Quarterly 1987-2004 Editor of Urban Design Source Book and Directory 1990-2009

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urban design n. The collaborative and multi-disciplinary process of shaping the physical setting for life in cities, towns and villages; the art of making places; design in an urban context. Urban design involves the design of buildings, groups of buildings, spaces and landscapes, and the establishment of frameworks and processes that facilitate successful development.

Peter Webber (1988) defines urban design as ‘the process of moulding the form of the city through time’. Jerry Spencer (2003) has described it as ‘creating the theatre of public life’. To Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003) it is ‘the process of making better places for people than would otherwise be produced’. The urban designer Doug Paterson has defined urban design as ‘merging civitas and the urbs: building the values and ideals of a civilized place into the structure of a city’. Peter Batchelor and David Lewis (1986) define urban design as ‘design in an urban context’. They use the word design ‘not in its traditional narrow sense, but in a much broader way. Economic projections, packaging new developments, negotiating public/private financial partnerships, setting up guidelines and standards for historic revitalisation, forming non-profit corporations that combine citizens with public and private sector financing resources, all are considered as design.’

In the words of the writer and critic Peter Buchanan: ‘Urban design is about how to recapture certain of the qualities (qualities which we experience as well as those we see) that we associate with the traditional city: a sense of order, place, continuity, richness of experience, completeness and belonging… Urban design lies somewhere between the broad-brush abstractions of planning and the concrete specifics of architecture. It implies a notion of citizenship: life in the public realm. It is not just about space, but time as well. Much of what passes for urban design is conceived only for one moment. Good urban design… is more than just knitting together the townscape. Urban designers should be configuring a rich network in which buildings come and go: a framework of transport, built fabric and other features, which will create natural locations for things. Urban design structures activities.’

Buchanan (1988) has written that ‘urban design is concerned with analysing, organising and shaping urban form so as to elaborate as richly and as coherently as possible the lived experience of the inhabitants. In essence it is about the interdependence and mutual development of both city and citizen. And at its core is the recognition that, just as the citizen is both biological organism and self-consciously acculturated persona, so the city too is an organism shaped by powerful intrinsic, almost natural, forces (that must be understood and respected in any successful intervention)

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and a wilfully, even self-consciously, created cultural artefact. Interventions of the creative will have always guided the city’s growth and change, elaborated its identity in many ways large and small as well as conceived and realised those crowning glories that make great cities so special. Urban design is essentially about place making, where place is not just a specific space, but all the activities and events that it makes possible. As a consequence the whole city is enriched. Instead of a city fragmented into islands of no place and anywhere, it remains a seamlessly meshed and richly varied whole. In such a city, daily life is not reduced to a dialectic between city centre and one of the similar suburbs: instead the citizen is encouraged to avail himself of the whole city, to enjoy all its various parts and so enrich his experience and education (become street-wise) in the ways only real urban life allows.’

Some urban designers define urban design as ‘the design of the spaces between buildings’, presumably to distinguish it from architecture, which they define as the design of the buildings themselves. This definition excludes urban design’s proper concern with the structure of a place; it ignores the fact that to a significant extent the characteristics of the spaces between buildings are determined by the buildings themselves; and it encourages architects in any tendency they may have to ignore the context in which they are designing.

What is generally said to have been the first urban design conference was held at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in 1956, its participants including Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, Victor Gruen and Edmund Bacon. Its organiser, Jose Luis Sert, announced urban design as a new academic field, which he defined as ‘the part of planning concerned with the physical form of the city’ (Kahn, 2002). The first university course in urban design was established at Harvard in 1960. The American Institute of Architecture established a Committee on Urban Design in 1960 and it published Paul D Spreiregen’s book Urban Design: the architecture of cities and towns in 1965. The Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Polytechnic (later Oxford Brookes University) was established in 1972. The UK Urban Design Group was formed in 1978. Punter and Carmona (1997) note that in the UK the term urban design ‘had been conspicuous by its absence’ in government publications and guidance until the publication of John Gummer’s Quality in Town and Country in 1994.

Rob cowan, from The Dictionary of Urbanism, Streetwise Press, 2005. The dictionary is continuously updated at www.urbanwords.info


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GEORGE FERGuSON GAvE ThIS ShORT TAlK whEN ThE uRBAN dESIGN GROuP hEld ITS FIRST AwARdS EvENING IN SEPTEMBER 2008

We are faced with huge environmental and social challenges, which I believe offer great opportunities for good urban design to show its colours. It is through good design that we can both reduce the causes of climate change and reduce its future impact.

Too often ‘urban design’ has been considered to be confined to hard landscape and street furniture. It is something that the volume house builders have heard of but seem to believe is more to do with making the ‘space left over after planning’ acceptable or saleable rather than anything as fundamental as we all know it is, or at least should be. There is a serious need for more general public education on both the purpose and disciplines of Urban Design and Urbanism, of which I dare to suggest that the former is a sub set of the latter, as are Planning, Architecture, Landscape, Transport, Development and Politics etc, as none can truly produce the goods without the other.

Early on in my presidential stint at the RIBA I suggested that we should become an Institute for Urbanism. In reality the RIBA ceased to be an institute for Architects some time ago and had become the defender of Architecture, but I felt the time had come to make a bolder step and for us to open our doors to all those who regard themselves as ‘Urbanists’ whether they be architects, developers, engineers, environmentalists, landscape architects, leisure consultants, planners, politicians, sociologists, surveyors, technologists, transport consultants or others. We are all part of that vital process of place and community making that has unfortunately, in the last half of the 20th Century, taken second place to architecture.

By putting urbanism at the heart of our agenda my principal purpose was to make a clear statement that architecture cannot be practised successfully in isolation and that we needed to move on from an education and expectation of isolated object design to that of contributing to place making through a much more holistic approach.

My contention is that one of the greatest obstacles to producing great places is that of the increasing burden of regulation, however well meaning. Of course we should attend to such issues as health and access but the relentless march towards the elimination of all risk and the consequent blanding of place is positively damaging.

Our homes may be our castles, and increasingly sealed and insulated from the outside world, but the public realm is by definition our shared experience and as such should encourage use through inspiring design – that does not emerge from tying us down with over protective regulation. Name me a great place which was the product of design by regulation. Nearly every great place would

Oslo Opera House, designed by Snohetta, a dramatic fusion of iconic architecture and urban design


fail by some rule or other but the power of place should always be regarded as more important than the ticking of boxes.

On the morning of delivering this lecture I was walking over the new Oslo Opera House, that great white marble iceberg designed by Snohetta, a dramatic fusion of iconic architecture and urban design, that seems to have crashed into Oslo’s waterfront. As one who is deeply wary of the cult of iconic architecture and star architect branding, I am nevertheless strongly in favour of the arts being celebrated with such exuberance. It was an unreal experience; one that would be utterly impossible to produce in this country without its essence being wrecked by the over bearing bureaucracy of health and safety.

I could have been critical about the ‘white on white’ surfaces necessitating care and doubtless excluding some – and in a way I am – but I take my hat off to Norway (yes Norway, not Italy or India!) for daring to be so bold. In the UK we would certainly have had it cluttered with railings, barriers and lines. It will be interesting to see how long Oslo are able to defend this special place from such compromise.

We have recently completed a masterplan for a mixed-use waterfront scheme in Plymouth, Royal William Yard for Urban Splash, inhabiting this great nineteenth century Grade I listed Royal Navy victualling yard. Our aim is to follow the basic guidelines we have developed within the Academy of Urbanism that emerged through John Thompson’s energy from my RIBA urbanism initiative. Our aim is to create a high quality of living and to nurture a healthy and inspiring way of life; to support economic, social, political and cultural activity and to deliver a robust, distinctive and attractive environment. We could not have had a better start in terms of the existing buildings and place, a unique place requiring a robust approach.

However to my dismay the Environment Agency has forced us to install an extremely expensive and intrusive glass barrier to the whole quayside to defend visitors from sea spray, and the inhabitants from a once in a blue moon risk of water rising over the edge. This of course wrecks that great purpose of a quay – a place where land meets sea – where boats can tie up and where one can stroll or sit with legs dangling over the edge watching and listening to the movement of the water and the ships passing through the Plymouth Sound. What would happen if this pussyfoot treatment was to be handed out to all our shores? Would not sand bags have protected the doorways while being so much more appropriate to the place than salt water splattered glass and stainless steel railings?

A masterplan for a mixed-use waterfront scheme in Plymouth, Royal William Yard for Urban Splash


While so much of what we do is building on history and place, such as we are doing in Plymouth, in many ways the greatest challenge is what we do when given a relatively blank sheet when we all invariably tend to over simplify. Successful cities and places are complex, benefiting from layering over decades or even centuries, something that is particularly difficult to achieve from scratch as it goes against so much of what we have been taught in a minimalist architectural tradition. Unfortunately so few good exemplars exist where this has been successfully tackled in a contemporary context.

Another Scandinavian model that can be regarded as a true exemplar is Malmo’s Western Harbour development in Sweden that has, through intelligent masterplanning, produced a sustainable place that has consistency in its concept but complexity in its implementation, with a mix of uses and tenures, spaces large and small and streets wide and narrow. While contemporary, it builds on tradition, but its most important tradition is the one of reclaiming streets not for cars but for people, and it breaks many of today’s planning and highway ‘rules’ to create a great environment for walking, cycling and playing, being a demonstration of my mantra that if you make a place that is good for children you make it good for us all.

I would add to this just one more ingredient that is necessary to make a convincing place, that is to allow for an ‘anarchic’ element of the unexpected. If we make places that are too regulated we shall miss out on that accidental charm that comes with time, and that most unpredictable of species – the human being. The time has come to end our obsession with ‘landmark-itis’ and monotone planning by conducting a multi-disciplinary orchestra that turns all those high and low notes into great colourful music. Only then can we say we have succeeded.

George Ferguson was President of the RIBA from 2003-5 and is a principal of Acanthus Ferguson Mann. he has been a long time campaigner for a better Bristol and in the 1990s he regenerated the Tobacco factory which is now a successful mixed use project. his ideas about urban design led to the founding of The Academy of urbanism in 2005.

Malmo’s Western Harbour development produced a sustainable place with a mix of uses and tenures, a place that is good for children


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Much as, generally, I admire and extol the personalisation of space and the untidy, anarchic visual order that usually results, I have never really felt enthusiastic about allotments, nor indeed about the growing of vegetables at all. I enjoy their scenographic aspect, as we pass by on the railway embankment, like Philip Larkin in The Whitsun Weddings, and the allotments below reveal their patchwork of human and horticultural diversity. I enjoy David Crouch and Colin Ward’s book on allotments, and its celebration of cooperative individualism.1 I am pleased that Birmingham, where I live, has the distinctions of both the greatest provision of allotments in the country, and the country’s oldest surviving allotments (Guinea Gardens in Edgbaston, albeit with its tenants seemingly having to continually fend off threats to its survival).

But perhaps I need to get more engaged, because allotments may be one of the motifs of our urban future. The ways in which we produce and consume food constitute one of the most disfunctional features of our modern life, and have been thoroughly documented in recent years. Where to begin listing the interlocking problems? Many people have become alienated from the origins of their food, have no knowledge of how to cook food, and do not know the dinner table as a constituent part of family life. Bad nutrition contributes to illhealth and growing levels of obesity among both adults and children. The market dominance of Tesco and other supermarkets forces small shops out of business and damages local economies. Their centralised distribution patterns put thousands of lorries on to our crowded roads, which also contain their customers driving to and from their car parks. The huge food miles figures which result reduce the freshness of food. The supermarkets’ use of imports to obtain year-round availability of food helps to disconnect us from awareness of seasonal change, and their emphasis on uniformity and standardisation reduces local variety and local distinctiveness. In short, there is hardly a quality of our lives which remains unaffected by our damaged relationship with food.

An innovative study of the availability of fresh and affordable fruit and vegetables in Sandwell, one of the most deprived boroughs in the country, was carried out by the local PCT and Warwick University in 2000.2 Using GIS mapping, residential streets which were within ‘reasonable walking distance’ (500 metres) of a shop selling at least eight different kinds of fresh and reasonably priced fruit and vegetables were identified. The results were very worrying in what they indicated of the connections between poor health, deprivation, and unhealthy eating patterns. There are large residential areas where no shops selling fresh fruit or vegetables exist. Inexpensive, good quality food is available only in small,

Measuring Access to Healthy Food in Sandwell. The map shows roads defined by the heavy lines which lie within 500m of a shop selling at least eight kinds of reasonably priced fruit and vegetables (University of Warwick and Sandwell Health Action Zone)


concentrated shopping areas to which the majority of residents have to drive or go by bus. Small retailers selling healthy food struggle to survive against competition from larger stores, and against crime and harsh working conditions. It is a graphic illustration of the pathological situation that Joanna Blythman has documented in her various books on the British people and their food.3 Yet Sandwell, like similar post-industrial areas, has extensive areas of leftover brownfield land in no productive use which could, without great infrastructural investment, be producing food for local consumption.

In addition to these issues there are the global economic facts of food shortage, and the huge increases in basic food prices, and what they mean for our national economies. In Britain, we produce only about 40% of the food which we eat, and the government and many authorities maintain that this proportion needs to be considerably increased if we are to gain a necessary degree of economic autonomy. But where do we see the influence of all these factors on urban planning and urban design? We have eventually shut the stable door of the out-of-town supermarket, but the supermarkets’ dominance nevertheless increases yearly. If we are to increase our productivity, eat more healthily, re-establish a relationship with real food, reduce food poverty, reduce imports and food miles, and allow food to contribute more to local culture and identity, then it seems there has to be a process of localisation, which will make our towns and cities very different from the way they are at present. Localisation will, among other things, necessitate the urbanisation of food production, whether in the form of allotments or in other ways. Food production will not be confined to the countryside.

Here we encounter a problem with the orthodoxy of urban design, as expressed in PPS1, the Urban White Paper, and other manifestos. Central to these is the principle of intensification. In reaction against the low density spreading of towns, the exporting to greenfield sites of business parks, and the blurring of distinctions between urban and rural, that typified the period of late modernism in the twentieth century, orthodoxy now requires the concentration of development in towns and cities, and the raising of urban residential densities. (Which is not to say that these are necessarily everywhere either fully supported or being achieved, only that this is the party line). In a more general sense, as well as the justification of these measures by the sustainability agenda, there is also a renewal and a celebration of the culture of urban compression, intensity and diversity. Town and country are to be made more expressive by their opposition. As I write this, I think of the current development of Upton, on the western boundary of Northampton, where an urban edge of four storey terraced houses addresses the countryside; an

Allotments providing an English urban arcadia


opposition almost unheard of in England, and more evocative of a European bastide town.

As a consequence, there is now (or at least there was recently, until the collapse in economic confidence, which presumably will return to where it was, at some time) considerable development pressure on open spaces, both formal and informal, in towns. In Birmingham there is a waiting list for allotments, but a few years ago it took considerable local opposition to reduce, but not eliminate, the encroachment on to the Victoria Jubilee Allotments in Handsworth by the housebuilders Westbury Homes (later Charles Church) to build houses for sale. So, if we are to make our towns more sustainable by building more densely, how are we also to make them more sustainable by having open spaces for growing food? This is the conundrum.

In the past, the pre-industrial town accommodated food growing by being a patchwork of buildings and small gardens. The intensity of land use was often encouraged, or enforced, by the defensive walled form of the town, wherein the town had to be capable of autonomy in a crisis. Similarly, the time of maximum food production in Britain was the Second World War, when the country was cut off from foreign sources of food, and many urban recreational spaces were turned over to intensive horticulture. Presently, one of the most impressive models for urban agriculture is Havana in Cuba. Because of the American ban on trade, and then the disappearance of its Soviet Union supplies, Havana is now obliged to augment its rural production by growing in the city. The urban fabric is interspersed with many small productive gardens, called by the Cubans organoponicos, creating an environment that is not only considerably sustainable, but also a sensory and physical delight.

The example of Havana makes the point that spaces for productive growing and spaces for recreation are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Recreational space does not only have to be ecologically degree-zero football pitches. Among the leading promoters of this idea are the architects Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen. Viljoen has edited a book which contains a number of demonstration urban agriculture projects for London, the largest being a continuous green corridor, called LeisurEscape, accommodating both growing and recreational spaces, connecting Tate Modern, on the banks of the Thames, to East Croydon.4 Although an isolated project, Bohn and Viljoen’s proposal is reminiscent of earlier, more visionary projects that introduced the greening of the city, such as the 1938 MARS plan for London, with its wedges of open space penetrating deep into the urban fabric. This in turn has its roots in Ebenezer Howard’s proposal for the third of the

Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes called LeisurEscape, by Bohn and Viljoen Architects, connecting Tate Modern with East Croydon


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from the higher ground level on one side, and at the edges of the park stand six storeys of flats. The park is for recreational use, but I have often thought that supermarkets could at least help to redeem their negative role within society by growing food on the roof, and then selling it minutes later within the store. A roof could be covered in a huge greenhouse, growing all the tomatoes that the district could want. Or there could be thousands of free-range hens running about and laying eggs, to be boxed on the roof, and the boxes slid down ramps directly on to the shelves below. What could be fresher? The multi-storey urban farm designed by the architects MVRDV as the Dutch Pavilion for the 2000 Expo provided, as Expo projects historically have done, an extreme version of an idea that is capable of domestication, and translation into a more normative form.

Rooftop gardens would require additional structure, and for a single-storey supermarket or similar building the additional cost would be considerable and perhaps prohibitive. But for the three-layer Birmingham Asda the smaller proportionate cost presumably made the park economically viable. Green roofs are now quite common and affordable, with both thermal and environmental benefits; it is only a relatively small further step for a roof to become a productive garden. Even less space-consuming are vertically planted surfaces. These have inherent problems of access and irrigation, but there are being developed new conventional methods for overcoming these. Amazon currently lists eleven books on vertical gardening.

Buildings covered in plants, whether horizontally or vertically, or both, conventionally represent a romantic and perhaps eccentric eco-vision of the future; a reversion to timeless peasant ways in opposition to the supposedly rational twentieth-century high technology vision. But perhaps the hard physical, social and economic circumstances of the twenty-first century mean that the romantic image of a goat on the roof, sitting shaded by the runner beans from England’s Mediterranean sunshine, is the necessary reality of the future.

1 David Crouch and Colin Ward, The Allotment: its Landscape and Culture, Five Leaves, 1997.

2 Dowler, E., Rex, D., Blair, A., Donkin, A., and Grundy, C., Measuring Access to Healthy Food in Sandwell, University of Warwick and Sandwell Health Action Zone, 2001.

3 Joanna Blythman, Bad Food Britain, Fourth Estate, 2006.4 Andre Viljoen, CPULs: Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes. Designing urban

agriculture for sustainable cities, Elsevier, 2005.

Joe holyoak, the author of this paper, is an architect and urban designer. he is the course director of MA urban design at Birmingham city university, and a principal in his urban design consultancy

Three Magnets; an alternative settlement form that represented “the marriage of town and country”. This of course, both in its theoretical form and in the built form of Letchworth, was low density development. So was Bournville, where George Cadbury provided every household with a fruit tree in its garden, and the garden was large enough to grow vegetables to feed the family.

These are delightful places to live, but their low density makes them incompatible with today’s orthodoxy of sustainable development. How are we to square the circle of having both more buildings and more gardens within the same urban area? One obvious answer is contained within the generally discredited urbanist ideology of Le Corbusier in his “Five Points for a New Architecture”; to replace the open space lost by the construction of a building, on its roof. A couple of years ago there was a very enterprising proposal for a new Asda supermarket in Birmingham, designed by the architects Gardner Stewart, but not yet built. The large single-storey footprint is sandwiched between a basement car park below, and another car park above. On the roof is a park, accessible by steps

The Dutch Pavilion in Expo 2000, Hamburg, by MVRDV. Multi-storey urban farming


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Alan Baxter offers a holistic approach to the entire built environment, bringing together urban designers, masterplanners, structural engineers, conservation specialists and movement analysts in an integrated team. A very definite philosophy informs all their work, fusing a sound grasp of fundamentals with an innovative mentality which views each project in its widest context. Their expertise and emphasis on creative lateral thinking has placed them in the forefront of the debate over the nature of our towns and cities, and the practice has written numerous design guides, codes, and other publications for government and private clients.

Holistic design does not just involve having the knowledge and ability to get the technical criteria, delivery and phasing right, it also requires an appreciation of the nature of place-making, and an understanding of how neighbourhoods evolve after they are built. Alan Baxter’s work occurs at every level of the environment, from new sites and outlying rural settlements to suburbs, edge-of-centre areas and the densest city centres. They have worked on places with

strong economies and high housing demand, as well as many areas that have lost their historic role and require regeneration.

Their work is based on an understanding of the nature of each particular place, gained through rigorous analysis such as characterisation studies prepared by in-house conservation historians. The principles of sustainability are integrated into all their work from the earliest stages, considering infrastructure, streets, buildings and the whole environment in terms of each other. The results are designs with hierarchies of streets and spaces that respond to the needs of all, not just cars. The technical robustness of their urban design solutions is the basis of their success, and involves gathering statistics and using computer programs together with their own expertise to analyse movement, transport and pedestrian activity, from the strategic to the local contexts. Many of their staff have been or still are involved with decision-making at CABE, English Heritage and other similar organisations, giving the practice’s advice a depth that few others can offer.

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We work for private sector developers, investors and landowners; local, regional and national government; and other public sector clients of all kinds such as the RDAs and regeneration companies.

Based in offices throughout the UK including London, Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham, we provide a first class local service as well as international expertise.

Our specialist multi-discipline masterplanning teams are assembled from a wide range of Atkins core disciplines including:• urbanandlandscapedesign• sitedevelopmentandmasterplanning• planningpolicyandlanduse• economicandsocialdevelopment• strategicurbanregeneration• transport• communication,consultationandconsensus• marketanalysis• environmentalimpactassessment• sustainability• heritageandarchaeology• tourismandleisure• civilengineering

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1 Bay Pointe, Cardiff2 Euston Vision masterplan, London3 The Maltings, Newmarket

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aTkiNSwoodcote Grove, Ashley RoadEpsom, Surrey KT18 5BwTel 01372 726140Fax 01372 756608website www.atkinsglobal.comcontacts Epsom [email protected] london [email protected] Manchester [email protected] Birmingham [email protected]

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buildiNg dESigN ParTNErShiP16 Brewhouse yard clerkenwell, london Ec1v 4lJTel 020 7812 8000Fax 020 7812 8399Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.bdp.comcontact Andrew Tindsley

BDP is Europe’s largest and most progressive inter-disciplinary design practice. It is at the leading edge of new forms of urban thinking and is able to offer the services of an established Urbanism Group. This integrates the skills of the urban designer and urban planner with those of the architect, the landscape architect and the transport planner.

From design studios in the Netherlands, France and the UK, BDP is able to offer a European resource with the experience to deliver complex and imaginative solutions. These range in scale and character from environmentally sensitive new settlements on green field land, to development frameworks and regeneration strategies in more compact urban locations.

A more inclusive approach to planning and design now lies at the heart of urban change. The design community has a major part to play in this role and BDP is actively engaged in exploring new ways in which the wider community can be drawn into the preparation of proposals for the areas in which they live and work.

Sustainability is now high on the urban design agenda and with access to a specialist in-house team, the subject is addressed as an integral part of BDP’s planning and design process. Our approach begins at the masterplanning stage with the preparation of well conceived strategies which can then be taken through design development to completion of the project.

Also in Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester in the UK, with BDP Khandekar in Benthuizen and Zwolle Holland, and with Groupe6 in Paris and Grenoble.

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1 Dartford Town centre - masterplan visualisation2 Hanley Grange - new settlement3 Liverpool One - retail-led regeneration of the

Paradise Street Area4 Brovary Kiev - masterplan for new residential-retail

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burNS + NiCE 70 cowcross Street, london Ec1M 6EJTel 020 7253 0808Fax 020 7253 0909Email [email protected] www.burnsnice.comcontacts Marie Burns and Stephen Nice

Burns + Nice is a professional urban design, masterplanning, landscape architecture, transport and environmental planning consultancy, which assists and represents public and private sector organisations in their urban and environmental planning, design and management needs. The practice specialises in planning and design projects and is fully aware of the practical and institutional problems that must be tackled in order to deliver projects successfully within today’s cities, towns and neighbourhoods. The practice has extensive experience of urban regeneration, public realm planning, design and development projects both in this country and internationally. Burns + Nice achieve successful urban regeneration initiatives by delivering solutions that provide social, cultural and economic gain to local communities and businesses. These are based on focused, realistic and achievable strategies, business plans and programmes for implementation. In achieving the goals for individual projects Burns + Nice are well experienced in undertaking extensive consultation programmes with all sectors of the community, in particular listening to and understanding the complex and often competing needs of residents, businesses and visitors. The skills within the practice range from feasibility studies through planning and design of specific projects to ongoing management and the provision of specialist services. Burns + Nice have the knowledge, practical experience and management skills necessary to deliver results that require co-ordinated action among the multiplicity of stakeholders associated with urban development.

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3 Leicester Square, London. Burns + Nice’s winning competition entry for the re-design of this iconic public space (night time plan)

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ChaPmaN TaylOr10 Eastbourne Terrace, london w2 6lGTel 020 7371 3000Fax 020 7371 1949Email [email protected] www.chapmantaylor.comcontacts Adrian Griffiths [email protected] Paul Truman [email protected]

We are a leading international practice of architects, masterplanners and designers known for our commercially successful, innovative and creative environments across a variety of sectors worldwide.

For the past 50 years we have been leading the field of urban regeneration design, creating award-winning schemes that respond to both the scale and needs of the built environment and the community. We deliver realistic and contextual urban masterplans which restore and improve the grain of cities, or create new sustainable urban environments.

We believe that the foundation of a truly environmentally and socially sustainable place is based on creating the right urban framework and mix of use. Our concepts are carefully crafted from an understanding of the changing needs, tastes and expectations of the city dweller. They feel modern and fresh, and yet are sympathetic to their surroundings. From masterplan through to the choice of materials, we create contemporary design solutions and naturally weave them into the existing fabric of a city, ensuring that new elements are integrated with extreme sensitivity.

Our vision is to shape the future of commercial architecture, through considered and intelligent interventions in the landscape.

Our UK urban design schemes include the regeneration of the city centres in Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Exeter, Islington, Leicester and Millbank. Princesshay – the vibrant regeneration of Exeter’s historic centre - was recognised as one of the most outstanding retail-led environments in Europe having won a prestigious ICSC European Shopping Centre Award and BCSC Supreme Gold. Cabot Circus, Bristol, won Best Shopping Centre 2008 in the MAPIC EG Retail Awards as well as Supreme Gold at the BCSC Awards 2008. Highcross, Leicester, another award-winning scheme, has been described in the press as ‘a blueprint for the future’. Other significant UK work includes regeneration projects for Bath, Cardiff, Chester, Glasgow, Lincoln, Liverpool and Woolwich in London.

Our 500-strong team operates from offices in London, Brussels, Bucharest, Düsseldorf, Kiev, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, New Delhi, Paris, Prague, Shanghai and Warsaw. We are planning to open offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

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CONSErvaTiON arChiTECTurE & PlaNNiNgwey house, Standford lane, headleyhampshire Gu35 8RhTel 01420 472830Fax 01420 477346Email [email protected] www.capstudios.co.ukcontact Jack warshaw

‘There is no reason why character and innovation should not go together’, says founding Principal, Jack Warshaw. Since 1991 he has built a committed team which has earned a national reputation in tackling projects in historic environments ranging from specific to strategic. We work in conservation and other special policy areas where character and continuity are as important as shaping vibrant new places. We work with people- clients, their buildings, townscapes, public realms, masterplans and communities who strive to shape their own future. We work independently and in concert with other disciplines.

CAP are architects, planners and urban designers. We are multi-lingual, connecting the worlds of conservation and urban design. Recognising that historic places are not immune from pressures for change. Growth, decay, competition, traffic, the economy, housing, employment, demographic trends and other factors must inform the balance of preservation versus planned development. Neither development-led ‘regeneration’, nor resisting all change works. Instead, consider a Darwinian approach to urban life:

‘It is not the strongest of the species

that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.’ This is the realm where conservation and urban design meet to find a common language.

CAP’s unique skills lie in connecting the concepts and techniques of urban design and historic conservation, knowing how to make the most of the planning system. New and old buildings and uses should complement each other’s qualities without disguising one as the other. We believe in Francis Tibbalds’ ‘Ten Commandments.’

The language of urban design is about place-making. The language of conservation is about understanding and reinforcing what makes a place special. But both disciplines operate within the planning system.

Intelligent management of historic places requires that we know where we’ve been, in order to know where we’re going. The modern concepts of legibility, permeability, sense of place, sustainability, distinctiveness and regeneration emerge from understanding historical development, setting, plan form, views and vistas, archaeology, character zones, uses, building age, materials, form, details and quality, greenery, negative and neutral elements. Our results turn these ideas into reality.

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David Lock Associates provides expertise in town and city revitalisation schemes, urban regeneration, regional and strategic planning, urban expansion and new settlements. We set ourselves the highest possible standards in our professional work, and we value our relationships with our many and varied clients. Since the Company was established in 1988 we have grown in number and expertise; the experience of our 60 strong professional team spans planning, urban design, graphic design, CAD, GIS and the related disciplines of architecture and landscape architecture. Innovative transport planning is also part of the service we provide through our associated company ITP. We foster a team working culture and an open minded approach to the way we tackle the challenges of our work.

ExPERIENcEThrough our work with a variety of organisations and agencies, both in the UK and abroad, we have gained extensive experience, enhanced our creative talents and developed a strong skill-set in managing large scale, sustainable, multi-disciplinary projects. This enables us to offer a complete range of planning and urban design services – from inception through to implementation on the ground. We can help define opportunities, prepare strategic and comprehensive masterplans, steer proposals through the planning system and design and manage detailed schemes for implementation.

DLA is at the forefront of designing and planning for the delivery of new settlements and urban extensions incorporating the highest possible standards of environmental, social and economic sustainability. Our commercial and employment projects range from landmark office accommodation incorporated within mixed-use schemes through town centre regeneration and development schemes to major distribution and logistics parks. Our clients and their projects are located throughout the UK, and we have considerable involvement in the growth areas established under the Government’s Sustainable Communities initiative. We maintain strong working relationships with our clients many of whom we have represented throughout the company’s existence.

ExPERTISEWe offer expertise in seven key areas of planning and design activity:• Regeneration• UrbanExpansion• StrategicPlanning• DevelopmentPlanning• Implementation• CommunityInvolvement• GraphicDesign

Examples of our most recent projects are showcased on our website: www.davidlock.com

david lOCk aSSOCiaTES50 North Thirteenth Streetcentral Milton Keynes MK9 3BPTel 01908 666276Fax 01908 605747Email [email protected] www.davidlock.comcontact lawrence Revill

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dEvErEuX arChiTECTS200 upper Richmond Road, london Sw15 2ShTel 020 8780 1800Email [email protected] [email protected] www.devereuxarchitects.comcontacts Nic Allen, Managing director duncan Ecob, urban design Project director

Devereux Architects have an international portfolio of urban design, masterplanning and architectural projects. Our urban design studio is a specialist division with considerable experience in the delivery of complex urban environments. The team includes urban designers, architects, landscape architects, graphic designers, cost consultants and project managers and allows us to offer bespoke services matched to each project’s requirements.

Devereux Architects are leaders in creating places for people by providing imaginative, innovative solutions to the complex issues of the urban environment through an understanding of the multi faceted aspects that shape our built environment, including the physical, social and economic issues, Devereux deliver successful places with a focus on high quality and added value. We actively seek the varied views and ideas of professionals and stakeholders involved in the urban design process and see them as a rich source of inspiration and creativity. We create a dialogue with the community to understand their requirements and aspirations and generate a positive response to change. We believe that good urban design guides the creation of high quality places, greatly enhances people’s quality of life and leaves a legacy for the

future. We support the sustainable communities’ agenda and have developed an environmental policy which is applied to all our projects.

As part of the PM Group – an inter-disciplinary consultancy - we have project management expertise in delivering significant infrastructure projects to complement our design services. Our projects vary in scale from the regional to the local and many are immediate and tangible. Our experience includes regeneration in town centres, residential neighbourhoods, health, education and leisure campuses and new, mixed-use developments.

OuR SERvIcES• Masterplanningandareadevelopmentframeworks• Planningapplications,designandaccessstatements• Developmentbriefs• Spatialstrategiesfromaregionaltolocalscale• Sitefeasibilitystudies• Designguidelinesanddesigncodesadvice• Sustainabledevelopmentadvice• Projectmanagement

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EdawThe Johnson Building, 77 hatton Garden london Ec1N 8JSTel 020 3009 2100Fax 020 3009 2199Email [email protected] www.edaw.co.ukcontact Anna Bazeley

From regenerating cities and creating new communities to designing inspiring open spaces, EDAW is a leader in making distinctive and attractive places. Embracing complexity and working at all scales, the company’s collaborative and cross-disciplinary approach delivers imaginative and sustainable solutions to enhance quality of life and ensure every project’s long-term success.

Rooted in masterplanning and landscape architecture, our practice encompasses:• design• planning• economicdevelopment• socialandculturalconsultancy• environmentalservices

Led from London, EDAW’s European region includes offices in Manchester, Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff. With more than 200 employees from 25 countries, the Europe team harnesses the energy, expertise and creative talents of spatial and development planners, masterplanners, urban designers, architects and landscape architects along with experts in economic development,

ecology, project management, community engagement, graphics and GIS. EDAW’s European offices are supported by an international practice with more than 30 offices and 1800 staff in the US, Australia, Middle East and Asia providing an invaluable source of knowledge and experience around the globe.

While EDAW’s European offices work on projects worldwide for public and private clients, the majority of the UK-based work is for the public sector. Every project begins by learning from the site and exploring the local context from the infrastructure and topography to the cultural and social demographic. From this depth of understanding, the creative response evolves into projects that are appropriate, deliverable and environmentally responsible. Underpinning all work is a commitment to innovation, design quality, maximising potential, social inclusion, best value for client and community, enhancing biodiversity and careful use of natural resources.

EDAW is part of the AECOM family of companies. A world-leading provider of design, engineering, programme management, construction management, maintenance support and technical assistance, AECOM has more than 40,000 employees around the world, and clients in more than 100 countries.

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1 London’s Olympic Park, looking south2 Holt Town, Manchester, family living in the city3 Upton, Northampton, a new sustainable community

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Entec is one of the UK’s largest environ-mental consultancies with 850 staff, working in and around our 14 offices across the UK.

Our urban design capability forms a key part of our design group consisting of architects, urban designers, landscape architects, graphics and technical specialists, and is delivered throughout the UK from design teams based in London, Leamington Spa, Bristol, Newcastle upon Tyne and Glasgow.

Our approach to urban design stems from a fundamental appreciation of the built and natural environment, and embraces sustainability in its wider context to deliver creative and robust design solutions which shape places that are:• sociallyinclusiveandofahumanscale• distinctincharacterandappropriateto

the surrounding context• deliverableandenduring• environmentallyresponsive

Our projects typically involve urban regeneration, residential or mixed-use brownfield or greenfield development, and operational hubs such as ports, airports and military estates. These are undertaken

for a number of public and private sector clients including property developers, local authorities, regional development agencies, government agencies and private land owners, both within the UK and overseas.

Specific services include: development masterplans, frameworks and strategies; development briefs, design codes and design statements; operational masterplans and option strategies; landscape and streetscape design and implementation; and stakeholder and community engagement.

The design team sits within an in-house multi-disciplinary environment that includes development planners, engineers, transport planners, sustainability experts and a wide range of environmental specialists. This breadth of expertise provides the potential for an integrated service to our clients and a holistic approach to urban development, delivering exemplary environmental design, and shaping the places in which we live.

We also frequently engage with a range of external sources including experts in regeneration funding, retail and socio-economics, land and property agents to provide economically led, value driven solutions.

ENTEC Gables house, Kenilworth Roadleamington Spa, warwickshire cv32 6JxOffices also at london, Bristol, Glasgow, and Newcastle upon TyneTel 01926 439000Fax 01926 439010Email [email protected] www.entecuk.comcontact Nick Brant

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fpcr FAulKS PERRy cullEy & REchlockington hall, lockington, derby dE74 2RhTel 01509 672772Fax 01509 674565Email [email protected] or [email protected] www.fpcr.co.ukcontact Tim Jackson

We are a leading integrated design practice working extensively in the UK and with projects world-wide. Since its formation over 50 years ago the practice has developed a valuable mix of multi-disciplinary expertise which enables us to respond to very complex projects in a sustainable, creative and co-ordinated manner. Our core skills combine urban design, masterplanning, landscape architecture, architecture, ecology and environmental impact assessment. We have implemented many award-winning schemes, often in challenging and sensitive locations.

The masterplanning and urban design of complex schemes on difficult sites has become a hallmark of the practice. Our mix of in-house site assessment, environmental expertise and design skills ensures that we are able to tackle projects through a creative yet robust process. Combining a thorough appreciation and understanding of a site we have the knowledge and vision to produce urban design solutions leading to the creation of dynamic and enterprising places. Brownfield and urban sites constitute a significant proportion of our workload with completed schemes encompassing mixed-use, residential, commercial and industrial, leisure and environmental end-uses.

Our services include initial baseline surveys and audits, constraints analysis mapping, environmental capacity and impact assessments, urban design studies,

design and access statements, design guides and codes, development briefs, detailed proposals and subsequent project implementation and management.

The practice comprises six partners supported by a talented and committed team of over 80 staff, operating from our office at Lockington near Derby. The services of the practice are always centred on the personal involvement of a Partner or Associate who is able to draw on the wide range of skills across the practice.

The practice is registered with the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Landscape Institute, the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment and the Urban Design Group. The practice is a BSI Quality Assured organisation and approved consultants for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Natural England, the Forestry Commission, English Heritage and the Environment Agency.

We are fully experienced at both leading and working within multi-disciplinary project teams on major built development and environmental projects and our philosophy is always one of working in close collaboration with our clients to achieve successful results and to see projects through to implementation and establishment.

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Scandinavia, Stockholm4 Massing study – Bournemouth

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In a world with so many challenges to quality of life, Gillespies’ ethos is to work with the defining characteristics and historic qualities of a place to bring about appropriate and exciting interventions. Gillespies’ approach to urban design reflects the practice’s core values: we create communities that are liveable, pleasant and above all responsive to context.

As urban designers, Gillespies believe that the city should be legible through intelligent use of public space, landmarks and effective links, creating a coherent townscape with vibrant neighbourhoods and bringing ownership of the city back to its occupants. Gillespies embraces the principles of sustainability through design, land use evaluation, conservation and sensitive management to create memorable places that benefit both the public and the environment.

Whether in the planning of new settlements, the revitalisation of worn out town and city centres, or the design of new communities, Gillespies is committed to design and implementation that serves the client, the environment and society as a whole.

PROFIlE Founded in 1962, the practice has evolved from a small firm of landscape architects to become market leaders in masterplanning and public realm. Nine partners, nineteen senior managers and nearly seventy professional staff now deliver a comprehensive and

integrated service in urban and landscape design, environmental planning and architecture.

Gillespies has gained an enviable reputation in our fields of expertise and this is recognised through numerous national and international awards from the Civic Trust, Europa Nostra, the Congress for the New Urbanism and the RTPI.

PROJEcTSThe practice has accumulated a significant body of completed work and cutting edge designs which span across many sectors. Gillespies has projects in every major UK city and many international urban centres including the Middle and Far East, Russia and Kazakhstan.

Large scale and complex projects have formed the cornerstone of the firm’s portfolio over the last fifteen years and these include: Salisbury Vision, Grainger Town Public Realm Strategy (Newcastle upon Tyne) and most recently, Glasgow Harbour and Gloucester Docks.

Gillespies’ public realm strategy for Grainger Town was a key component in delivering regeneration to this important historic area of Newcastle. By addressing the design of key streets and other crucial matters such as maximising the contribution of the city’s heritage, historic buildings and unique environment to the economic regeneration of the city centre, the strategy played a key role in what is now regarded as one of the UK’s most successful regeneration projects.

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lONdON1 St John’s Square,london Ec1M 4dhTel 020 7253 2929 GlASGOw21 carlton court,Glasgow G5 9JPTel 0141 420 8200

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gva grimlEy lTd10 Stratton Street, london w1J 8JRTel 08449 020304 contact chris hall [email protected] Sophie Burtt [email protected] david waldron [email protected] www.gvagrimley.co.uk

Urban design is an integral component of the planning, development and regeneration work undertaken by GVA Grimley Ltd. The urban design team is firmly established in the company, and serves a wide range of private, public and community sector clients.

GVA Grimley’s approach is delivery orientated and market-aware. We respond closely and quickly to the needs of the client to deliver high-quality, feasible and viable built environments based on the physical and economic context. Delivery informs each step.

PROFIlEGVA Grimley is a leading national property consultancy with 12 offices across the UK. The Planning, Development and Regeneration (PDR) team is one of the largest and most experienced planning and consultancy teams in the country and can draw on the expertise of team members who have created and delivered plans and strategies for town and cities across the UK. It works in the spatial planning, investment framework, housing and economic development and urban design realms – building evidence bases, setting visions and strategy, creating the policy base and

ensuring project delivery. Urban design expertise can be drawn on at each step.

Our multi-disciplinary PDR team includes urban designers, town planners, regeneration specialists, housing experts, economists, development surveyors and graphic designers.

ExPERIENcE ANd SKIllS• SiteCapacityStudies• DevelopmentStrategyandFrameworks• MasterplanningandSiteLayouts• DevelopmentBriefs• 3dAnimationandVisualisation• PlanningApplicationsandDesignand

Access Statements• CommunityConsultation

We use clear visualisation, animation and illustration techniques to communicate capacity, aspirations, and establish a ‘sense of place’. We strive to maximise the potential of each place for the community and key stakeholders and believe that principles of good design apply at all spatial levels, from individual sites, town centres and districts, extensions, growth areas and the region.

Good urban design and good planning are central to the achievement of prosperous, sustainable economies and communities.

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halCrOw grOuP lTdvineyard house, 44 Brook Greenhammersmith, london w6 7ByTel 020 7603 7282Fax 020 7603 0095Email [email protected] [email protected] www.halcrow.com/dpcontact Tim catchpole and Peter Goggs

Halcrow undertakes major masterplan and urban design projects worldwide. Over the last 25 years, the company has worked in over 70 countries with national and local governments, international aid missions and private sector companies to deliver holistic and comprehensive development solutions.

Our international staff seek to understand the uniqueness of each project, based on its setting, and socio-economic context combined with the vision and objectives of the client and their own experience.

INTEGRATEd SERvIcESOur projects are underpinned by the multi-disciplinary composition of the Halcrow Group which includes landscape architects, transport planners, economists, marine engineers, infrastructure engineers, cost estimators, environmental experts and institutional specialists. This gives the client the unique opportunity of progressing their proposals into detailed design and implementation with the same team that helped define the original vision.

OuR PROJEcTSHalcrow’s extensive experience in urban design work began in the UK in the 1980s. Notable early commissions included town centre regeneration in Belfast City Centre, High Wycombe Town Centre and Shrewsbury High Street and enhancement of the Queen Victoria Memorial roundabout at Buckingham Palace. Current UK work includes regeneration and urban design studies in Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Northampton, Bedford and Cheltenham.

We have also been very active in the overseas markets for many years. In addition to our UK offices, we also have permanent planning and design offices in the United Arab Emirates, China, India and Argentina. With projects in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, China, South East Asia, and North and South America, we have established ourselves as a premier global consultancy.

Our offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi contribute to projects in Dubai and other rapidly growing cities in the Middle East region. Our work has included masterplans

for Dubai Internet City, Dubailand, and Business Bay in Dubai, and Lusail in Qatar. Other projects undertaken within the region include new commercial centres, business parks, a university campus and a number of tourism and recreational projects in Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Oman.

Projects in Africa have included an integrated physical development framework for Mauritius and masterplans for two new towns in Libya and for a resort development in Tunisia. In China, we have prepared masterplans for numerous large urban sites, including the Bund in Shanghai – won through an international competition – and the recently completed expansion of the Giant Panda Reserve in Chengdu. Our recent work in India has been focused around the infrastructure sector with the planning of sites in the Jaipur Ring Road Development Corridor and the Delhi Mumbai Corridor.

With a development portfolio that spans many countries and cultures, Halcrow’s award-winning masterplanning team are well placed to deliver major projects worldwide.

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2 Ras Lanuf, Libya. Client: Economic and Social Development Fund

3 Aint, Oman. Client: Overseas Investment and Tourism Co. LLC

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hOk iNTErNaTiONalQube, 90 whitfield Streetlondon w1T 4EZ Tel 020 7636 2006Fax 020 7636 1987Email [email protected] www.hok.com contact Tim Gale

We are an international, multi-disciplinary, architectural practice serving clients on a global basis. Employing some 2,500 people in 27 offices throughout Europe, USA, India and the Far East. The masterplanning, landscape and urban design group is also part of HOK Planning group that is made up of 200 urban designers, architects, masterplanners and landscape architects across the world.

We have worked on projects across the globe. These projects have been directed toward the improvement of urban areas and the revitalisation of cities and towns, the development and growth of areas located on the urban fringes and beyond, and the conservation and regeneration of places.

Our international and global expertise means that we are able to keep abreast of best practice from around the world and enables us to draw from our experience and respond to every scale of project in a manner that respects its context and environment.

We offer clients the opportunity to draw upon all of the resources available within the organisation by forming multi-disciplinary teams that fulfill specific project needs. Our pledge is to provide the highest level of skill in analytical problem-solving and creative design.

dESIGN PRINcIPlESHOK’s masterplanners and designers always are looking for new ways to reinvent the utility of commonly used places.

From large-scale urban design to human-scale detailing, we believe innovative spatial design can harmonise groups of buildings and create cohesive areas and neighbourhoods.

The approach represents a philosophy of place-making, focused on creating places that are memorable – places that work.

Our design team is also focused on issues of sustainability and sustainable design. The range of concerns that are addressed in a sustainable design approach can affect every facet of a project. It provides an opportunity to rethink traditional approaches to urban structure, building design and site development.

INTEGRATEd dESIGN SERvIcESThe HOK team offers the advantage of a fully integrated design service that includes masterplanners, urban designers, landscape architects, architects, interior designers and graphic designers, all used to working together to create comprehensively designed solutions.

As urban designers, the team is accustomed to working with complex infill developments and large scale redevelopment projects creating unique environments focused above all on the quality and character of the streetscape and pedestrian environments. We believe creativity and thoughtful design create popular, safe, sustainable public spaces.

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23-25 Great Sutton Street, london Ec1v 0dNTel 020 7017 1780 Fax 020 7017 1781contact Marcus AdamsEmail [email protected] www.jtp.co.uk

2nd Floor venue Studios, 15-21 calton Road, Edinburgh Eh8 8dlTel 0131 550 6600contact Alan Stewart

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whO wE AREOur vision is to be a leading place-making charrette-based practice working in the UK and internationally.

Designing buildings, streets and spaces to create neighbourhoods, towns and cities our unique approach to place-making is shaped by:• Understanding• Engaging• Creating

whAT wE dOThrough our approach we deliver creative and sustainable places which add value through being:• Environmentallyresponsive-protecting

the planet• Sociallyinclusive-addingvaluefor

people• Physicallydistinctive-creatingidentity• Economicallyviable-beingsuccessful

We make places, we design buildings, we build communities.

whERE wE dO ITcitiesNew city quartersCity centre public realmCity neighbourhood regeneration

TownsNew settlements and urban extensionsMixed-use town centresTown renaissance NeighbourhoodsReuse of historic sitesEstate regenerationNew neighbourhoodsZero carbon neighbourhoods

Streets and SpacesWaterfront PlacesUrban interventionsNew suburbs

BuildingsRefurbishment and conversionOne-off special projectsAward-winning house designs

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JTP cities In 2008 John Thompson & Partners launched JTP Cities; a specialist team providing strategic advice on urbanism both to public and private sector clients. The unit complements JTP’s highly experienced in-house staff with professional collaborators from the UK and internationally to build a team specific to each project.

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JON rOwlaNd urbaN dESigN65 hurst Rise Road, Oxford Ox2 9hETel 01865 863 642Fax 01865 863 502mobile 07968 950613Email [email protected] www.jrud.co.ukcontact Jon Rowland

Jon Rowland Urban Design is a small practice that specialises in providing urban design expertise to public and private sector clients. JRUD carries out masterplanning, urban design strategies and frameworks, appraisal and feasibility studies, and public participation exercises due to:• theexperienceofitsconsultantstaffandtheirdepthof

knowledge of urban design• theresponsivenatureofthepractice• acollaborativeapproachtoprojects,whichdrawsonanetwork

of different skills for a range of projects

This means that some clients use the practice as prime consultants. Others employ us to fulfil specific roles as part of a more integrated approach, providing specific advice. As team players, the practice is used to working in cross-professional teams. We work in close collaboration with architects, surveyors, planners, and other urban designers. The practice has a network of like-minded companies with whom we often work.

Projects include: • masterplanningtheurbanextensionofGrove,Oxfordshire• masterplanningthewesternextensionofHarlow• regenerationoffiveareasofBelfast:CrumlinRoad,Shankhill

Road, North and Inner East Belfast and Falls Road• detailedmasterplanfortheawardwinningTelfordMillennium

Community• designcodingforSandymoorSouth,Runcorn• trainingprogrammesforCABE,ScottishExecutiveandlocal

Councils• urbandesignfutures–publishedin2006byRoutledge

We work from first principles using survey and analysis, to establish common ground for a vision or development concept, and how to achieve it. Designing for the future is central to our urban design approach, in terms of flexibility, new urban forms, energy resource efficiency, and innovation. We incorporate social futures in the design of sustainable neighbourhoods that include new work and life-styles, a mix of uses, typologies and tenures. Consultation plays a major role in this consensus building. To that end working with local knowledge from within a local community helps us match aspirations with practicalities. Establishing a framework for the design of the public realm, and the way in which street pattern, townscape, land-use and human activity are combined is critical to success. In this way we can celebrate the uniqueness of place.

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1 Lewisham Gateway – London, Urban Design Framework, development and planning briefs with Chesterton and Colin Buchanan & Partners and design advice to London Borough of Lewisham on Gateway and Loampit Vale Schemes

2 Grove Airfield Oxfordshire, detailed masterplan for 2500 dwellings with Kemp & Kemp, Faber Maunsell, Cooper Partnership

3 Renewing communities masterplan – Belfast, masterplans and development frameworks with RPS

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laThamSSt Michael’s, Queen Streetderby dE1 3SuTel 01332 365777Fax 01332 290314Email [email protected] www.lathamarchitects.co.ukcontact Jon Phipps

Lathams consists of a multi-disciplinary team of design professionals, including architects, urban designers, re-use experts, building conservationists and landscape architects.

Many of our projects are concerned with bringing vitality back to communities, places or buildings that have suffered from neglect and that are experiencing decline or are generally perceived to be underperforming.

We operate at all scales and our projects range from sub-regional regeneration strategies, town centre masterplans, housing estate renewal projects through to the conversion and re-use of existing buildings.

We believe that releasing the full potential of communities and places can only be achieved by establishing thorough understanding of context, issues and aspirations. This approach informs our regeneration and re-use work as well as our new build work. Getting the question right will help deliver a more robust answer.

The central themes of our service are built around this approach and can be distilled down to the following:• Solvingproblems• Makingthingshappen• Gettingthemostoutofwhatyou’vegot

Urban design from Lathams, featuring work at: Manningham Mills, Bradford; Stonebridge Housing Development, Nottingham; A45 Corridor Study, Birmingham; Broadway School, Birmingham; Limehouse Basin, London.


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maTriX ParTNErShiP40-42 Scrutton Street, london Ec2A 4PP Tel 020 7655 4540Fax 020 7655 4530Email [email protected] www.matrixpartnership.co.ukcontact Matt lally and Andrew Burns

Matrix Partnership’s approach to urban design is founded on the belief that co-operation between different disciplines at the earliest stages leads to thoughtful and often ingenious solutions. We share a deep enthusiasm for urban design and are dedicated to demonstrating its value by undertaking work to an exemplary standard that assists clients in making visions become reality. The practice blends architecture, planning and landscape design as the basis for wider collaborations on a range of urban and landscape-led projects. Our work is underpinned by rigourous technical testing and the practice is jointly RIBA, RTPI and LI registered.

Working out of two offices, in London and Dorset, Matrix Partnership has completed projects throughout the UK and Ireland with an increasing international scope. Our work ranges from masterplans and development frameworks for entire towns or city districts to smaller townscape studies and site appraisals. Members of the team are designated CABE enablers and we provide design training on behalf of Architecture + Design

Scotland, CABE and other public bodies, as well as lecturing in urban design at the JCUD, Oxford Brookes University.

The practice has an enviable record of successfully leading large-scale urban regeneration projects and we are recent recipients of the RTPI ‘Sustainable Communities Award’ and the Regeneration and Renewal Award for ‘Best Use of Planning in Regeneration’ in recognition of our masterplanning work in Devonport, Plymouth. Other notable projects include the masterplanning of Woodberry Down, the largest housing estate renewal project in London, for which Outline Planning was granted in October 2008. We are also preparing Masterplans for the town centres of Hackney Central and Dalston in London, a strategy for the regeneration of Stevenage’s 22 neighbourhood centres and a Masterplan for the RTÉ’s new campus – the new home for Ireland’s national television and radio broadcaster.

Matrix Partnership remains at the forefront of contemporary urban design practice, energising and influencing design thinking through our innovative approach and commitment to quality.

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NaThaNiEl liChFiEld aNd ParTNErS14 Regent’s wharf, All Saints Street, london N1 9RlTel 020 7837 4477Fax 020 7837 2277Email [email protected] www.nlpplanning.comcontact Judith livesey

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Urban design is an integral element of many projects undertaken by Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP). NLP’s urban designers advise a wide range of clients, dealing with diverse development projects across the UK. Experience ranges from masterplanning new communities to establishing the redevelopment potential of sensitive and challenging urban sites and from preparing site and topic specific design guidance to wider regeneration frameworks.

NLP works to provide creative, but pragmatic urban design and regeneration solutions that embrace current best practice according to the context, constraints and client requirements.

Examples of NLP’s design work include:

• PantilesRejuvenationStrategy:Avisionandframeworkdocument to promote the reinvigoration of the historic heart of Tunbridge Wells

• Northampton:Masterplan,townscapeappraisalanddesigncodefor a residential-led mixed-use scheme on 27 hectare former industrial site

• WatfordDesignGuide:Designguidanceforresidentialdevelopment in Watford establishing principles for the development of larger sites plus a separate householder guide

• WalthamForest:DevelopmentbriefsforBuilding Schools for the Future sites

• LlandrindodWells:RegenerationandAccessibilityStudies,towncentre Design Guide and environmental enhancement proposals

• Buckingham:IllustrativelayoutandDesignandAccessStatement to support outline planning application for mixed-use scheme

• Towcester:Masterplanforsustainableurbanextension• Oxford:Townscapeandvisualimpactassessmentofmajortown

centre redevelopment

Other areas of expertise include design and access statements; sunlight and daylight studies; heritage appraisals; conservation area statements; visual impact and townscape assessments.

Please visit www.nlpplanning.com for further information.

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PhiliP CavE aSSOCiaTESlandscape Architects and urban designers70 cowcross Street, clerkenwell, london Ec1M 6EJTel 020 7250 0077Fax 0560 152 9150Email [email protected] www.philipcave.comcontact Philip cave

Philip Cave Associates have a passion to create places that give inspiration and enjoyment to the people that use them, but at the same time are logical and satisfy all the functional requirements, including being robust and practical . To us there is no standard project – we strive to innovate in every scheme to take it beyond the ordinary, and are happy to champion that process.

Core skills centre on landscape architecture, urban design and masterplanning with expertise in related fields of sustainability, ecology, public art, and public participation.

Our main interest is in designing public realm and semi-private schemes both for private developers and local authorities. Currently we are working on inner city mixed-use projects with public squares, strategic masterplanning, high density housing with public and semi-private spaces, roof gardens, green roofs and walls, waterside schemes, sustainable settlements, hospitals, gateway projects and wayfinding. Most of projects are in the UK but past

schemes have been in Dubai, Hong Kong, and Saudi Arabia.

Philip Cave Associates approach is design-led, where the survey and analysis stage comes up with opportunities and constraints. Out of this emerges a vision of potential concepts, which are then taken through to the creative process stage.

As a small practice, we act either as team leader, bringing in other skills from similar focused companies, or fit in with a team to provide specialist skills. The principal Philip Cave is fully involved with every scheme.

Projects range from regeneration and public realm designs commissioned by public authorities to commercial schemes where developers create or improve public spaces.

Skills embrace strategies and frameworks to designs for the public realm and built environments that are constructed. The practice has a lot of experience of public and stakeholder consultations and enjoy, the interaction.

1 Green open space with mast lighting and kiosk as the ‘soul’ of a housing/office/retail project on the Medway

2 Development of the masterplan for a 11ha mixed-use site on the Medway

3 Public piazza in central Maidenhead with bold sweep of red leaved trees. performance space and seating

4 A new public realm of a part of central St Austell with two new squares, all part of a mixed-use development

5 The ‘Sofa Room’, a new square in Ealing next to a leisure centre, with large comfy stone sofas and a carpet of recycled glass

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lIvERPOOl26 Old haymarketliverpool l1 6ERTel 0151 231 1209

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1 Stoke. City wide urban design strategy for South Stoke area regeneration framework

2 St Petersfield, Ashton-under-Lyne. Henry Square, constructed as part of the St Petersfield masterplan

3 Kersal, Salford. Residential-led mixed-use masterplan for Kersal High School

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IE are a dynamic design practice with an ability to operate on all levels of the design spectrum, from regional and city wide strategies, visionary masterplanning of urban quarters and sites, through to on-site specification and implementation. We strive for the creation of intelligent environments. More often than not, our services are retained from strategy to delivery.

Our practice is at the vanguard of the sustainable communities agenda, and whether we are leading the design process, or working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, our philosophy is to add value. This is achieved by thorough assessment of the constraints and opportunities, understanding the client’s perspective and considering the most appropriate course of action. It is always our intention to work alongside the team and client representatives to create a vision for a viable and sustainable solution.

All our projects seek to understand the complex interrelationship between a community and its surroundings; this knowledge forms a fundamental component of our design. So much of our environment is a product of the inter-relationship between buildings and their surroundings, and Landscape and Urban Design issues are key to the success of any built development. Our approach is always to draw upon the existing qualities of any site and use these as the building blocks for design.

With 25 Landscape Architects and Urban Designers Planit IE is the largest dedicated team in the North West. However, we believe in relationship building, and who you see is who you get.

Within Planit IE there is considerable experience of all facets of design and planning, including, landscape planning and environmental impact assessment; masterplanning and urban design; public inquiry and expert witness and contract administration and project management.

Our sister visualisation and multimedia company ‘Virtual Planit’ is one of the leading visualisation companies in the north west. We are able to work seamlessly together to illustrate our schemes in the third dimension, and to provide graphic output of the highest quality.


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POllard ThOmaS EdwardS architectsdiespeker wharf 38 Graham St, london N1 8JxOffices also in liverpool and BrightonTel 020 7336 7777 Fax 020 7336 0770Email [email protected] www.ptea.co.uk contact Robin Saha-choudhury

Pollard Thomas Edwards architects (PTEa) is committed to making our towns and cities better places to live in. PTEa combines high quality design with explicit social purpose, and marries an understanding of whole community needs with an acute commercial instinct. In architecture, urban design, masterplanning and developing in its own right, the practice has more than 30 years’ experience in both private and public sectors. It is as comfortable tackling huge projects - creating a new town for 10,000 people or reshaping whole neighbourhoods - as it is designing smaller, bespoke buildings such as sports halls, schools or a TV studio. Commitment to quality and innovation has been rewarded with more than 50 major design awards.

PTEa has unrivalled experience in architect-led property development. Targeting neglected inner-city sites, where mainstream developers see too much risk, it has united design skills and business acumen to produce many commercially successful schemes. It also pursues joint ventures and is heavily committed to community participation in its endeavours.

The practice’s own headquarters is a converted canalside wharf in Islington, London.

Our recent work encompasses a range of urban design schemes.

At Grahame Park in Barnet we have jointly prepared a masterplan with Levitt Bernstein architects which will transform a 1970s estate and provide 3200 new homes.

On a larger scale, Dunsfold Park settlement will be an integrated community providing 2,600 homes and 2,000 jobs in Surrey parkland. Here, a zero-carbon village is proposed with a clear sustainable agenda.

Angel Waterside is a canalside regeneration project close by our offices in Islington. We have acted as masterplanners, architects, co-developer and contractor to create a mixed-tenure residential scheme that gifts back half the site to the local community as a linear waterside park.

Lewisham is the location for a visionary proposal which revitalises Deptford Town Centre and creates high quality public spaces and community facilities, together with studios for small businesses and 250 new homes.

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1 Colindale, London. Neighbourhood regeneration masterplan: Grahame Park

2 Dunsfold Park, Surrey. New eco-settlement 3 City Road Basin, Islington, London. Waterfront

regeneration: Angel Waterside 4 Lewisham, London. Town centre regeneration:

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rEalRoger Evans Associates limited59-63 high Street, KidlingtonOxford Ox5 2dNTel 01865 377030Fax 01865 377050Email [email protected] www.rogerevans.comcontact Gina hallam

REAL is a specialist urban design practice providing research, design, delivery and consultation for urban design, in both the public and private sectors and across the range of scales from city to street. The practice has received national awards for its masterplanning, urban design, architectural and landscape design work and its senior members sit on national and regional design panels. In 2007 REAL produced the Urban Design Compendium Volume 2, Delivering Quality Places, for English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation.

cITyIncreasing population and resource scarcity will put further pressure on urban areas and the countryside. Strategic urban design must integrate green infrastructure, centres and movement to create cities that work with the land and each other to meet people’s social, economic and cultural needs. The practice takes a rigorous approach to landscape, urban structure and sustainability to provide successful proposals for strategic growth.

TOwNThe majority of British people live in small towns and neighbourhoods of less than 30,000 people. The revitalisation of town centres is of crucial importance in creating more locally focussed and sustainable communities. Our work in town centres seeks to recapture their traditional position as first choice for the provision of local services, as places to live and as the embodiment of local urban identity.

NEIGhBOuRhOOdThe idea of neighbourhood defines individuals’ sense of belonging and commitment to the place where they live – an idea eroded by design trends in the late 20th century. A neighbourhood can be represented by a comfortable walking distance from home along safe and attractive routes that connect to local facilities. At neighbourhood level, we look to create legibly structured, well-connected frameworks to plan places that people feel are special to them.

STREETPeople will identify most closely with the streets and the buildings where they live. These elements are unique to them and should be rooted in the neighbourhood masterplan. To ensure such uniqueness is delivered in detail, we use a range of techniques to define it: design guidance, coding and briefs and planning consents for architectural and public realm schemes.

1 Urban Design Compendium 2, Delivering Quality Places (authors)2 Town scale, Yeovil Urban Development Framework3 Neighbourhood scale, Neighbourhood masterplan for Newhall, Harlow 4 Street scale, surveillance of space in central Oxford in day and night-time

hours analysing environmental quality for retail and leisure activities and commercial value

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rPS155 Aztec west. AlmondsburyBristol BS32 4uBTel 01454 853000Fax 01454 858029Email [email protected] website www.rpsgroup.comcontact christopher wilson and Jim weddell

The creation of high quality, sustainable places is fundamental to the RPS Urban Design approach. The depth of our resources within the larger network of RPS services enables us to undertake a truly multi-disciplinary teamwork approach to delivering sustainable solutions for large complex developments.

Our strong environmental credentials have enabled us to deliver major habitat creation and restoration schemes, historic conservation and many regeneration and renewable energy developments. From the outset we work together to understand the energy related implications of places in order to discover unique design solutions that are thoughtful and engaging, imaginative and energy efficient.

We have extensive experience in all areas of urban design and masterplanning at a range of scales, from strategic scale plans covering large areas to detailed urban design studies. We have worked on a wide variety of projects throughout the UK, particularly in conurbations in the South West of England, South Wales and the Midlands for both private and public sector clients.

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SavillSBrunswick house, Brunswick PlaceSouthampton SO15 2APTel 0238 071 3900Fax 0238 071 3901website www.savills.comSouthampton Peter Frankum [email protected] Ben van Bruggen [email protected] James Rennie [email protected] Andrew Raven [email protected]

Savills urban design team is fast becoming one of the most innovative urban design consultancies in the UK. Leading on major development projects nationally, we pride ourselves on our approach to creating viable and sustainable design solutions through our masterplanning and urban design consultancy.

Our award-winning urban design team has a balance of expertise to ensure that all design aspects of development can be fully appreciated; we include specialists in architecture, building conservation, landscape architecture, design review and town planning.

We pride ourselves on being able to conceptualise big ideas but also in attending to the details that make a difference. Our remit is broad. We deal with institutional investors, local authorities, developers, architects and agencies in relation to big schemes. We also deal with individuals about their own homes and local environment. Across this spectrum we consider the involvement of wide ranging interests to be key to the success, ownership and design of good places.

We produce high quality visualisations and eye-catching

design concepts, as any good ‘design’ firm should. But we also bring commercial reality and our unrivalled property expertise together with the latest development research to benefit our clients proposals. We create value not only through the design itself but all throughout the process.

The challenge is to deliver quality places. Translating emotional, environmental and financial needs into successful design is what our business depends upon. We understand that delivering good quality design gives added value to any potential development. Making places that people want to invest their lives and money in is how we are measured. This is possible because we have some of the country’s best and high profile urban designers working in our teams based in cities throughout the UK.

OuR SERvIcESMasterplanning, landscape design, public realm, development frameworks, architectural competitions, urban design advice, design and access statements, design codes, design review, urban design training, regeneration strategies and Area Action Plans.

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1 Morledge, Derby. Proposed development2 Kettering. Proposed masterplan. Kettering

Futures won the RTPI East Midlands Award for Town Regeneration 2008

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SCOTT brOwNriggSt. catherine’s court46-48 Portsmouth Road Guildford, Surrey Gu2 4duTel 01483 568 686 Fax 01483 575 830Email [email protected] wesbite www.scottbrownrigg.comcontact luan deda

In fully supporting any project whether at strategic planning or delivery stage, Scott Brownrigg’s urban design approach involves an appraisal process with stakeholder integration that responds positively to a brief. Our proven experience in design-led delivery of commercially successful projects has built a track record of clients that trust us and our approach, ensuring our clients understand the importance urban design plays within all complex projects.

Scott Brownrigg are experienced in the delivery of projects that span a range of development sectors, from schools to skyscrapers, dwellings to defence. Our aim is to always create a sense of place, fit for present and future generations.

Incorporating urban designers throughout the design process helps instil confidence with the client and enables us to push the boundaries of their expectations.

Urban Design skills are embedded across the design teams and are seen as a key influence in creating the successful places delivered to our clients and the community. The size and complexity of projects undertaken vary but the process and principles that inform the design are central to our approach.

A thorough site appraisal is fundamental in creating positive design responses, whilst engaging with the community and client stakeholders to ensure the designs delivered bring positive lasting change to the built environment.

Our urban designers are fully integrated into the project teams enabling us to deliver solutions from the initial masterplan concept through to delivery. Our influence on design, whether contextual or contemporary, is pivoted around a sound urban design approach underpinning the success of our many completed schemes. Our team offers a complete service benefiting from in-house multi-disciplinary skills and partnerships with other leading practices.

We believe exceptional design should offer places that show respect for historical values whilst fulfilling the needs for future generations.

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SCOTT wilSON3-4 Foxcombe court, wyndyke FurlongAbingdon Business Park, Abingdon, Ox14 1dZTel 01235 468700Fax 01235 468702Email [email protected] www.scottwilson.com contact Paj valley

Scott Wilson is a leading and award-winning international multi-disciplinary consultancy with nearly 6,000 staff, operating out of 80 countries globally with 40 offices in the UK. We pride ourselves by offering the very best integrated service to our clients, delivering design excellence and creativity, as well as adding value to projects whatever the scale, type or location through our design process. Our aim is to deliver a committed personal service that provides solutions that are highly innovative, creative and sustainable, that combines design excellence with cost effectiveness.

Scott Wilson has a well-recognised capability and expertise in urban design, with an excellent track record that demonstrates visionary thinking. This has led to a number of accolades including Royal Town Planning Institute’s Award for Planning Achievement and an English Tourism Award. Using our uniquely collaborative inter-professional environment, we are able to seamlessly bridge the boundaries of Town Planning, Landscape Architecture and Transportation Planning in order to meet the demands of a rapidly advancing urban regeneration agenda.

Scott Wilson is committed to the design and development of sustainable communities, in city shaping and place-making. We achieve this through establishing a good working relationship with our clients and in many circumstances developing productive consultation with stakeholders and local communities. In taking forward the end product, we ensure that the appropriate delivery mechanisms have been considered with attention being given to funding and phasing for redevelopment.

SERvIcES PROvIdEdOur range of services includes: urban design and townscape analysis, community consultation, regeneration framework design, development option appraisals and feasibility studies, transport and economic appraisal. Whether the masterplan is to unlock the potential of an under-utilised environment or to develop physical change on a large scale, the resulting design enshrines our key masterplanning principles: ease of movement, inclusion and safety, legibility of space, adaptability, ecological sustainability and access to high quality public space.

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ShEPhEard EPSTEiN & huNTErPhoenix yard, 65 King‘s cross Roadlondon wc1x 9lwTel 020 7841 7500Fax 020 7841 7575Email [email protected] www.seh.co.ukcontact Steven Pidwill, director

Shepheard Epstein Hunter is an established practice, well known particularly for our work in housing and education, and as designers of buildings and landscapes that work well, last and make a positive contribution to the environment.

We see architecture, planning and landscape as part of one holistic activity. Many of our projects start with a masterplan and continue through to the implementation of buildings and landscape. We are keenly interested in the way people use and enjoy space, whether inside or outside; how the simple attributes of architecture such as daylight, colour, and materials can uplift and enhance people’s lives; and how buildings and spaces can contribute to the growth of strong communities in decades to come. We enjoy working closely with people, listening to and understanding the many different voices that make up a community, building consensus and making projects happen on the ground.

Our approach to masterplanning, urban design and landscape stems from the roots of the practice in the new universities of the twentieth century and the housing redevelopment schemes of the 1960s and 1970s, and has been refined and broadened through many projects dealing with neighbourhood regeneration, the revitalisation of docklands, and many campus masterplans. College Place in Camden won the high density housing

medal in 1968 and our development plan at Lancaster University in 1964 was a model for a new pedestrian-centred, low-rise compact academic town with mixed-use buildings.

More recently, our urban regeneration projects such as Salford Quays have demonstrated how an innovative masterplan based on the value of high quality infrastructure and the importance of the public realm can unlock the potential of a derelict docklands. Current projects include development plans for the Universities of Leicester and London South Bank University; a masterplan for 5000 homes at Woodberry Down in Hackney that achieved planning approval in 2008; new housing to set a high quality benchmark for regeneration in Hull.

All of them are based on a concern for the well-being of the people whose lives they affect, priority given to the pedestrian, ensuring connections to context, and a high value placed on the quality of spaces between buildings.

Within the last decade, projects such as Stonebridge in London - which is half way through rebuilding 1500 homes around an existing community – and Tidworth in Wiltshire – 500 homes for the armed forces - show how previously soulless environments can be transformed into popular places to live through intelligent urban design and a pragmatic approach to phasing and implementation.

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SPaCE SyNTaX4 huguenot Place, heneage Streetlondon E1 5lNTel 020 7422 7600Email [email protected] www.spacesyntax.com contact Tim Stonor

SPAcE MATTERSHuman activity is profoundly influenced by the planning and design of the built environment. This influence can be understood in its nature, measured in its degree and shaped through planning and design interventions.

The Space Syntax approach to planning and design has been proven in commercial practice for over 20 years. Supported by research foundations at University College London and other world-leading academic institutions, the approach adds value through a unique service offer:

cREATING PlAcES We offer consultancy advice, providing a valued input to the planning and design of urban and building projects. We specialise in the production of strategic design concepts and have a track record in the development of visionary ideas that promote social and economic wealth-creation. We assemble and lead multi-disciplinary consultant teams and we also provide expert advice to other lead designers.

We provide a design review service to make strategic inputs into urban and building projects.

ShAPING KNOwlEdGE We develop advanced, evidence-based technologies to forecast the effects of planning and design decisions on social, economic and environmental outcomes in a number of knowledge domains, including social cohesion, crime and security and workplace innovation.

We undertake research to continuously develop the technology that forms the foundations of our approach.

We create publications of our work and the work of others.

INFORMING PRAcTIcE We provide training to people in the use of these technologies through professional and academic training courses as well as our popular internship programme.

We create software licensing arrangements with public and private sector organisations to apply the technologies in practice.We engage in planning and design policy development at a national and local scale to promote objectives that are sympathetic with our approach.

In whichever role we take, we put a care for the social and economic performance of places at the heart of the planning and design process.

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Taylor Young Ltd is a multi-disciplinary design orientated architecture, urban design town planning and landscape architecture consultancy with over 200 staff who operate from 4 offices in Manchester city centre, South Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds.

AREAS OF ExPERTISEArchitecture, Urban Design, Statutory Planning, Landscape Architecture, Regeneration, Training• Architecture:Architecturaldesign,constructionandsiteco-

ordination, feasibility studies, technical advisor, design team leader, brief development, interior design

• UrbanDesign:Urbandesignappraisals,urbandesigntraining/education, design guidance, urban design visioning, design and access statements, urban design frameworks, planning and development briefs, supplementary planning documents

• StatutoryPlanning:Planningappraisals,negotiations,planning applications, appeals, inquiries, design and access statements, co-ordination of environmental impact assessments, conservation area appraisals, conservation area consent and listed building consent applications, development plan/local development framework representations, community engagement/consultation, S106 obligations advice and negotiation

• LandscapeArchitecture:Landscapeframeworksanddetailedschemes, public realm design, landscape character assessments, visual impact assessments

• Regeneration:Developmentandregenerationframeworks,neighbourhood plans, town centre masterplans, area action plans, community engagement and consultation, action planning events. Representations, community engagement/consultation, S106 obligations advice and negotiation

• Training:Weofferurbandesigntrainingacrossfourkeythemes, with a team of experienced facilitators; Demystifying Design; a general introduction, Control and Regulation; the practical application of design theory to planning and control, Positive Promotion; the putting in place of the tools to deliver quality places eg. Design guides, Advanced Case Work Analysis; partnering on real projects with clients to secure excellent design and implementation

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TaylOr yOuNg lTdchadsworth house, wilmslow Road, handforth, cheshire SK9 3hPOffices also at liverpool, leeds and ManchesterTel 01625 542 200Fax 01625 542 250Email [email protected] www.tayloryoung.co.ukcontact Stephen Gleave, Managing director


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TErENCE O’rOurkEEverdene house, deansleigh RoadBournemouth Bh7 7du Offices in the South East, South west & ScotlandTel 01202 421142Fax 01202 430055Email [email protected] www.torltd.co.ukcontact darren Shorter

Good urban design is the art of making successful places in which to live, work and relax – the network of streets, squares and spaces that forms the framework of our towns and cities. Terence O’Rourke aims to add lasting value for both the investor and the community, and through urban regeneration we can repair the mistakes of the past.

Established in 1985 we have an award-winning track record delivering a wide variety of schemes in the public and private sectors. This includes research and urban capacity assessments, development briefs, masterplans, town centre strategies and design codes. Our clients benefit from an integrated approach to their projects, drawing on our in-house expertise in urban design, town planning, landscape

architecture, architecture, environmental consultancy and graphic design.

Being receptive to new ideas underpins our philosophy. The collective knowledge and experience of local people can be invaluable in formulating strategies and avoiding past mistakes. Investing in public participation can win support for proposals and ease the progress of planning applications. Our expertise in this area was recognised in the 2008 European Urban & Regional Planning Awards, where we were joint winners of the Public Participation in Planning category for our work on the Stonebridge estate, London.

At Terence O’Rourke we combine innovative ideas with a realistic understanding of the change that can be

delivered over different timescales. We create deliverable development proposals that respond to the local economy, government guidance, best practice and an area’s long-term needs.

Our work includes:• Masterplans• Towncentrestrategies• Majorregenerationschemes• Visioning• Designcodes• Designstatements• Developmentframeworksandbriefs• Publicparticipationandcommunity

engagement• Sustainabilityappraisals• Conservationareaappraisals• Environmentalenhancementschemes

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Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design is a well established multi-disciplinary practice. Our highly experienced team has developed expertise in the crossovers between planning, architectural, landscape and urban design over the past ten years.

We are creative and collaborative, and passionate about sustainable place-making through a design-led, committed and commercially realistic approach.

Our services include urban design, masterplanning, urban regeneration, town planning, strategic planning and landscape planning, and many of our projects encompass a range of these services.

We work throughout the UK for both public and private sector clients, and have a track record of successful delivery and happy clients.

Recent projects include:• LocalDevelopmentFramework(LDF)documents:PreparingArea

Action Plans, Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) and strategic urban design/ masterplanning to inform local planning

authority LDF documents, for instance the Enterprise Quarter SPD at Elephant and Castle in London, to promote a more successful, mixed-use university quarter

• SustainableUrbanExtensions/VillageDevelopmentStrategies:Designing high quality new places that relate well to their context, and working collaboratively to guide proposals through the planning process to implementation, as at Merton Rise in Basingstoke

• Regeneration/DevelopmentStrategies:Helpingtoensurethat robust strategies are put in place for regeneration and/ or development, including masterplans for key sites as part of our Hastings Seafront Strategy

• DesignGuidance/DesignCodes:preparinglocationspecificand generic design guidance, from sub-regional design guides through to development briefs for individual sites

• DesignAdvice:Advisinglocalauthoritiesanddeveloperson design quality, and how to communicate and assess it effectively, for detailed proposals and outline masterplans

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1 Enterprise Quarter SPD, Elephant & Castle. Design guidance to promote a high quality mixed-use university quarter in a regeneration area

2 Merton Rise, Basingstoke. A sustainable urban extension that promotes place-making through high quality design based on streets and open spaces

3 Hastings. Masterplan and feasibility study to demonstrate the potential for regeneration

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TOwNSCaPE SOluTiONS128 Park Road, Smethwick, west Midlands B67 5hTTel 0121 429 6111Fax 0121 226 8789Email [email protected] www.townscapesolutions.co.ukcontact Kenny Brown

Creating well-loved sustainable places is a fundamental objective of urban design. Equally important is ensuring projects are commercially viable. Townscape Solutions work closely with clients and all those involved in a project to ensure both objectives are met.

hOw TOwNScAPE SOluTIONS cAN hElPTownscape Solutions bring the following benefits to any project:• Extensiveexperienceofdesigning

projects that achieve planning permission

• Individualdesignapproachtoeachproject tailored to the context and client

• Negotiatingskillsthatensurethedesignapproach is understood by all

• Presentationskillsthatensuretheproject is shown to its full advantage

RANGE OF wORKOur expertise includes masterplans, site layouts, design guides, design and access statements, an expert witness service and 3D illustrations.The practice works for a wide range of clients, including national housebuilders, local authorities, landowners and developers, as well as providing an urban design service working with other professionals such as architects and planning consultants. cASE STudyUnlocking difficult sites is a particular strength of the practice. One such project in the Midlands, required a masterplan for a 2.2ha site to change its use from industry to housing. The site was part of a larger industrial area made up of 4 landholdings

totalling 5.5ha. The local authority wanted all of it planned comprehensively. A phased masterplan encompassing all four sites was then produced, which received planning consent within 12 weeks.

AddING vAluEFrom advice to large scale masterplanning, Townscape Solutions delivers excellence at every stage. We would invite potential clients to discuss specific requirements and are confident of adding value to any project.

1 Case study project, Walsall. 128 dwellings on 2.2ha, granted outline planning permission for Brothers Group Holdings Ltd

2 Doseley Telford. 58 unit housing scheme designed on home zone principles, granted detailed planning permission for David Wilson Homes

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tp bennett One America Street, london SE1 0NETel 020 7208 2416Fax 020 7208 2024Email [email protected] www.tpbennett.comcontact Peter davis

Good places enrich our lives. They raise the spirit, attract people to live there, work there and visit again and again. They will be just as attractive to future generations. Good urban design makes new places that can offer all this and has the power to offer hope and lift confidence.

At tp bennett, we understand the potential of a place. Our design philosophy is one of passion and optimism tempered by a long history of delivering when it matters.

tp bennett is a multi discipline practice of architects, planners and urban designers that allows an open and democratic spirit to flourish where sound design principles guide the generation of concepts.

wE hAvE ExPERIENcE IN:• DevelopmentBriefs• AreaFrameworks• Masterplans• FeasibilityStudies• TownscapeAnalysis

• PublicRealmStrategies• DesignAdvice• PublicConsultation• Planning• Architecture• 3DVisualisation

dESIGN, cOllABORATION ANd ExcEllENcEWe believe in a design-led approach where the concept is robust, legible, sustainable and realistic, so that it is successful at strategic design stage and still evident at completion.

We believe in an open process of collaborative design with the client and stakeholders, that is design led and image driven.

We pride ourselves on the fact that many of our clients work with us on project after project. This demonstrates not only that we can deliver to a brief, on time and to a budget, but also that working with us can be inspiring and fun.

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Tribal’S urbaN STudiO TEam87-91 Newman Street, london, w1T 3EyTel 020 7079 9120Fax 020 7079 9150Email [email protected] www.tribalgroup.co.uk/urbanstudioteamcontacts Simon Green and Simon Gray

Tribal’s Urban Studio team are thinkers, designers and consistent innovators, who have helped place sustainability, context driven design and the urban renaissance on the map for more than 25 years.

Originally part of Llewelyn Davies, the team has been responsible for shaping national best practice and guidance - the Urban Design Compendium; Safer Places; Better Places to Live; and Manual for Streets, to name but a few. This strong grounding in research, best practice and design is part of the symbiotic evolution of the Tribal Urban Studio team. Our designers and planners share a passion and desire to deliver high quality solutions; whether through policy, the planning system or, more directly, through our design work.

With principal offices in London, Newcastle and Belfast alongside our sister offices in Manchester, Edinburgh, Sheffield and Bristol, we can offer our clients a truly national breadth of service.

Our masterplanning work is context-driven and has resulted in a legacy of thoughtful and creative masterplans which have stood the test of time including those for Cardiff Bay and a Building for Life Gold Standard scheme at Portishead. Today the team are actively engaged in the delivery of ambitious plans for the renewal of town and city centres across the UK as well as continuing to be at the forefront of creating large scale sustainable urban extensions.

But our work is not just about the dramatic, headline-grabbing masterplans; we pride ourselves on bringing fresh and considered approaches to complex and difficult places that need a lightness of touch and sensitivity; places where re-engaging communities is as much the priority as physical change. Our work in the County Durham coalfield villages, Walker Riverside in Newcastle and Newington and Saint Andrew’s in West Hull are examples of this commitment to deliver meaningful change.

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TurlEy aSSOCiaTES25 Savile Row, london w1S 2ESTel 020 7851 4010Fax 020 7851 4020Email [email protected] www.turleyassociates.co.ukcontact Michael lowndes

Turley Associates is a leading planning and urban design consultancy operating nationally, regionally and locally from a network of nine offices.

The company provides urban design, masterplanning, regeneration and heritage advice for all scales of development with the added value of national knowledge informed by local expertise. Core areas of work include the production of masterplans, urban design frameworks, development briefs, design statements, public realm strategies, regeneration strategies and community involvement initiatives.

An inter-disciplinary approach provides clients with an integrated planning and urban design service that aims to deliver truly sustainable solutions. Turley Associates currently has 216 members of staff, which includes 37 urban designers.

cuRRENT PORTFOlIO ExAMPlES• DanetreeVillage,Daventry:MasterplanforSustainableUrban

Extension• BirminghamCityUniversity:PerryBarrcampusmasterplan• Blaris,Lisburn:masterplanformajormixed-usedevelopmentas

part of expansion of Lisburn City• DrumEstate,Edinburgh:ConceptualMasterplanonbehalfof

SEEDCO Ltd for submission to Scottish Sustainable Community Initiative (SSCI)

• WirralWaters,Birkenhead:StrategicRegenerationFrameworkand Planning Strategy

• Theatreland,London:PublicRealmStrategytostrengthentheidentity of London’s theatre district

• NossMarina,Dartmouth:Planningandurbandesignadviceforredevelopment of former shipyard and marina

• PilgrimStreet,Newcastle:Planningandurbandesignadviceforretail-led mixed-use regeneration scheme

• LondonBoroughofRichmonduponThames:SustainableUrbanDevelopment Study

• AdanacPark,Southampton:Employmentsitemasterplanincluding design framework and design codes

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Urban Graphics was founded in 2002 and now embodies a collective of creative designers and cartographers, specialising in graphic design, illustration and visualisation for urban design and regeneration projects. We work throughout the UK with a wide spectrum of clients, in both the public and private sectors.

Our work ranges from a single promotional document all the way through to the complete graphic design and illustration of a major regeneration project. We add value by knowing what works best to communicate the message to the different groups and professional teams involved.

We have established a strong reputation for producing high quality graphic communication and new media. The visual language we use plays a crucial role in promoting urban quality and creating visions that both inspire and motivate. Engaging the audience is an integral part of all the work we do, alongside understanding the different techniques used to illustrate projects.

The approach we adopt enhances and adds clarity to urban design messages, rather than detracting from them.

OuR SERvIcES• PlanningandUrbanDesignGraphics• Cartography• DesktopPublishing• GraphicDesign• WebDesign• ExhibitionDesign• 3DModelling• FilmandMotion

urbaN graPhiCSRegent house, 5-7 Melbourne StreetBedford, MK42 9AxTel 01234 353870Mobile 07767 700450Email [email protected] www.urban-graphics.co.ukcontact Bally Meeda

1 Wixams masterplan, Bedfordshire2 Church Stretton, Market Square 3D visualisation3 Future of London conference corporate branding4 Graphics for Urban Design, guidance book5 Nottingham city centre masterplan6 Woodberry Down regeneration7 K+20 Kingston upon Thames, town centre area action plan

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urbaN iNiTiaTivES1 Fitzroy Square, london w1T 5hETel 020 7380 4545Fax 020 7380 4546Email [email protected] [email protected] www.urbaninitiatives.co.ukcontact Marcus wilshere Kelvin campbell

Our business is to deliver innovative ideas and achievable solutions in complex urban environments for the public and private sector.As one of Britain’s leading urban planning and design practices, we have an international reputation for being at the cutting edge of the current urban agendas that are shaping our towns and cities.

We are committed to delivering good urbanism and recognise that the social, cultural and economic shifts towards our towns and cities place increased emphasis on providing high quality, compact, sustainable, mixed-use development: places that are well-designed, have easy movement, offer opportunities for all and, above all, thrive.

Urban Initiatives’ unique inter-disciplinary approach is particularly suited to complex urban projects with a mix of uses, challenging constraints and multiple stakeholders.

Recognised as having outstanding expertise and experience in our field, we bring together a team of key urban professionals - urban designers, architects, transport planners, engineers, town planners, economists, artists and landscape designers - all supported by the full range of project management, IT, graphic and technical skills.

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urbEdurbanism Environment design10 little lever Street, Manchester M1 1hRTel 0161 200 5500Fax 0161 237 3994Email [email protected] www.urbed.coopcontact John Sampson

URBED (Urbanism, Environment and Design) does what our name suggests - we specialise in urban design and sustainability in an urban context. We work across the UK from our base in Manchester and for public and private sector clients. Our background is in urban regeneration, something that remains close to our heart. However recent work has ranged from town centre strategies to outline planning applications for large commercial masterplans, from University estate strategies to urban design guidance. This work is united by our core values of urbanism, community, environmental sustainability and design.

In 2006 URBED (Urbanism, Environment and Design) became independent. Established as an employee-owned co-operative, we now have 16 staff and associates, comprising planners and architects together with a sustainability expert and highway engineer. The practice is still linked to URBED (Urban and Economic Development) based in London through the URBED Trust.

We work in three broad overlapping areas:• Publicsectorconsultancyincluding

visioning, strategy development, consultation, masterplanning and sustainability strategies for towns, neighbourhoods and cities

• Masterplanningfordevelopersandhousebuilders including developer competitions, scheme development, sustainability and renewable energy systems, outline planning and design coordination

• Research,writingandadvocacyincluding policy reports for government, research for think tanks and our in-house publication and event programmes such as the Urban Scrawl and the Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood(SUN) Initiative

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lONdON33 Stannary Street, london SE11 4AATel 020 7820 0388Fax 020 7587 3839Email [email protected] www.wtlandscape.comcontact lisa Toyne

lEEdSGlobe Quay, 16 Globe Road, holbeck, leeds lS11 5QGTel 0113 237 7200Fax 0113 237 7201Email [email protected] www.wtlandscape.comcontact Guy denton

SERvIcES• LandscapeDesignandContractAdministration• LandscapeMasterplanning• SitePlanning• UrbanDesign• LandscapeandVisualImpact• CommunityEnabling

PRINcIPAl AREAS OF wORK• OfficesandBusinessParks• ParksandOpenSpace• UrbanRegeneration• PublicRealm• ResidentialDevelopment• LeisureDevelopment• EducationandHealthcare

Whitelaw Turkington is one of the UK’s leading firms of landscape architects and urban designers, with an established reputation for designing and delivering innovative and high quality projects. The practice now employs over 70 staff in offices in London and Leeds and is now part of the Grontmij Group.

We successfully undertake landscape design for public realm schemes and major projects in commercial, residential, education, healthcare and leisure development. We carry out landscape masterplanning, environmental impact assessment and urban design frameworks. Our public realm work includes urban renewal and town centre regeneration, where we have established a reputation for the design of parks, streetscape and public spaces.

Whitelaw Turkington is now well placed to draw on best practice combining landscape arts with sustainable engineering principles.

The practice’s design philosophy focuses on creating memorable places with a distinct identity, clear spatial form and sensitive integration within the local context.

Our design skills have been recognised in a number of local and national awards.

We enjoy multi-disciplinary collaboration and have acquired particular skills in community participation and consultation, where we involve local stakeholders in an active engagement with the development process.

1 Southend on Sea, central area masterplan2 Huddersfield, St Georges Square3 London, New Fetter Lane, new street square

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williE millEr urbaN dESigN20 victoria crescent Road, Glasgow G12 9ddTel 0141 339 5228 Fax 0141 357 4642Email [email protected] www.williemiller.comcontact willie Miller

Willie Miller Urban Design (WMUD) is a creative inter-disciplinary consultancy specialising in the design and regeneration of urban and rural areas. The practice accommodates specialisms in planning, regeneration and community consultation as well as our core disciplines of urban design and masterplanning. Our strong belief is that the clues to successful design and regeneration lie in the nature and character of the place and in its people. We therefore use skills and specialist techniques to draw out this underlying potential – and express it as a positive shaping force in urban design solutions and regeneration processes. We strongly believe in a cross disciplinary approach which focuses on the nature of the place – and aspirations of the people.

One of our prime concerns is creating places which will endure – through different social and economic cycles, and beyond fads and fashions in architecture. To create such enduring places we have learned lessons from successful places of the past and present. We use design and guidance tools such as spatial strategies and diagrams at the strategic level, development frameworks and

masterplans at the local and neighbourhood level and development briefs and design codes at the local street level. We use these mechanisms in a way which draws on local identity and character without seeking blind pastiche replication of the past.

Most UK settlements have been evolving for centuries. To regenerate them in a holistic way, we try to understand their structuring elements - streets, blocks, plots and spaces - and how these work together. Many developers and practitioners view built heritage as a constraint on regeneration or development. We consider most heritage to be real or potential assets which need recognition and understanding as well as investment and time to mature.

It is obvious to us that community sensibilities should be reflected in the planning, design and management of old and new places. We don’t ask that communities design. Rather, through careful facilitation, they provide their knowledge and inform our effort. The plan-making process can take many months, but the place-making can take years.

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wyg PlaNNiNg & dESigN21 Park Place, cardiff cF10 3dQ Tel 029 2072 9000 Fax 029 2039 5965Email [email protected] www.wyg.comcontact Gordon lewis

WYG offers a creative approach to urban design and masterplanning using a multi-disciplinary group of architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, ecologists and transport planners working at the leading edge of design, development and economic planning. We are guided by four key principles:• Sustainability:toensurethatsocial,economicandphysical

issues are at the heart of the urban design agenda • Creativity:toprovidefreshthinkingandflairthatdelivers

contemporary and contextual design solutions • Quality:tocreatelastingurbanenvironmentsthataddvalueto

people’s lives• Engagement:toaddresspublic,privateandcommunityinterests

in a collaborative and balanced approach

Urban design is a process of shaping the physical environment to create attractive sustainable places; that add value to the human experience. It involves an understanding of how buildings, landscape, spaces and activities work together and the processes involved in creating new development and remodelling existing areas. It includes consultation and involvement of stakeholders to achieve urban design solutions for small and large changes to the urban fabric.

Masterplanning is the process of agreeing how an area should develop over time. It includes setting a vision, a framework and design guidance that explains how the vision is achieved. At best, it is about “place-making”; creating places that inspire the human spirit, providing a new perspective for an area and leaving us richer for the experience. Issues of sustainability, stakeholder involvement and quality need to be woven into the masterplan process. The masterplan must relate to context and history, and integrate with adjacent districts. It must create powerful places that add value to adjacent areas and promote mixed-use at the heart of sustainability design.

WYG provides a comprehensive range of urban design services from all offices.

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The following list of practices are those that were practice members of the urban design Group at the end of February 2009. An up to date list of practices is provided on the udG website www.udg.org.uk.

AlAN BAxTER & ASSOcIATES70 cowcross Street, london Ec1M 6EJTel 020 7250 1555Email [email protected] www.alanbaxter.co.ukcontact Alan Baxter

AllEN PyKE ASSOcIATES The Factory 2 Acre Road, Kingston-upon-Thames KT2 6EFTel 020 8549 3434 Email [email protected] www.allenpyke.co.ukcontact John Brodie, Rob chiat

ANdREw MARTIN ASSOcIATEScroxton’s Mill, little waltham, chelmsford, Essex cM3 3PJTel 01245 361611Email [email protected] www.amaplanning.comcontacts Andrew Martin/ Sophie O’hara Smith

ANThONy REddy ASSOcIATESdartry Mills, dartry Road, dublin 6Tel 00 353 1 498 7000Email [email protected] www.anthonyreddy.comcontacts Tony Reddy, Brian O’Neill

ARNOld lINdENchartered Architect, 54 upper Montagu Street, london w1h 1FPTel 020 7723 7772contact Arnold linden

ASSAEl ARchITEcTuRE lTdStudio 13, 50 carnwath Road, london Sw6 3FGTel 020 7736 7744Email [email protected] www.assael.co.ukcontact Russell Pedley

ATKINS PlcEuston Tower, 286 Euston Road,london Nw1 3ATTel 020 7121 2000Email [email protected] Paul Reynolds

AuSTIN-SMITh:lORd llP Port of liverpool Building, Pier head, liverpool l3 1ByTel 0151 227 1083Email [email protected] Andy SmithAlso at london, cardiff and Glasgow

BAKER ASSOcIATESThe crescent centre, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6EZTel 0117 933 8950Email [email protected] claire Mitcham

BARR GAZETAS lTd, Eastgate house, 16-19 Eastcastle Street, london w1w 8dA Tel 0207 636 5581 Email [email protected] www.barrgazetas.comcontact Alistair Barr

BARTON wIllMORE PARTNERShIPBeansheaf Farmhouse, Bourne close, calcot, Reading, Berks RG31 7BwTel 0118 943 [email protected] clive Rand

ThE BEll cORNwEll PARTNERShIPOakview house, Station Road, hook, hampshire RG27 9TPTel 01256 766673Email [email protected] www.bell-cornwell.co.ukcontact Simon Avery

BENNETT uRBAN PlANNINGOne America Street, london SE1 0NETel 020 7208 2029Email [email protected] Mike Ibbott

BIdwEllS 16 upper King Street, Norwich NR3 1hA Tel 01603 763 939 [email protected] www.bidwells.co.ukcontact luke Broom-lynne

BlAMPIEd & PARTNERS lTdAreen house 282 King Street, london w6 0SJTel 020 8563 9175 Email [email protected] www.blampied.co.ukcontact clive Naylor

BREE dAy PARTNERShIPThe Old chapel1 holly Road, Twickenham Tw1 4EATel 020 8744 4440Email [email protected] www.architech.co.ukcontact Tim day

BROAdwAy MAlyAN ARchITEcTS3 weybridge Business Park, weybridge, Surrey KT15 2BwTel 01932 845599Email [email protected] www.broadwaymalyan.comcontact david Moore

BROcK cARMIchAEl ARchITEcTS19 Old hall Street, liverpool l3 9JQTel 0151 242 6222Email [email protected] Michael cosser

BROwNE SMITh & BAKER ARchITEcTSMorton house Morton Road darlington dl1 4PTTel 01325 462345Email [email protected] www.brownesmithbaker.comcontact d d Brown

BuIldING dESIGN PARTNERShIP16 Brewhouse yard, clerkenwell, london Ec1v 4lJTel 020 7812 8000Email [email protected] www.bdp.co.ukcontact Andrew Tindsley

BuRKE-KENNEdy dOylE ARchITEcTS6-7 harcourt Terrace, dublin 2Ireland Tel 00 353 1 6182400Email [email protected] www.bkd.ie contact Tom coughlan/ Martin Jones

BuRNS + NIcE70 cowcross Street, london Ec1M 6EJTel 020 7253 0808Email [email protected] www.burnsnice.comcontacts Marie Burns/ Stephen Nice

BuRREll FOlEy FISchERyork central, 70-78 york way, london N1 9AGTel 020 7713 5333Email [email protected] www.bff-architects.co.ukcontact John Burrell

cAPITA lOvEJOylevel Seven, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, london Sw1w 0AuTel 020 7901 9911Email [email protected] www.lovejoy.uk.comcontacts david Blackwood MurrayAlso at Birmingham 0121 329 7976

cdN PlANNING lTdEthos, Kings Road, Swansea waterfrontSwansea SA1 8ASTel 01792 830238Email [email protected] www.cdnplanning.comcontact Kedrick davies

chAPMAN TAylOR llP10 Eastbourne Terrace, london w2 6lGTel 020 7371 3000Email [email protected] www.chapmantaylor.comcontacts Adrian Griffiths/ Paul Truman

chARTER cONSulTANTS ARchITEcTSArchitecture and urban design2 St Stephen’s court, 15-17 St Stephen Road, Bournemouth, dorset Bh2 6lATel 01202 [email protected] Martin dobbs

cGlStudio 1, 155 commercial Street, london E1 6BJTel 020 7539 1200Email [email protected] www.cgluk.comcontact Mike lewis

chRIS BlANdFORd ASSOcIATES1 Swan court, 9 Tanner Street, london SE1 3lETel 020 7089 6480Email [email protected] www.cba.uk.netcontacts chris Blandford/Mike MartinAlso at uckfield

cITy dESIGN cO-OP lTd4 North court, Glasgow, G1 2dPTel 0141 204 3466Fax 0141 221 7746Email [email protected] www.citydesign.coopcontact Beatriz Bauer

cITy Id 23 Trenchard StreetBristol BS1 5ANTel 0117 917 7000Email [email protected] cityid.co.ukcontact Mike Rawlinson

clARKE KlEIN & chAudhuRI ARchITEcTS63-71 collier Street, london N1 9BETel 020 7278 0722Email [email protected] wendy clarke

cOlIN BuchANAN & PARTNERSNewcombe house, 45 Notting hill Gate, london w11 3PBTel 020 7309 7000Email [email protected] Martina Juvara

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cOlOuR uRBAN dESIGN lIMITEdMilburn house, dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1lETel 0191 242 4224Email [email protected] www.colour-udl.comcontact Peter Owens

cONROy cROwE KElly ARchITEcTS65 Merrion Square, dublin 2, IrelandTel 00 353 1 661 3990Email [email protected] www.cck.iecontacts clare Burke and david wright

cONSERvATION ARchITEcTuRE & PlANNINGwey house, Standford lane, headley, hants Gu35 8RhTel 01420 472830Email [email protected] www.capstudios.co.ukcontact Jack warshaw

cOOPER cROMARNewton house, 457 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3lGTel 0141 332 2570 Email [email protected] www.coopercromar.comcontact Alan Stark

cuNNANE STRATTON REyNOldS3 Molesworth Place, dublin 2Tel 00 353 1 661 0419Email [email protected] www.csrlandplan.iecontact declan O’leary

dAlTON cRAwlEy PARTNERShIP29 carlton crescent, Southampton SO15 2Ew Tel 02380 719400 Email [email protected] www.daltoncrawley.comcontact Steve dalton

dAvId huSKISSON ASSOcIATES17 upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge wells, Kent TN1 2duTel 01892 527828Email [email protected] Nicola Brown

dAvId lOcK ASSOcIATES lTd50 North Thirteenth Street, central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes MK9 3BPTel 01908 666276Email [email protected] www.davidlock.comcontact will cousins

dEGw Plc ARchITEcTS & cONSulTANTSThe Merchant centre, 1 New Street centre, london Ec4A 3BFTel 020 7239 7777Email [email protected] www.degw.co.ukcontact Steve Smith

dESIGNS FOR lIGhTING17 city Business centre, hyde Street winchester SO23 7TATel 01962 855080 Email [email protected] www.designsforlighting.co.uk contact Alan Tulla

dEvEREux ARchITEcTS lTd200 upper Richmond Road, london Sw15 2ShTel 020 8780 1800Email [email protected] www.devereux.co.ukcontact duncan Ecob

dhA PlANNING & uRBAN dESIGNEclipse house, Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3ENTel 01622 776226Email [email protected] dhaplanning.co.ukcontact Matthew woodhead

dNS STuARTGloucester house, 29 Brunswick SquareGloucester Gl1 1uNTel 01452 413726Email [email protected] www.dnawalkerstuart.co.ukcontact Mark Newey

dPdS cONSulTING GROuPOld Bank house, 5 devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon, wilts SN1 4BJTel 01793 610222Email [email protected] www.dpds.co.ukcontact les durrant

dPP (dEvElOPMENT PlANNING PARTNERShIP) llPAudrey house, 16-20 Ely Place, london Ec1N 6SNTel 020 7092 3600Fax 020 7404 7917Email [email protected] www.dppllp.comcontact Roger Mascall

duAlchAS BuIldING dESIGNduisdale Beag, Sleat, Isle of Skye Iv43 8QuTel 01471 833300Email [email protected] www.dualchas.comcontact lara hinde

EdAw PlcThe Johnson Building, 77 hatton Gardenlondon Ec1N 8JSTel 020 3009 2100Email [email protected] Bill hanway and Jason PriorMANchESTERExpress Networks Phase 2, 3 George leigh Street, Manchester M4 5dlTel 0161 200 1860EdINBuRGh5 coates crescent, Edinburgh Eh3 7AlTel 0131 226 3939

ENGlISh PARTNERShIPSurban design Team, National consultancy unit, central Business Exchange, 414-428 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 EATel 01908 [email protected] louise wyman

ENTEc uK lTdGables house Kenilworth Road, leamington Spa, warwicks cv32 6JxTel 01926 439 000Email [email protected] www.entecuk.co.ukcontact Nick Brant

FABRIK38 A high Street, Alton, hampshire Gu34 1BdTel 01420 593250contact Johnny Rath

FAulKNERBROwNSdobson house, Northumbrian way, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 0QwTel 0191 268 3007Email [email protected] Neil Taylor

FAulKS PERRy cullEy ANd REchlockington hall, lockington, derby dE74 2RhTel 01509 672772Email [email protected] www.fpcr.co.ukcontact Tim Jackson

FlETchER PRIEST ARchITEcTSMiddlesex house, 34/42 cleveland Street,london w1T 4JE Tel 020 7034 2200 Fax 020 7637 5347 Email [email protected] www.fletcherpreist.comcontact Jonathan Kendall

FORMATION ARchITEcTSThe Royle Studios, 41 wenlock Roadlondon N1 7SGTel 020 7251 0781Email [email protected] John Moorewebsite www.formationarchitects.co.uk

FRAMEwORK ARchITEcTuRE ANd uRBAN dESIGN3 Marine Studios, Burton lane, Burton waters, lincoln lN1 2wNTel 01522 535383Email [email protected] Gregg wilson

GARSdAlE dESIGN lIMITEdhigh Branthwaites, Frostrow, Sedberghcumbria, lA10 5JRTel 015396 20875Email [email protected] www.garsdaledesign.co.ukcontact derrick hartley

GIllESPIESEnvironment by designGlASGOw21 carlton court, Glasgow G5 9JPTel 0141 420 8200Email [email protected] Brian M EvansMANchESTERTel 0161 928 7715Email [email protected] Jim GibsonOxFORdTel 01865 326789Email [email protected] Paul F Taylor

Gl hEARN PlANNING20 Soho Square, london w1d 3QwTel 020 7851 4900Email [email protected] david Brown

G.M.K ASSOcIATES1st Floor cleary court, 169 church Street East, woking, Surrey Gu21 6hJTel 01483 729378Email [email protected] George McKinnia

GMw ARchITEcTSPO Box 1613, 239 Kensington high Street, london w8 6SlTel 020 7937 8020Email [email protected] www.gmw-architects.comcontact Terry Brown

GOldcREST hOMES Plc3 hurlingham Business Park, Sullivan Road london Sw6 3duTel 020 77317111Email [email protected] Alan Roake

GvA GRIMlEy lTd10 Stratton Street, london w1J 8JRTel 020 7911 2234Email [email protected] christopher hallAlso at Birmingham and Manchester

hAlcROw GROuP lTd44 Brook Green, hammersmith, london w6 7ByTel 020 7602 7282Email [email protected] www.halcrow.comcontact Tim catchpole/Peter Goggs

hANKINSON ducKETT ASSOcIATESThe Stables, howberry Park, Benson lane, wallingford Ox10 8BATel 01491 838 175Email [email protected] Brian duckett

hOK INTERNATIONAl lTdQube, 90 whitfield Streetlondon w1T 4EZTel 020 7636 2006Email [email protected] Tim Gale

hOlMES PARTNERShIP89 Minerva Street, Glasgow G3 8lETel 0141 204 2080Email [email protected] harry Phillips

hTA ARchITEcTS lTd.106-110 Kentish Town Road, london Nw1 9Px Tel 020 7485 8555 Email [email protected] James lord/Sally lewiswebsite www.hta-arch.co.uk

hulME uPRIGhT MANNINGhighpoint, Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5Sh Tel 01782 208600 Fax 01782 206080 Email [email protected] www.hulmeupright.co.ukcontact dryden McNair-lewis

hylANd EdGAR dRIvEROne wessex way, colden common, winchester, hants SO21 1wGTel 01962 711 600Email [email protected] www.heduk.comcontact John hyland

INdIGO PlANNING lTdSwan court, worple Road, london Sw19 4JSTel 020 8605 9400Email [email protected] www.indigoplanning.comcontact Andy King

INTEllIGENT SPAcEAtkins, Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road london Nw1 3ATTel 020 7121 [email protected] www.intelligentspace.comcontact Elspeth duxbury

JAcOBS Tower Bridge court, 224-226 Tower Bridge Road, london SE1 2uPTel 020 7403 3330Email [email protected] www.jacobsbabtie.comcontacts craig Kiner


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JMP cONSulTING Audrey house, 16-20 Ely Place london Ec1N 6SN Tel 020 7618 4149 Email [email protected] Paul Smith

JOhN McASlAN & PARTNERS49 Princes Place, london w11 4QATel 020 7727 2663Email [email protected] www.mcaslan.co.uk

JOhN ROSE ASSOcIATESBerkeley court, Borough RoadNewcastle-under-lyme, ST5 1TTTel 01782 382275Email [email protected] www.johnroseassociates.co.ukcontact John Rose

JOhN ThOMPSON ANd PARTNERS23-25 Great Sutton Street, london EcIv 0dN Tel 020 7017 1780 Email [email protected] website www.jtp.co.uk contact Marcus Adams Additional Office address2nd Floor venue studios, 18-21 calton Road, Edinburgh Eh8 8dl Tel 0131 272 2762Email [email protected] contact Alan Stewart

JON ROwlANd uRBAN dESIGN65 hurst Rise Road, Oxford Ox2 9hETel 01865 863642Email [email protected] www.jrud.co.ukcontact Jon Rowland

JONES lANG lASAllE22 hanover Square, london w1A 2BNTel 020 7493 6040Email [email protected] Guy Bransbywebsite www.joneslanglasalle.co.uk Other offices at Manchester, leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh

KAy EllIOTT5-7 Meadfoot Road, Torquay, devon TQ1 2JPTel 01803 213553Email [email protected] www.kayelliott.co.ukcontact Mark Jones

KEMBER lOudON wIllIAMS lTdRidgers Barn, Bunny lane, Eridge, Near Tunbridge wells, Kent TN3 9hATel 01892 750018Email [email protected] www.klw.co.ukcontact Juliet Billingham

KEPPIE dESIGN160 west Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4RlTel 0141 225 0269Email [email protected] Suzanne McIntoshwebsite www.keppiedesign.co.uk

KSAunit 5c & 5d, Fingal Bay Business Park, Swords, co dublinTel 00 353 1 890 4085Email [email protected] www.ksa.iecontact donna Gorman

ThE lANdScAPE PARTNERShIP Tunnel wharf, 121 Rotherhithe Streetlondon, SE16 4NFTel 020 7252 0002Email [email protected] www.thelandscapepartnership.comcontact Joanna Ede

lANdScAPE PROJEcTS31 Blackfriars Road, Salford, Manchester M3 7AQTel 0161 839 8336Email [email protected] Neil Swanson

lANd uSE cONSulTANTS43 chalton Street, london Nw1 1JdTel 020 7383 5784Email [email protected] www.landuse.co.ukcontact John Grantham

lAThAMSSt Michael’s, Queen Street, derby dE1 3SuTel 01332 365777Email [email protected] derek latham/ Jon Phipps

ldA dESIGN14-17 wells Mews, london w1T 3hFTel 020 7467 1470Email [email protected] John Phillipps

lEvITT BERNSTEIN ASSOcIATES lTd1 Kingsland Passage, london E8 2BBTel 020 7275 7676Email [email protected] www.levittbernstein.co.ukcontact Patrick hammill

lhc uRBAN dESIGNdesign Studio, Emperor way, Exeter Business Park, Exeter, devon Ex1 3QSTel 01392 444334Email [email protected] John Baulch

lIchFIEld PlANNING llP 26 westgate, lincoln lN1 3BdTel 01522 546483lONdON51 charlton Street, london Nw1 1hyTel 020 7388 3312Email [email protected] Steve Kemp website www.lichfieldplanning.co.uk

lIvINGSTON EyRE ASSOcIATES35-42 charlotte Road, london Ec2A 3PGTel 020 7739 1445Fax 020 7729 2986Email [email protected] laura Stone

lIZ lAKE ASSOcIATESwilliam Robinson Buildings, woodfield Terrace, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex cM24 8AJTel 01279 647044Email [email protected] www.lizlake.comcontact Matt lee

llEwElyN dAvIES yEANGBrook house, 2 Torrington Place, london wc1E 7hNTel 020 7637 8740Email [email protected] Robert Powell

lOcI4 lower Ormond Quay, dublin 1Tel 00 353 1887 4448Email [email protected] www.loci.iecontact conor Norton

lSI ARchITEcTS llPThe Old drill hall, 23 A cattle Market Street, Norwich NR1 3dyTel 01603 [email protected] david Thompson

lyONS + SlEEMAN + hOARENero Brewery, cricket Green, hartley wintney, hook, hampshire RG27 8QATel 01252 844144Email [email protected] Andrew Aldridge

MAccORMAc JAMIESON PRIchARd9 heneage Street, london E1 5lJTel 020 7377 9262Email [email protected] www.mjparchitects.co.ukcontact liz Pride

MAcGREGOR SMITh lTdchristopher hse, 11-12 high St, Bath BA1 5AQTel 01225 464690Email [email protected] www.macgregorsmith.co.ukcontact Michael Smith

MATRIx PARTNERShIP40-42 Scrutton Street, london Ec2A 4PP Tel 020 7655 4540Email [email protected] www.matrixpartnership.co.ukcontact Matt lally and Andrew Burns

MAx FORdhAM llPThe Rotunda, 42-43 Gloucester crescentlondon Nw1 7PEAlso in cambridge, Edinburgh, MilanTel 020 7267 5161Email [email protected]; [email protected] www.maxfordham.comcontacts Adam Ritchie Theo Paradise-hirst (lighting)

MElvIllE duNBAR ASSOcIATESThe Mill house, Kings Acre, coggeshall, Essex cO6 1NNTel 01376 562828Email [email protected] Melville dunbar

METROPOlITAN wORKShOP14-16 cowcross Street, Farringdon, london Ec1M 6dGTel 020 7566 0450Email [email protected] www.metwork.co.ukcontacts david Prichard/ Neil deely

METROPOlIS PlANNING ANd dESIGN30 underwood Street, london N1 7JQ Tel 020 7324 2662 Email [email protected] www.metropolispd.comcontact Greg cooper

MOuchEl 209 - 215 Blackfriars Road, london SE1 8NlTel 020 7803 [email protected] david Orr

MuRRAy O’lAOIRE ARchITEcTSFumbally court, Fumbally lane, dublin 8Tel 00 353 1 453 7300Email [email protected] www.murrayolaoire.com contact Sean O’laoire

MwA PARTNERShIP lTdParkway Studios, Belmont Business Park,232-240 Belmont Road, Belfast BT4 2AwTel 028 9076 8827Email [email protected] John Eggleston

NAThANIEl lIchFIEld & PARTNERS lTd14 Regent’s wharf, All Saints Street, london N1 9RlTel 020 7837 4477Email [email protected] www.nlpplanning.comAlso at Newcastle upon Tyne and cardiffcontact Nick Thompson

NATIONAl BuIldING AGENcyhatherton, Richard Avenue South,Milltown dublin 6Tel 00 353 1497 9654Email [email protected] www.nba.iecontact Eoghan Ryan

NBBJThe clove Building, 4-6 Maguire StreetButler’s wharf, london SE1 2NQTel 020 7939 3700Email [email protected] www.nbbj.comcontact Emma hutton

NEw MASTERPlANNING lIMITEd2nd Floor, 107 Bournemouth Road, Poole, dorset Bh14 9hRTel 01202 742228Email [email protected] www.newmasterplanning.comcontact Andy ward

NIchOlAS PEARSON ASSOcIATES30 Brock Street, Bath BA1 2lNTel 01225 445548 Fax 01225 312387 Email [email protected]

NJBA ARchITEcTS & uRBAN dESIGNERS4 Molesworth Place, dublin 2Tel 00 353 1 678 8068Email [email protected] homepage.eircom.net/~njbrady1contact Noel J Brady

NOvEll TullETT7 unity Street, Bristol BS1 5hhTel 0117 922 7887contact Maddy hine

PARK hOOd lTdhawarden house, 163 upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3hZOffice also in Athlone.Tel 02890 298020Email [email protected] www.parkhood.com contact Johnny Park

PAul dAvIS & PARTNERSMozart Terrace, 178 Ebury Streetlondon, Sw1w 8uPTel 020 7730 1178Email [email protected] www.pauldavisandpartners.comcontact Pedro Roos

Pd lANE ARchITEcTS 1 church Road, Greystones, county wicklow, Ireland Tel 00 353 1287 6697Email [email protected] Malcolm lane


PEGASuSPegasus house, Querns Business centre, whitworth Road, cirencester Gl7 1RTTel 0128 564 1717Email [email protected] www.ppg-llp.co.ukcontact Mike carr

PhIlIP cAvE ASSOcIATES70 cowcross Street, london Ec1M 6EJTel 020 7250 0077Email [email protected] www.philipcave.comcontact Philip cave

PlANIT Edc lTdlIvERPOOl26 Old haymarket, liverpool l1 6ERTel 0151 231 1209hAlEdavid house, 10-12 cecil Road, hale wA15 9PATel 0161 928 9281Fax 0161 928 9284Email [email protected] Peter Swift

POd 99 Galgate,Barnard castle,co durham dl12 8ESTel 0845 003 7755Email [email protected] www.pod.gb.com contact Andy dolby10 Summerhill Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6EBcontact craig van Badaf

POllARd ThOMAS EdwARdS ARchITEcTSdiespeker wharf 38, Graham Street, london N1 8JxTel 020 7336 [email protected] www.ptea.co.ukcontact Robin Saha-choudhurylIvERPOOlunit S204, Second Floor, Merchants court, derby Square, liverpool l2 1TSTel 0151 703 2220Email [email protected] Roo humpherson

POwEll dOBSON uRBANISTScharterhouse, links Business ParkSt Mellons, cardiff cF3 0lTTel 029 2079 9699 Email [email protected] www.powelldobsonurbanists.comcontact James Brown

PRINGlE BRANdON10 Bonhill Street, london Ec2A 4QJTel 020 7466 1000Email [email protected] Alison Anslow

PROJEcT cENTRE lTdSaffron court, 14b St cross Street, london Ec1N 8xATel 020 7421 8222Email [email protected] www.projectcentre.co.ukcontact david Moores

PRP ARchITEcTSFerry works, Summer Road, Thames ditton, Surrey KT7 0QJPTel 020 7653 1200Email [email protected] Barry Munday

QuARTET dESIGNThe Exchange, lillingstone dayrell, Bucks MK18 5APTel 01280 860500Email [email protected] david Newman

QuBEBuilding 7, Michael young centre, Purbeck Road, cambridge cB2 2QlTel 01223 271 850Email [email protected] Sheena Maccallum/ Jon BurgessRANdAll ThORPcanada house, 3 chepstow Street Manchester M1 5FwTel 0161 228 7721Email [email protected] Pauline Randall

RANdOM GREENwAy ARchITEcTSSoper hall, harestone valley Roadcaterham Surrey cR3 6hyTel 01883 346 [email protected] R Greenway

REdROw uRBAN dESIGN cENTRERedrow house, 6 waterside way, The lakes, Northampton NN4 7xdTel 01604 601115 Email [email protected] Irina Merryweather

RIchARd cOlEMAN cITydESIGNER14 lower Grosvenor Place, london Sw1w 0ExTel 020 7630 4880Email [email protected] dorthe Bendtsen

RIchARdS PARTINGTONFirst Floor, Fergusson house124 – 128 city Road, london Ec1v 2NJTel 020 7490 5494Email [email protected] Simon Bradburywebsite www.rparchitects.co.uk

RIchARd REId & ASSOcIATESwhitely Farm, Ide hill, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6BSTel 01732 741417Email [email protected] Richard Reid

ROBERT AdAM ARchITEcTS9 upper high Street, winchesterhampshire SO23 8uT Tel 01962 843843 [email protected] Peter critophwebsite www.robertadamarchitects.com

ROGER EvANS ASSOcIATES59-63 high Street, Kidlington, Oxford Ox5 2dNTel 01865 377 030Email [email protected] www.rogerevans.comcontact Roger Evans

RPSat london, Birmingham, Bristol, Swindon, Oxford, durhamTel 0800 587 9939Email [email protected] www.rpsgroup.com

RuMMEy dESIGN ASSOcIATESSouth Park Studios, South Park, Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1ANTel 01732 743753contact Robert Rummey

SAvIllS (l&P) lIMITEdlansdowne house, 57 Berkeley Square london w1J 6ERTel 020 7353 0202Email [email protected] www.savills.comcontact Ben van BruggenSOuThAMPTONBrunswick house,Brunswick Place,Southampton SO15 2APTel 02380 713900Email [email protected] Peter FrankumOffices throughout the world

SAuNdERS PARTNERShIPStudio Four, 37 Broadwater Road, welwyn Garden city, herts Al7 3AxTel 01707 385 [email protected] Martin williams

ScOTT BROwNRIGG lTd St catherines court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford Gu2 4duTel 01483 568 686Email [email protected] www.scottbrownrigg.com contact luan deda

ScOTT TAllON wAlKER ARchITEcTS19 Merrion Square, dublin 2 Tel 00 353 1 669 3000Email [email protected] www.stw.comcontact Philip Jackson

ScOTT wIlSON3-4 Foxcombe court, wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, Oxon Ox14 1dZTel 01235 468700Email [email protected] www.scottwilson.comcontacts Paj valley/ Ken JoresAlso at Birmingham, leeds, london, Manchester, Plymouth

ShAFFREy ASSOcIATES29 lower Ormond Quay, dublin 1Tel 00 353 1872 5602Email [email protected] Gráinne Shaffrey

ShEIlS FlyNN lTdBank house high Street, docking, Kings lynn PE31 8NhTel 01485 518304Email [email protected] Eoghan Sheils

ShEPhEARd EPSTEIN huNTERPhoenix yard, 65 King’s cross Road, london wc1x 9lwTel 020 7841 7500Email [email protected] Steven Pidwill

ShEPPARd ROBSON77 Parkway, camden Town, london Nw1 7PuTel 020 7504 1700Email [email protected] www.sheppardrobson.comcontact Nick SpallMANchESTER113-115 Portland St, Manchester M1 6dwcontact Phil doyle

SMEEdEN FOREMAN PARTNERShIP8 East Parade, harrogate hG1 JlTTel 01423 520 222Email [email protected] Trevor Foreman

SMITh ScOTT MullAN ASSOcIATES378 leith walk, Edinburgh Eh7 4PFTel 0131 555 [email protected] Eugene Mullan

SOlTyS: BREwSTER cONSulTING87 Glebe Street, Penarth, vale of Glamorgan cF64 1EFTel 029 2040 8476Email [email protected] www.soltysbrewster.co.ukcontact Simon Brewster

SOMSkidmore Owings & Merrill Inc.1 Oliver’s yard, london Ec1y 1hhTel 020 7798 1000Email [email protected] www.som.comcontact Roger KallmanAlso at chicago, New york, washington, San Francisco, lA, hong Kong

SPAcE SyNTAx lIMITEd4 huguenot Place, heneage Street, london E1 5lNTel 020 7422 7600Email [email protected] Tim Stonor

SPAwFORThSJunction 41 Business court, East Ardsley, leeds wF3 2ABTel 01924 873873Email [email protected] www.spawforth.co.ukcontact Adrian Spawforth

STuART TuRNER ASSOcIATES12 ledbury, Great linford, Milton Keynes MK14 5dSTel 01908 678672Email [email protected] www.studiost.demon.co.ukcontact Stuart Turner

SuRFAcE INcluSIvE dESIGN RESEARch cENTRESchool of construction & Property Management, university of Salford M5 4wTTel 0161 295 5279Email [email protected] www.inclusive-design.itcontact Rita Newton

TAylOR yOuNG uRBAN dESIGNchadsworth house, wilmslow Road, handforth, cheshire SK9 3hPTel 01625 542200Email [email protected] Stephen Gleave lIvERPOOlTel 0151 702 6500

TERENcE O’ROuRKE lTdEverdene house, deansleigh Road, Bournemouth Bh7 7duTel 01202 421142Email [email protected] www.torltd.co.uk

TERRA FIRMA cONSulTANcycedar court, 5 college Road Petersfield Gu31 4AETel 01730 [email protected] lionel Fanshawe

TERRy FARREll ANd PARTNERS7 hatton Street, london Nw8 8PlTel 020 7258 3433Email [email protected] www.terryfarrell.comcontact drew Nelles

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TETlOw KING GROuPlone Barn Studios, Stanbridge lane, Romsey, hants SO51 0hETel 01794 517333Email [email protected] www.tetlowking.co.ukcontact Peter Morgan

TIBBAldS PlANNING & uRBAN dESIGN19 Maltings Place, 169 Tower Bridge Road, london SE1 3JBTel 020 7089 2121Email [email protected] www.tibbalds.co.ukcontact Andrew Karski

TOwNScAPE SOluTIONS128 Park Road, Smethwick, west Midlands, B67 5hT Tel 0121 429 6111 [email protected] www.townscapesolutions.co.ukcontact Kenny Brown

TRIBAl uRBAN STudIO TEAM 87 - 91 Newman Street, london w1T 3Ey Offices in the uK and Overseas Tel 020 7079 9120 [email protected] www.tribalgroup.co.uk/urbanstudioteam contacts Simon Gray/ Simon Green

TuRlEy ASSOcIATES25 Savile Row, london w1S 2ESTel 020 7851 4010Email [email protected] www.turleyassociates.co.ukcontact Michael lowndes

TwEEd NuTTAll wARBuRTONchapel house, city Road, chester ch1 3AETel 01244 310388Email [email protected] www.tnw-architecture.co.ukcontact John Tweed

uRBAN dESIGN FuTuRES97c west Bow, Edinburgh Eh1 2JPTel 0131 226 4505Email [email protected] www.urbandesignfutures.co.ukcontact Selby Richardson

uRBAN ExchANGE lONdON5-6 Newbury Street, london Ec1A 7hu Tel 020 7776 9730Email [email protected] www.urbanexchangelondon.comcontact A G Joyce

uRBAN GRAPhIcSRegent house 5-7 Melbourne Street, Bedford MK42 9AxTel 01234 353870Email [email protected] www.urban-graphics.co.ukcontact Bally Meeda

uRBAN INITIATIvES1 Fitzroy Square, london w1T 5hETel 020 7380 [email protected] www.urbaninitiatives.co.ukcontact Kelvin campbell

uRBAN INNOvATIONS1st Floor, wellington Buildings, 2 wellington Street, Belfast BT16hTTel 028 9043 5060 Email [email protected] Tony Stevens/ Agnes Brown

uRBAN PRAcTITIONERS70 cowcross Street, london Ec1M 6EJTel 020 7253 [email protected] Antony Rifkin

uRBEd (uRBAN ANd EcONOMIc dEvElOPMENT GROuP)MANchESTER10 little lever Street, Manchester M1 1hRTel 0161 200 5500Email [email protected] www.urbed.co.ukcontact david RudlinlONdON26 Gray’s Inn Road, london wc1x 8hRTel 020 7436 8050

vINcENT ANd GORBING lTdSterling court, Norton Road, Stevenage, hertfordshire SG1 2JyTel 01438 [email protected] www.vincent-gorbing.co.ukcontact Richard lewis

w A FAIRhuRST & PARTNERS1 Arngrove court, Barrack RoadNewcastle upon Tyne NE4 6dBTel 0191 221 0505Email [email protected] Miles walker

wEST & PARTNERSIsambard house, 60 weston Street, london SE1 3QJTel 020 7403 1726Email [email protected] Michael west

wESTwAddy: AdP The Malthouse, 60 East St.helen Street, Abingdon, Oxon Ox14 5EBTel 01235 523139Email [email protected] westwaddy-adp.co.ukcontact Philip waddy

whITE cONSulTANTS18-19 Park Place, cardiff cF10 3dQTel 029 2064 [email protected] Simon white

whITElAw TuRKINGTON lANdScAPE ARchITEcTS33 Stannary Street, london SE11 4AA Tel 020 7820 0388Email [email protected] lindsey whitelawlEEdS16 Globe Road, leeds lS11 5QGTel 0113 237 7200Email [email protected] Guy denton

whITE yOuNG GREEN PlANNING21 Park Place, cardiff cF10 3dQTel 029 2072 9000Email [email protected] Gordon lewisAlso at london, Newcastle, Manchester, leeds, Bristol and Southampton

wIllIE MIllER uRBAN dESIGN & PlANNING20 victoria crescent Road, Glasgow G12 9ddTel 0141 339 5228Email [email protected] willie Miller

wSP dEvElOPMENT ANd TRANSPORTATION1 Queens drive, Birmingham B5 4JP Email [email protected] Alan young

yEllOw BOOK lTd3 hill Street, Edinburgh Eh3 8dGTel 0131 225 5757Email [email protected] www.yellowbookltd.comcontact John lord

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The following eleven courses offer specific urban design or related training and have subscribed to be included in the Source Book. detailed descriptions are included on the following pages.

BIRMINGhAM cITy uNIvERSITyBirmingham Institute of Art & designcorporation St , Birmingham B4 7 dxTel 0121 331 5110Email [email protected] www.bcu.ac.ukcontact Joe holyoakMA Urban Design. This course enhances the creative and practical skills needed to deal with the diverse activities of urban design. Modes of attendance are flexible: full-time, part-time or individual modules as CPD short courses.

cARdIFF uNIvERSITywelsh School of Architecture and School of city & Regional Planning, Glamorgan Building, King Edward v11 Avenue, cardiff cF10 3wATel 029 2087 5972/029 2087 5961Email [email protected] [email protected]/cplan/ma_urbandesigncontact Allison dutoit/Marga Munar Bauza One year full-time and two year part-time MA in Urban Design.

EdINBuRGh cOllEGE OF ARTSchOOl OF ARchITEcTuRE lauriston Place, Edinburgh Eh3 9dFTel 0131 221 6175/6072contact leslie Forsythwww.eca.ac.uk/index.php?id=523Diploma in Architecture and Urban Design, nine months full-time. Diploma in Urban Design, nine months full time or 21 months part-time. MSc in Urban Design, 12 months full-time or 36 months parttime. MPhil and PhD, by research full and part-time.

lEEdS METROPOlITAN uNIvERSITy The leeds School of Architecture, landscape and design, hepworth house, claypit lane, leeds lS2 8AETel 0113 283 2600 ext. 29092Email [email protected] www.leedsmet.ac.uk/courses/lacontact Edwin KnightonMaster of Arts in Urban Design consists of one year full time or two years part time or individual programme of study. Shorter programmes lead to Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate. Project based course focussing on the creation of sustainable environments through inter-disciplinary design.

lONdON SOuTh BANK uNIvERSITyFaculty of Arts and human Sciences, 103 Borough Road, london SE1 0AATel 020 7815 7353contact dr Bob JarvisMA Urban Design (one year full time/two years part time) or PG Cert Planning based course including units on place and performance, sustainable cities as well as project based work and EU study visit. Part of RTPI accredited programme.

OxFORd BROOKES uNIvERSITyJoint centre for urban design, headington, Oxford Ox3 0BPTel 01865 483403contact Georgia Butina-watson/ Alan ReeveDiploma in Urban Design, six months full time or 18 months part time. MA one year full-time or two years part-time.

uNIvERSITy cOllEGE lONdONdevelopment & Planning unit, The Bartlett34 Tavistock Square, london wc1h 9EZTel 020 7679 1111Email [email protected] Sara FeysMSc in Building and Urban Design in Development. Innovative, participatory and responsible design in development and upgrading of urban areas through socially and culturally acceptable, economically viable and environmentally sustainable interventions. One year full time or two years part time.

uNIvERSITy OF NEwcASTlE uPON TyNEdepartment of Architecture, claremont Tower, university of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RuTel 0191 222 7802contact Tim TownshendMA/Diploma in Urban Design. Joint programme in Dept of Architecture and Dept of Town and Country Planning. Full time or part time, integrating knowledge and skills from town planning, architecture, landscape.

uNIvERSITy OF STRAThclydEdepartment of Architecture,urban design Studies unit,131 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 ONGTel 0141 548 4219Email [email protected] Ombretta RomiceThe Postgraduate Course in Urban Design is offered in CPD,Diploma and MSc modes. The course is design centred and includes input from a variety of related disciplines.

uNIvERSITy OF wESTMINSTER35 Marylebone Road, london Nw1 5lSTel 020 7911 5000 x3341Email [email protected] Bill EricksonMA or Diploma Course in Urban Design for postgraduate architects, town planners, landscape architects and related disciplines. One year full time or two years part time.

uNIvERSITy OF ThE wEST OF ENGlANd, BRISTOlFaculty of the Built Environment, Frenchay campus, coldharbour lane, Bristol BS16 1QyTel 0117 328 3508contact Prof Martin Boddy MA/Postgraduate Diploma course in Urban Design. Part time two days per fortnight for two years, or individual programme of study. Project-based course addressing urban design issues, abilities and environments.

In addition courses in urban design and related subjects are also offered at the following places:

lIvERPOOl JOhN MOORES uNIvERSITySchool of the Built EnvironmentPeter Jost centre, Byrom St, liverpool l3 3AFTel 0151 231 2822contact liz hoare MSc and Diploma in Urban Renewal(Urban Regeneration & Urban Design)1 year full-time or 2 years part-time

lONdON SchOOl OF EcONOMIcScities Programmehoughton St, london wc2A 2AETel 020 7955 6828contact Anna livia JohnstonMSc in City Design and Social Science1 year full-time or 2 years part-time

uNIvERSITy cOllEGE duBlINSchool of Architecture, landscape & civil Engineering, Richview dublin 4Tel 00 353 1 716 2757contact Patricia O’loanMaster in Urban Design1 year full time or 2 years part time

uNIvERSITy cOllEGE lONdONBartlett School of Graduate StudiesTorrington Place, london wc1E 6BTTel 020 7679 7454 contact christine cutbushM Arch Urban Design1 year full time or available part time as a modular course

uNIvERSITy OF GREENwIchSchool of Architecture & construction, Avery hill campus, Mansion Site, Bexley Road, Eltham, london SE9 2PQ Tel 020 8331 9100/ 9135website www.gre.ac.uk/schools/arc contact Richard haywardMA in Urban Design for postgraduate architecture and landscape students, full time and part time with credit accumulation transfer system.

uNIvERSITy OF lINcOlNFaculty of Art, Architecture and designBrayford Pool, lincoln lN6 7TSTel 01522 837138 contact Kathleen wattMaster in Planning and Urban Design1 year full time or available part time

uNIvERSITy OF lIvERPOOldepartment of civic designAbercromby Square, liverpool l69 3BxTel 0151 794 3109contact Suzanne RoebuckMaster in Civic Design1 year full-time or 2 years part-time

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This is an inter-disciplinary course intended to teach the creative and practical skills required to deal with the increasing complexity and heterogeneity of cities and their public spaces in the 21st century. The course draws upon its unrivalled setting in Birmingham and the West Midlands region – a place of dynamic urban changes, cultural diversity, award-winning regeneration schemes, and innovative approaches to the problems and opportunities produced by such transformations.

PROGRAMME STRucTuREThe course’s educational philosophy is based upon knowing-in-action; integrating theory, practice and live case studies in a studio-based format. The design studio is the hub of the course, and provides a test bed for fresh approaches, ideas and design interventions. These deal with contemporary issues and diverse concerns, ranging from the urban quality of specific public places to the design of city-wide systems, and from work on infill sites in older towns to the preparation of plans and guidelines to manage new development.

ASSESSMENTThe course is structured on a module-credit basis to enable students to benefit from a flexible study programme. Lectures, seminars, desk critiques, group tutorials and studio work all promote reflection and the sharing of ideas. All modules involve discussions and field-based visits, to local, national and international locations. The course culminates in a dissertation, which may incorporate a major design project.

MOdulES OFFEREd• TheShapingofPlace–fundamentalurbandesignprinciplesand

methods, and a design project supported by graphics workshops• UrbanDesignAnalysis–thisexaminessomeoftheinfluential

ideas in 20th century housing design through study visits• CriticalUrbanTheoryandPractice–criticalthinkingaboutinter-

disciplinary post-modern urban theories, together with research methods for the dissertation

• EuropeanUrbanDesign–contemporarydevelopmentsinUKandEurope, and regeneration in both cultural and historical contexts

• InnovationandDevelopment–thedynamicsofdevelopmenteconomics, and its implications for the quality of the built environment

• DesignforChange–thisexaminestheissuesofinsertinglargecommercial developments into an historic urban fabric

• SustainablePlaces–frameworksforachievingsustainabledesign drawn from theory and practice, appraised through a real-life project

OPTIONAl MOdulES• CommunityandPlace–studentsengagewithschoolpupilson

the design of socio-culturally diverse neighbourhood spaces• Art-Landscape-Space–thecontributionofpublicartand

landscape practices to place-making processes

birmiNgham CiTy uNivErSiTyBIRMINGhAM SchOOl OF ARchITEcTuRE,BIRMINGhAM INSTITuTE OF ART ANd dESIGN

MA IN uRBAN dESIGNPOSTGRAduATE dIPlOMA IN uRBAN dESIGNPOSTGRAduATE cERTIFIcATE IN uRBAN dESIGNcPd MOdulES IN uRBAN dESIGN

Further informationJoe holyoak, Birmingham School of Architecture, Birmingham Institute of Art and design, Birmingham city universitycorporation Street, Birmingham B4 7dxTel 0121 331 5110Fax 0121 331 7938Email [email protected] www.biad.bcu.ac.uk

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2 Community and Place, presentation on High Street improvements by secondary school pupils

3 Design for Change, commercial development in the centre of Lichfield by Anjum Mehmood

4 Design for Change, perspective view5 Design for Change, ground floor plan6 Urban Design Analysis, comparative plans of 20th

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CardiFF uNivErSiTySchOOl OF cITy ANd REGIONAl PlANNING ANd ThE wElSh SchOOl OF ARchITEcTuRE

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This course is designed for those who are engaged in or wish to concentrate on a career in Urban Design. The course is founded on the theories and processes of urbanism and these are applied throughout the course in design studies. These studies encourage the kind of inter-disciplinary work that characterises urban design and therefore it is aimed at those with appropriate first degrees in architecture, planning, highway engineering, surveying and urban estate management and landscape.

Emphasis is placed upon developing a design capability at a range of urban scales - the district, neighbourhood and urban block underpinned by a deep understanding of space and place, and application of skills to exploit sound planning and development processes to ensure implementation. Whilst the design studio will be the focus of course activities, this will be underpinned by teaching focused on local development possibilities to develop creative, practical and sustainable solutions to a range of typical urban design problems.

Six modules form the basis of the course leading to a dissertation, which may be a conventional research thesis or a design supported by a written report. Design runs throughout the course, through studio based modules and so there is an emphasis on ‘design’ in Urban Design. A study visit to inform the final design module is held in the spring semester. The taught modules are: • UrbanDesignThinkers• DesignGuidanceandControl• DevelopmentandConservation• DesignStudio:SettlementDesign• DesignStudio:NeighbourhoodDesign• DesignStudio:UrbanBlockandPublicSpace

The course can be taken on a full-time or part-time basis. This course is offered jointly by the Welsh School of Architecture and the School of City and Regional Planning.

Further information christine heywood, course Administrator, cardiff university, Glamorgan Building, King Edward vII Avenue, cardiff, cF10 3wATel 029 2087 6293 Fax 029 2087 4845 Email [email protected] www.cardiff.ac.uk/cplan


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1 Conceptual diagram by Jasdeep Bhala2 Concept for neighbourhood design by Danesh

Ameraringhan3 Neighbourhood design by Han Zhao4 Strategic proposal overview by Steven Siu5 Conceptual diagram by Steven Siu6 Physical model by Yunhuijing Li7 Studies from field trip by Lynsey Curtis8 Analysis diagram by Meng Liang

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‘Planners, architects, landscape architects, engineers and surveyors should be encouraged to study urban design at postgraduate level. Some will become professional urban designers. Others will gain a new perspective on how to practise their own specialisms.’ Designing Places: A Policy Statement for Scotland. Scottish Executive 2002.

The programme at eca is aimed at graduates and practising professionals from a wide range of disciplines. By developing the individual’s skills and carefully directing them within the subject area, students are given an overview of a range of urban design outcomes, how they are arrived at and who is likely to be involved.

The programme is designed to develop participants’ understanding of the urban design process and the context within which it operates. It aims to improve and refine the abilities needed to successfully take part in that process. There is a balance between studio projects, lectures and seminars. Projects examine Layout Typology and Density, Perception and Space, an Urban

Design Framework and a three dimensional design or masterplan. Lectures and seminars consider Urban Design Theory, Development Finance, Planning Law and Development Control, Professional Studies or Urban Design Case Studies, Design and Development Briefing, Research Methods and Area Conservation. There are support courses in digital presentation and there is a study trip to a major European city or conurbation.

The Diploma in Architecture and Urban Design is a nine month full time programme prescribed at Part 2 by the ARB and validated by the RIBA for students who have Part 1 and the equivalent of four years (480 credits)of architectural education.

The Diploma in Urban Design is 9 months full time or 18 months part time and the Master of Science in Urban Design is 12 months full time, 30 months part time or 21 months mixed mode. Students who successfully complete the Diploma to an appropriate standard are able to proceed to Masters by preparing either a written dissertation or a design project. Often students complete the Master’s element

in part-time mode having studied for the Diploma full-time.

Students come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. This has included architects, landscape architects, planners, interior designers, engineers and economists from Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa. Members of staff involved in the programme are drawn from within the College as well as from practice.

The links throughout the College are extremely important to the richness and inter-disciplinary approach, which the programme strives towards.

Awards are validated by the University of Edinburgh. The Schools of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art are in the process of aligning activities with Architecture in the School of Arts Culture & Environment at the University of Edinburgh and at postgraduate level with the School of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt University. This alignment will strengthen further the inter-disciplinary context within which the urban design programme operates.

Further Informationleslie Forsyth, School of Architecture, Edinburgh college of Art lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Eh3 9dFTel 0131 221 6075Fax 0131 221 6006Email [email protected] www.eca.ac.uk

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Arundel, Beth Cumpstey, Elena Gardin, Artem Parshin, Dave Tweedlle5 Dunsinane, Dundee by Andrew Bruce, after Richard Sennett6 Vertical Connections, Laurieston Proposal by Fiona Shankland,7 Framework for Development, Maryhill, Glasgow by Christopher Breslin

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Our analytical and creative design-based course seeks to enhance individuals’ personal and professional qualities. It helps those who plan, design and manage urban environments to develop creativity, acquire knowledge and skills beyond their existing professional discipline. A flexible course design enables each student to customise learning according to their needs, interests and career aspirations. Over the past 10 years the course has taught over 200 professionals from local authorities and private practices in the UK and overseas.

The course is actively involved with urban design initiatives in the region, assisting local communities and urban design practitioners. A multi-disciplinary team of professionals with extensive practice-based experience teach the course. Our resources include new multi-media studios equipped with drawing boards, computers and model making facilities, together with a state-of-the-art library.

The course may be studied full or part-time. Part-time students normally attend one day each week. Full-time students take 12 months and part-time students 2 to 3 years to complete their MA. The PG Certificate and PG Diploma are completed over a shorter timescale. Individual modules may be also studied as CPD.

ENTRy REQuIREMENTSWe welcome applications from graduates (2:2 minimum) or those with equivalent experience in urban design related activities (eg. architecture, design, landscape architecture, planning and visual arts).

The Urban Design Course is divided into 3 parts, with awards to reflect the completion of 3, 6 or 9 modules:

POSTGRAduATE cERTIFIcATE (3 MOdulES)This has been popular with practitioners from the region to develop in-house urban design expertise. These modules give a foundation in urban design knowledge and skills:• SiteAnalysisProject:TheoriesandPractices–exploreskeyurban

design concepts and design based methods of site analysis• Place-makingProject:DesignChallengesandSolutions–explores

design development and resolution of a complex urban design project

• SustainableUrbanism–exploresarangeofecological,management and social/economic principles to achieve environmentally sustainable development

POSTGRAduATE dIPlOMA (6 MOdulES)• These3modulesenablestudentstobroadenandcustomisetheir

programme of studies• NegotiatedStudy-2modulesarechosentodevelopurbandesign

knowledge and skills relevant to individual interests and needs• ReflectivePractice–criticallyreflectsuponstudents’experience

of urban design practice MASTER OF ARTS (9 MOdulES)• Inthesemodulesstudentscarryoutanin-depthstudyofan

urban design topic• ResearchMethods,TheoriesandPractices–introducesarangeof

research methods for practice-based, empirical and theoretical research

• FinalProject(doublemodule)-anin-depthstudyofachosenurban design topic

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This course is designed for planning graduates who want to refocus or refresh their specialist skills and knowledge – or those from other built environment professions who want to study ‘urban design’ but do not want – or already have – the ‘shape shifting’ skills of architectural design.

cOuRSE dEScRIPTION Its standpoint for urban design emphasises the continuing nature of planning responsibilities (as opposed to the contractual nature of most design professions) and on the everyday use of places and spaces.

Initial units cover the wider context of and the evolution of ideas of urban design ; the core of the course is project work on sites where there are current urban design issues and we have links with the planning authority or a ‘client’ – we have worked on the hinterland of Bankside, Great Yarmouth Sea Front, and Central Hackney .

The Field Trip Unit (a compulsory part of the MA and PG Dip)

prepares students for work in unfamiliar places – and who could study urban design without visiting Venice?

Place Performance and Social Usage focuses on the ‘soft city’ of peoples’ routines and the ‘sidewalk ballets’ (Jane Jacobs’ phrase) of life and is linked to ongoing research on ‘the choreography of everyday life’.

The dissertation is a research based urban design project - but we think of design in terms of Chris Jones’ ‘bringing about change in the man made world’ and Koberg and Bagnall’s ‘design is a process of making dreams come true’.

Graduates now hold key posts in urban design in private consultancy or public authorities –from advising a former Soviet Republic on design issues to dealing with the Kings Cross area .

Applicants with RTPI Accredited degrees may seek APL/APEL exemptions for some Units.

The MA involves one year full time or two years part time with one day attendance per week. The PG Dip has 8 taught units and no dissertation. The PG Cert has 4 taught units.

Further informationBob Jarvis department of urban Environment and leisure StudiesFaculty of Arts and human Scienceslondon South Bank university103 Borough Road, london SE1 0AATel 020 7815 7353 Email [email protected] www.lsbu.ac.uk/ahsuel

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MA IN uRBAN dESIGNPOSTGRAduATE dIPlOMA IN uRBAN dESIGNPOSTGRAduATE cERTIFIcATE IN uRBAN dESIGNuRBAN dESIGN Phd PROGRAMME

The Joint Centre for Urban Design is probably the best known institution in the world in this field and its courses have a high status.

The Diploma in Urban Design was set up in 1972, and the linked Diploma/MA two years later. It was the first named urban design course in Europe and contemporary with the first course in the USA. Today a certificate in urban design is also offered that is popular with part time students in practice and we have the largest urban design MPhil and PhD Research programme in the UK.

The JCUD has on average 100 students enrolled at any one time on its academic and research degrees. Over the last five years students have come each year from an average of 22 different countries and a wide range of backgrounds.

OBJEcTIvESOur Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma/MA courses are designed for prospective (and practising) urban designers to broaden their perceptions, critically review their role, develop and refine appropriate analytical and design skills, and take a more holistic and reflective approach to the design of the built environment. The course aims to bring together theory and practice from several fields in order to demonstrate urban design as an integrating discipline.

The focus of this integrative approach is a practical one. The course seeks to equip students to intervene in the production of the public realm through a practice that is relevant to many existing disciplines. The course is based on students being reflective practitioners, learning from critical analysis of current practice integrated with critical theory.

Specifically the course aims to enhance knowledge of:• thehistory,natureandfunctionofurbandesign,itsimpacts,

and how to develop a more sustainable approach • theextenttowhichurbandesignvaluesrelatetoparticular

cultural situations• arangeoftechniquesandmethodsassociatedwithurbandesign

analysis, communication and production• researchmethods,statisticalprocedures,projectdefinitionand

design, and the role of research in the development of urban design

The 12 month full-time course (part-time pro rata) is offered at three levels: a postgraduate certificate (PG Cert), a postgraduate diploma (PG Dip) and a master’s degree (MA). The course is organised on a module credit basis, with each 20M credit module representing approximately 200 hours of student effort, including 36 hours of staff contact, timetabled through a 3 hour teaching block over the 12 week semester. Each stage of the course is based on the completion of two or more compulsory modules.

The PG Cert stage of the course focuses on the basic concepts and theory of urban design, establishing a solid grounding in the practical realisation of design qualities in a case study situation.

The PG Dip stage increases the emphasis placed on the application of more specific design skills in differing contexts through issues projects. In-depth examination of design history, theory and new research is provided through a series of lectures and seminars.

The MA Stage dissertation gives students the opportunity to explore in depth a self-chosen subject related to urban design, and to integrate the various elements of the course.

Further information The Senior Postgraduate AdministratorSchool of the Built EnvironmentOxford Brookes universityheadington, OxFORd, Ox3 0BPTel 01865 483684Email [email protected] www.brookes.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/ud

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The MSc Building and Urban Design in Development (BUDD) aims to present an holistic process of design for development in cities. It combines an analysis of economic, social, cultural and spatial elements in the production of the built environment with the principles of designing for development, which include affordability, acceptability, sustainability, participation and responsiveness. In particular, it links the practice of ‘design’ with the complementary ‘developmental’ processes of action area identification, client promotion, stakeholder participation and project implementation. The course aims to challenge the role and the practice of architects, builders, engineers, planners and other professionals in responding to rapidly growing urban populations, providing basic needs for the urban poor and responding to the diverse demands of multicultural societies, and the scarcity of resources. BUDD focuses on taking a community-oriented, participatory approach to spatial design.

The course is structured so that 75% of the taught components of the course are devoted to the core subjects of building and urban design; and 25% to a specialist option chosen from those available in DPU or the Bartlett. The core course modules provide the theoretical and methodological components of the course while the specialist modules allow students to examine different approaches and problems in accordance with their own particular interests. The course involves fieldwork (undertaken in recent years in Turkey, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Malta, Cuba, Lebanon, Cyprus, Malaysia and Pakistan) that allows students to put into practice some of the tools and techniques acquired during the course. In addition to the taught and fieldwork components, the course entails the preparation of an individual dissertation report during the summer, on a topic selected by the student.

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Urban intervention studio, resettlement after disaster 2007-2008. Site invasion exercise. Tutors: Nabeel Hamdi, Supitcha Tovivich and Sara Feys

Building and construction workshop at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales. Tutor: Maurice Mitchell

Multi-stakeholder forum, fieldtrip in Sulukule, Istanbul May 2007. Tutors: Cassidy Johnson, Yves Cabannes, Michael Safier, and Sara Feys

Community planning exercise, fieldtrip in Sulukule, Istanbul May 2007. Tutors: Cassidy Johnson, Yves Cabannes, Michael Safier, and Sara Feys

Mapping Shoreditch in collaboration with the Shoreditch Trust. Places of social interaction by Diego Collazos, Ivana Matraxia, Antoine Remise

Mapping Shoreditch in collaboration with the Shoreditch Trust. Places of social interaction by Diego Collazos, Ivana Matraxia, Antoine Remise

Mapping the old wall, part of the ‘Placing Sulukule’ fieldtrip, Istanbul May 2007 by Natalia Villamizar Duarte, Noor Suzaini Zaid

Stakeholder Analysis, part of the ‘Placing Sulukule’ fieldtrip, Istanbul May 2007

Street Market, an alternative to informal traders, part of the ‘Stories behind the wall’ fieldtrip, Sulukule, Istanbul May 2008 by Kallirroi Kavalieratou

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The School of Architecture Planning and Landscape is an internationally respected school with a reputation for high quality teaching and research. Our perspective is that urban design is the multi-disciplinary activity of shaping and managing the urban environment, combining technical, social and expressive concerns and engaging in a range of scales of the urban social-spatial continuum. The Urban Design programme therefore draws an expertise from across the School and aims to strike a balance between skills and techniques in environmental design and theories and methods in social sciences. We believe this approach gives our programmes a unique character. The course is also characterised by strong links to both public and private sector agencies in the City and across the North East region and students take part in ‘live’ projects whenever possible.

Students come to Newcastle from all parts of the world and we are very proud of the cultural diversity of students who have completed the course. Students should hold a 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent) in a germane subject and submission of a portfolio is required as part of the application.

The programme is offered as a full time 12 month MA or a 9 month Diploma. A certificate course and part-time study

is available. There is also a doctoral route which integrates taught urban design modules with PhD research.

cOuRSE cONTENT ANd AIMSThe programme is taught through a series of projects developing skills, methods and techniques in urban design with a lecture and seminar series providing core knowledge. All assessment of core modules is by course work assessment. For more information on individual module content and more examples of student work please visit our website.

The key aim of the course is to produce students who develop a wide range of knowledge and skills in the field of urban design and who are:• creativeandinnovative• environmentallyawareandsupportiveof

sustainable practices• openmindedandembracingcultural

diversity• professionallyresponsible,collaborative

and inclusivePast students have gone on to work in

both the private and public sector in the UK and we also have many ex-students forging successful careers abroad. If you are applying from overseas and would like to chat to an ex-student we will do our best to arrange this.

Further InformationGeorgia Giannopouloudegree Programme directorSAPl, Newcastle university,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RuTel 0191 222 6004Fax 0191 222 8811Email [email protected] www.apl.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/applications

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5 Hexham Bus Station, concept plan for redevelopment by Huw Friar and Andrew Clarey

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7 Arenc, Marseille, visualisation for Boulevard Mirabeau by Vincent Zheng,

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cOuRSE STRucTuRE The course is delivered through studio work, lectures and seminars. The studio involves work on the urban design of a complex urban area, including the levels of the entire city, the neighbourhood and the individual public space defined by urban architecture.

Lectures and seminars, delivered as compulsory and optional taught classes, normally run over two and a half days to allow for flexible booking by CPD and part-time students, and cover the following topics, relevant to the studio’s design project:• Typologyandarchitecture• Economicsandrealestate• Politicsandpolicy• Buildinglawsanddesigncodes• Transportationandinfrastructure• Landscapeandrecreation• Historyandtheory• Implementationmethodsandmanagement• Representationandvisualcommunication

duRATION OF cOuRSEMSc : 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time.PgDip: 9 months full-time; 18 months part-time.PgCert : 5 months full-time, 9 months part-time, according to individual needs.

ENTRy REQuIREMENTSA good first degree or other qualification equivalent to an Honours degree from a UK university in a discipline related to the built environment and the city (eg architecture, planning, engineering, landscape architecture, sociology, history, etc.). Candidates with alternative professional experience may also be considered.

INTROducTION The course teaches urban design in a comprehensive and inter-disciplinary manner. While the focus is on physical planning and the design of urban spaces and buildings, the various influencing factors are also carefully considered and embedded in the design work. This course is designed for both practitioners and students to enhance the understanding of the city as a complex and dynamic system and to advance the skills of practical urban design.

The studio portion of the course investigates as its main topic the city region, within the context of globalization and the major task is to develop appropriate strategies for the city’s sustainability, including social, economic, ecological, typological and aesthetic aspects. Recently the Department has established a strategic collaboration with Glasgow City Council to study current key issues in the development of the city, explored through a very practical and engaging process through the year, with invited guests and stakeholders to assure realism and accurate feedback.

The theoretical element of the course is delivered, in part, in collaboration with the Department of Urban Studies at Glasgow University, and a number of well established practitioners to guarantee students the most up to date knowledge and research in the practice and theory of urban design.

The Masters Dissertation element of the course is the opportunity for students to research an issue of particular interest; recent work is being developed into major research opportunities and publications. Students work in inter-disciplinary teams, and are taught by staff with a variety of expertise, to assure the complex nature of urban design is experienced first hand through the year. Regular reviews train students to present their work to professional audiences to increase their confidence and capacity to argument and put forward ideas.

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1 Students working in multi-disciplinary groups in studio

2 Studio work is collaborative and engages practitioners through the year

3 Students investigate an area of key relevance for the city. Examples of Community Potential Analysis by Laura Bell, Piotre Mike, Anne Mourougaya, John Rodger and Character Assessment by Murray McKellar, Matthew McKenna, Kirsten Bekkers, Barbora Gezeova

4 Students devise strategies for the study area by Laura Coogan, Laura Hart, Alex Hinde, Patricia Docherty

5 As a conclusion of the studio project, students resolve design issues of particular interest at detailed scales. Development of Port Dundas, Glasgow by Laura Coogan

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The University of Westminster has an established reputation for teaching excellence in urban design with its MA in Urban Design running for over 20 years. Key components of courses are:• ‘Handson’designexercisesaimedatdevelopingskillsinlive

project scenarios• Developmentofknowledgeandunderstandingthrough

structured taught programmes• Stronglinkswithpractice,drawingonpractitionersaspartofthe

teaching team• Teachingisunderpinnedbyourresearchbase

ThE MASTERS PROGRAMMEThe MA/Diploma programme is taken over one year, or two years part time, and provides advanced professional training in Urban Design. The course is designed to complement practical experience within the profession and provide a theoretically-informed understanding of the subject area. It is organised around a series of taught modules and a dissertation or major project. The syllabus has been developed in consultation with industry and includes: public realm, masterplanning, sustainable development, design frameworks and guidelines, urban history and culture, development economics, social implications of and for design, street design, and housing renewal.

ThE POSTGRAduATE cERTIFIcATEThis course is intended for those who do not have the need for or time available to study for a full MA. Students attend one day each month for a full year and take a ten-day summer school. Graduates can transfer to the MA or Diploma.

PG cERTIFIcATE IN STREET dESIGN ANd MANAGEMENTThis new courses focuses on an integrated approach to street design.

RESEARch dEGREESStudents are accepted for study leading to PhD or MPhil awards on an individual basis.

ShORT cOuRSES ANd IN-hOuSE TRAININGThe unit offers a range of tailor made courses, both introductory and topic based and of varying length, to help organisations to increase their capacity in urban design. Additionally the Postgraduate Certificate may be offered as in-house training.

Further Informationvirag Balogh, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, university of westminster,35 Marylebone Road, london, Nw15lSTel 020 7911 5000 x3430Fax 020 7911 5171Email [email protected] www.westminster.ac.uk.

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1 Lowestoft framework by David Allen2 Northolt masterplan, strategic concept by Sarah Braily3 Southall Gasworks masterplan by Jonny McKenna 4 Brentford Land south of the High Street. Design and Access

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The theories and practice of urban design form the process by which we can create or maintain sustainable built environments of quality. Inevitably this involves collaborative inter-disciplinary working, which characterises urban design activity. The urban design programme at Bristol UWE is intended for all those who wish to embark on a career in urban design, to enhance their existing work in the field, or who wish to study it as a Master’s subject in its own right.

The programme places an emphasis on developing critical understanding and practical skills in urban design. It seeks to foster sensitivity to the context and character of urban areas and to the needs and nature of the diverse clients of urban design. It also seeks to explore the ways in which the built environment can be more sustainable.

The teaching staff provide a friendly, enabling environment for learning. Drawn from across the Faculty they reflect the inter-disciplinary nature of urban design and include planners, architects, landscape architects, geographers and philosophers. They are also actively engaged in research or practice, ensuring that you learn directly from academic and practice developments. The considerable record of publications, research and consultancy in many aspects of

urban design undertaken by the teaching team underpins the content of the course.

The Bristol area possesses a rich variety of built environments within a short distance, providing an excellent resource of case studies. These environments include a medieval city, classical townscapes, historic waterfronts, inner city, suburbia and ‘Edge City’ developments. Market towns and villages are also within a short distance of the University. Field trips and site visits to UK and European towns and cities also enhance students’ comparative studies and experiences of diverse built environments.

We welcome applicants with first degrees in the built environment professions, such as architects, town planners, highway engineers, surveyors, landscape architects and town centre managers. We also welcome applicants with other qualifications and backgrounds.

PANASONIc TRuST FEllOwShIPSStudents on this programme are eligible to apply for a Panasonic Trust Fellowship, which is worth £8000. Further details can be obtained from the Royal Academy of Engineering at www.raeng.org.uk.

Further Informationcourse leaderlouis RiceAdmissions OfficerJulian Spicerdepartment of Planning and Architectureuniversity of the west of England, coldharbour lane, Bristol BS16 1QyTel 0117 328 3000Fax 0117 328 3002Email [email protected] www.built-environment.uwe.ac.uk

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ThE uRBAN dESIGN GROuP, ThE FORuM FOR dEBATE, IdEAS ANd AcTION FOR cIvIlISEd TOwNS ANd cITIESSuccessful urban design nurtures the essence of the places where people live and work and it creates places that people can enjoy and which refresh the spirit. Urban design is concerned both with processes and the three-dimensional products of change, at scales from a group of buildings to a city centre or a metropolitan area. The Urban Design Group (UDG) looks beyond the specialised perspectives of individual disciplines, agencies, ideologies or styles. At a time when towns and cities are facing intense pressures, it demonstrates practical alternatives to the type of design that pays no regard to context, and decision-making which is driven by bureaucracy. The following is an outline of the UDG’s ideas and principles. The UDG is committed to promoting them to everyone affected by the urban environment.

OBJEcTIvES• Topromotetheunderstandingandappreciationoftownsand

cities and how they work.• Topromoteandengageinresearch,debateandcollaboration

between citizens, professions and institutions.• Toinfluenceandguidedecision-makersatalllevels,andto

educate both practitioners and the public.• Toencouragebestpracticeinurbandesign.

GuIdING PRINcIPlES• Context:relatingurbanchangetothebestofwhatalready

exists.• Diversity:encouragingthevarietythatenlargestheinterestor

choices a place can offer.• Equity:makingplaces(andtheirfacilitiesandamenities)

accessible to people beyond the owner and immediate users.• Stewardship:takingabroadandlong-termviewofthecostsand

benefits of any change, and understanding what makes town and cities sustainable.

• Empowerment:involvingthepeoplewholiveandworkinaplacein influencing changes to the environment and in caring for its fabric and character.

APPROAchESThe UDG believes that successful urban design depends on:• Commoninterests:takingaccountoftheinterestsofthecityasa

whole, not just a development’s immediate client or users.• Collaboration:bringingtogetherawiderangeofdisciplines,

expertise and experience throughout the design and development process, and in education.

• Creativethinking:drawingonthecreativityandimaginationofprofessional and citizen alike.

• SharingVisions:usingdrawings,models,andwrittenandspokenmedia to communicate and share ideas.

• Learning:makingtheshapingoftheenvironmentalearningprocess for everyone, from school children to professionals and from communities to decision-makers.

PROcESSESThe process of successful urban design includes:• Analysis:understandinganddefiningtheessentialcharacterand

spirit of a place, its history and development, its physical, social, cultural and economic structure, its routes and landmarks, its strengths and weaknesses.

• Goals:settinggoalsforaplacethatrelatetoitsthree-dimensional form and agreed planning objectives.

• Strategies:developingurbandesignvisionsandstrategiesforcities or areas, establishing principles on which local design decisions can be taken.

• Guidelines:drawingupurbandesignguidelinestoshowhowspecific local action can support strategic policies.

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hONORARy TREASuRERHugo Frieszo

udG OFFIcE70 Cowcross Street London EC1M 6DGTel 020 7250 0892Fax 020 7250 0872Email [email protected]

dIREcTORRobert Huxford

AdMINISTRATORLouise Ingledow

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PATRONSAlan BaxterTom BloxhamSir Terry FarrellColin FudgeNicky GavronDickon RobinsonLes SparksJohn Worthington

TRuSTEESRoger EvansArnold LindenMarcus WilshereDuncan Ecob ex officioHugo Frieszo ex officio

ExEcuTIvE cOMMITTEEOfficers, Director,plus:Ben van BruggenPhilip CaveEsther KurlandSebastian LoewAmanda ReynoldsPaul ReynoldsBarry SellersAlan StonesLouise ThomasJack WarshawTrustees ex officio

PuBlIcATIONS cOMMITTEESebastian Loew Joint Chair Louise Thomas Joint Chair John Billingham Matthew CarmonaTim CatchpoleAlex CochraneRichard ColeAlistair DonaldLiezel KrugerMalcolm MoorJudith Ryser

REGIONAl cONTAcTS LONDON AND SOUTH EASTRobert Huxford and Louise IngledowTel 020 7250 0892 Email [email protected]

SOUTHMaya ShcherbakovaSwindonMob 07884 246190Email [email protected]

SOUTH WESTJudy Preston BristolMob 07908219834Email [email protected]

EAST MIDLANDS Laura Alvarez NottinghamTel 0115 962 9000Email [email protected]

EAST ANGLIARachel LeggettThetfordTel 01223 484 646Mob 07738 697552Email [email protected]

NORTH WEST Annie AtkinsLiverpoolEmail [email protected]

NORTH EASTGeorgia GiannopoulouNewcastle upon TyneTel 0191 222 6006Email [email protected]

SCOTLANDAlona Martinez-PerezEdinburghEmail [email protected]

NORTHERN IRELANDJames HennesseyBelfastTel 028 9073 6690Email [email protected]

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At the UDG’s conference in Liverpool in 2008, a dinner was organised to celebrate the 30 years of the group’s existence; a number of founder members were able to attend. This celebration points to what is perhaps the biggest achievement of the UDG in that, paraphrasing Stephen Sondheim, it is still here. Not only it has survived that long, but it has grown in status and importance in a way that those who started the group modestly and without fanfare at a meeting at the RIBA in November 1978, could not have predicted. The group was to provide a forum for people interested in improving the design of the physical environment and the quality of places.

Most of the founder members were heavyweights in their professions, architects and/or planners, concerned with the lack of inter-disciplinary collaboration and the neglect of the public realm. From the beginning the group organised lectures and conferences in which the most prominent thinkers and practitioners participated. Looking at the list of speakers of the past is like looking at the Who’s Who in the Built Environment. After the untimely death of one of the early speakers the group instituted the Kevin Lynch Memorial Lecture which has become an important annual event.

National conferences on topics relevant to the practice of urban design have been organised around the country with the participation of national and international speakers. In London the monthly lectures are one of the group’s main contributions to the debates on urban design related issues Elsewhere in the country the situation is uneven but in some regions local events are organised; recently there has been a renewed effort to strengthen the regional networks.

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the more specific issue of professional education has been a recurrent source of debate: what should urban designers learn? What skills should they possess? How should these be acquired and at what stage? And what role does the UDG have in this? No definitive answers have been given to the above questions and the debate continues.

EARly yEARSThe late ‘70s and ‘80s were dark days for urban design in Britain and the group’s founders realised that they needed to lobby and campaign in order to improve matters. The group influenced policy and attitudes by commenting on government documents and by working with other organisations. If the agenda has been changed, if urban design is now a recognised expression used in the legislation, in government documents and in development plans, if developers recognise the importance of the public realm, it is to a considerable extent the result of the group’s members working at it. One particular zenith was reached when Francis Tibbalds was elected the president of the Royal Town Planning Institute, therefore being able to bring the message to a much wider constituency and raising the profile of the group.

Examples of good practice were scarce in Britain in the ‘80s and professionals needed the stimulation that these can give. From 1983 onwards the UDG - through Alan Stones - started organising study trips to less known European destinations: the French bastides were the first to be visited. Later, shorter visits to cities such as Barcelona, Paris and Amsterdam were organised. Their success is reflected in the fact that they are now occasionally organised for a specific client with a particular objective such as looking at woonerven in the Netherlands or at

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squares in Montpellier. How the group relates to the wider community as well as local authorities, has been a continuing subject of debate. The Urban Design Assistance Team (UDAT) had developed in the United States to provide design advice to communities and involve them in determining their own future. This issue raged for a while and resulted in community events in Haringey and Burgess Park, and a trip to Russia by 12 UDG members to help in the planning of Pereslavl-Zalesski, a town some 100 km north of Moscow, during the Gorbachev perestroika days. Another outcome was a DoE supported programme on public participation which resulted in the publication, Involving Communities in Urban Design, compiled in 1998 by Nick Wates.

At the beginning of the 1990s with the appointment of John Gummer to the DoE, the profile of urban design started to rise and at last, the group’s raison d’etre was recognised. By the middle of the decade the media became interested, the membership expanded and members got involved with government departments and with national campaigns. One unexpected outcome was the creation of the Urban Design Alliance (UDAL) which involved all the major environmental institutes and groups, launched with government support in 1997. At UDAL’s launch all speakers were UDG members.

The setting up of the Urban Task Force followed soon after the 1997 election. Members of the UDG were involved in its work either directly or indirectly and Task Force members joined the UDG study tour to Barcelona. The group was influential in the choice of name for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) in 1997, which initially was only going to have the first three words and therefore a more limited scope. Since then,

contacts with CABE have been regular: some members of the group collaborate with CABE and in each issue of the group’s journal, a CABE article is published.

With the new millennium, the UDG became more established: Robert Cowan was appointed the group’s first Director and the headquarters of the group moved to Cowcross Street. The profile of the group was thus enhanced and it contributed to the list of new publications on urban design produced by the government, CABE and others, with inter alia Rob’s Dictionary of Urbanism. The group was actively involved in the Urban Design Skills Working Group and in the Urban Design Skills Summit in September 2001. A young urban designers sub-group was formed under the name of Street, to enable a new generation of professionals to be involved in the UDG. A new Director, Robert Huxford is now in post together with a new administrator, Louise Inglewood.

REcENT dEvElOPMENTSOne of the greatest achievement of the group is Urban Design, the group’s magazine which started as a newsletter to communicate with the membership but has evolved into a professionally produced and well respected magazine printed in colour since 2003. It reaches a much wider audience, partly due to the fact that issues since 1995 are on-line, through RUDI’s and the UDG’s website. It also enabled ideas to be developed such as The Good Place Guide which was eventually published as a book by Batsford. The magazine’s longest serving editor, John Billingham who now acts as consultant for the magazine, has also been the producer of the biennial Source Book, one of the most sought after and useful documents produced by the group and which has now developed into this Directory.

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The success of the UDG has resulted in the setting up of other organisations which have in some respects muscled in on its position at the same time as they have taken roles that the UDG welcomes: CABE, UDAL, and the RTPI’s Urban Design Network and the Academy of Urbanism exist, one could argue, as a result of the pioneering work undertaken by UDG members. Concern with the skills gap and the lack of inter-disciplinary collaboration, issues brought onto the agenda by UDG founder members, has resulted in the creation of the Academy for Sustainable Communities, now part of the Homes and Communities Agency. The UDG needs to position itself in this somewhat crowded landscape, arguably as the think-tank and intellectual focus of the urban design world.

NEw INFluENcESUDG’s influence can also be felt in the way that urban design as a concept, as a discipline, as a concern, is now embedded in so much of the built environment activity. The 2008 RIBA Stirling Prize for instance was awarded to Accordia principally for the quality of its public realm, an expression that was repeatedly used during the award ceremony. The media have now taken the expression urban design when discussing schemes that would formerly have been considered as architecture or planning.

Another proof is the existence of Urban Design London, a training programme funded by the London Development Agency and reflecting the need for specific skills in the capital’s local authorities. Members of the UDG are directly involved with this programme.

A new development within the group is the award of a prize for an urban design scheme initiated by John Billingham. The first Francis Tibbalds Award was granted

in 2008 to Urban Initiatives; the scheme was one of eight that had been published in the magazine during the preceding twelve months. The UDG membership was then invited to vote for their preferred one. Following the success of this award, it is hoped to extend this idea to local authorities, journalists and students.

Current concerns are whether the group should become a professional body and/or accredit courses; how to attract new members and how to reinforce links with other professions and organisations. A current proposal is a new form of membership, Recognised Practitioner which, it is hoped, will raise the status of urban designers. These issues are likely to continue to preoccupy the group for years to come. The next decades will be as exciting as the past ones: how will urban design fare in an economic downturn like the one being experienced at the moment? There is no doubt that the UDG will need to continue its pressure to ensure that quality in the public realm is not a victim of the crisis. Even more than hitherto it will have to show the value of good urban design and encourage and promote better skills through a variety of means, not least our own education activities – the visits, the lectures, the conferences and the publications. Above all, the UDG needs to continue to be a Forum, a place of exchange of ideas and visions.

Sebastian loew, Architect and Planner, writer and consultant, teaching at the university of westminster. he has led udG tours each year to study contemporary projects.Joint editor of udG’s journal, Urban Design.

The first Francis Tibbalds Prize was awarded in September 2008 to Urban Initiatives for their Scotswood Expo Newcastle upon Tyne masterplan