Proctor

& Matthews

Architects

Imagining the

placemaking components of

a post-COVID neighbourhood

Proctor

& Matthews

Architects

News

keep up-to-date with our latest practice announcements, events, presentations and press coverage

Riverside Sunderland Masterplan revealed — Riverside Sunderland Masterplan revealed

In collaboration FaulknerBrowns Architects, with specialist input from MawsonKerr Architects and landscape architects Camlins, we have announced a collaborative masterplan design that will reinvent the heart of Sunderland whilst drawing on its industrial heritage.

Imagining the placemaking components of a post-COVID neighbourhood — Imagining the placemaking components of a post-COVID neighbourhood

This drawing by Stephen Proctor was produced during the COVID-19 Lockdown and later bought to life by animation studio Multiminded Digital.

Housing Design Awards 2020 — Housing Design Awards 2020

It is fantastic to be recognised with the Starter Homes Award for Inholm at the Housing Design Awards, the new neighbourhood of 406 homes sets pioneering townscape design principles for the wider new town of Northstowe.

Projects

we are committed to producing imaginative solutions that respect historical contexts and cultural identities

Steepleton, Tetbury — Steepleton, Tetbury

Steepleton the Tetbury Retirement Community, situated within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is informed by local historic Cotswold farmsteads and almshouses.

Abode at Great Kneighton, Cambridge

Built on the former Clay Farm site, Abode at Great Kneighton is a key part of a major new housing and mixed-use development in South Cambridge.

Publications

we have contributed to a number of architectural books and advisory guides

Identity and Place: where do houses live? — Identity and Place: where do houses live?

In 1974 architect Gordon Cullen observed: “People live in houses, but where do houses live? If they are homeless all we are left with is the typical, endless, featureless suburbia”. This publication presents the Proctor & Matthews' ten principals for placemaking - observations and strategies which help to guide the design of new neighbourhoods and develop ideas for establishing a strong sense of place.