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 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.
Northstowe House shortlisted for the 2020 BCO Awards We are delighted to announce that Northstowe House has been shortlisted for a 2020 BCO Award. The flagship office and exhibition space forms a new south eastern base for the UK Government’s housing agency, Homes England.
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.
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.
