We are delighted to announce that we have been appointed by Countryside to design a major new residential scheme in North West Cambridge.

Countryside is one of two residential developers awarded contracts by the University of Cambridge to build the market housing on the North West Cambridge Development. The combined investment will see the housebuilders delivering 400 homes in the first phase of the development. The North West Cambridge Development is the largest single capital project that the University of Cambridge has undertaken in its 800-year history. The development has been designed as an extension to the city, with an urban rather than suburban grain and will be of the highest design quality as well as being an exemplar of sustainable living.

All 400 homes as well as the 700 University key worker homes that are part of the first phase of the development will be designed to high levels of sustainability meeting the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5. Proctor and Matthews Architects will work with Countryside to deliver a mix of housing types, including apartments, terraces, semi-detached and detached houses for the scheme.

Graham Cherry, Chief Executive of Countryside’s New Homes & Communities division said: “We are delighted to have been selected by the University of Cambridge to help create a dynamic new district that will form the next chapter in the evolution of Cambridge. Working with Proctor and Matthews we will use our design and placemaking skills to create a quarter that will set new standards for 21st century living."