About the authors
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Four architectural practices
This report – like its predecessor – is the product of collaboration between four architectural practices, specialising in the design and delivery of residential and mixed-use neighbourhoods. We have been at the forefront of housing debate, design and delivery for nearly 50 years, and are currently involved with a significant proportion of the new and improved homes being delivered across England. We are therefore able to take a long view, and to bring experience from across the whole spectrum of housing by type, location and tenure. We are creating homes for all sorts of people: young and old, wealthy and poor, singles and families. Our regeneration work, engaging with local people, has given us particular insights into what has worked - and failed to work - in the past. Why collaborate? Although we are competitors, we also recognise the benefits of collaboration when it comes to understanding and influencing the wider context in which we operate. We therefore meet regularly to discuss current issues in relation to housing and place-making, and the way they are shaped by the pull of market and regulatory forces. With a wide range of clients and huge collective experience, embodied in our 700 combined staff, we find that we can we can bring knowledge and insight to contemporary issues, and we are keen to share that with the wider community of developers, local authorities, practitioners and politicians. We certainly don’t agree about everything, and we bring different voices to each debate, but we typically discover a high degree of consensus about what are the problems and what might be the solutions. We also collaborate, individually and collectively, with other organisations such as the Housing Forum, Future of London, New London Architecture, NHBC, RIBA and Design for Homes. Some of our collective work to date Alongside other collaborators, the group has produced a number of reports including:
Collectively and individually, members of our practices have participated in the Housing Standards Review, undertaken research for government and many other national organisations, written numerous design guides and published articles, papers and books about housing. Credits
This report was written and compiled by the following: HTA Design Caroline Dove, Partner Riette Oosthuizen, Partner, Planning Rory Bergin, Partner, Sustainable Futures Levitt Bernstein Barry McCullough, Director Glyn Tully, Associate Director, Head of Urban Design Simon Lea, Associate Director Pollard Thomas Edwards Andrew Beharrell, Senior Advisor Patrick Devlin, Partner Tricia Patel, Partner PRP Andrew Mellor, Partner Brendan Kilpatrick, Senior Partner Themes: Planning for social value Levitt Bernstein and HTA Design Building community support Levitt Bernstein and Pollard Thomas Edwards Supporting lifetime neighbourhoods Levitt Bernstein and Pollard Thomas Edwards Giving pride to place Levitt Bernstein and Pollard Thomas Edwards Addressing climate change HTA Design Delivering responsible regeneration PRP Edited by Denise Chevin Graphic and web design by Tim Metcalfe, Pollard Thomas Edwards Special thanks to: Andy von Bradsky, Janice Morphet, Rory Olcayto, Brendan Sarsfield, Gareth Swarbrick and Clare Tostevin |
Contacts
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Caroline Dove Partner HTA Design LLP 020 7485 8555 www.hta.co.uk @HTADesignLLP caroline.dove@hta.co.uk Barry McCullough Director Levitt Bernstein 020 7275 7676 www.levittbernstein.co.uk @LevittBernstein barry.mccullough@levittbernstein.co.uk Tricia Patel Partner Pollard Thomas Edwards 020 7336 7777 www.pollardthomasedwards.co.uk @PTEarchitects tricia.patel@ptea.co.uk Brendan Kilpatrick Senior Partner PRP www.prp-co.uk @PRP_News B.Kilpatrick@prp-co.uk |
