Urban Design

 

More than just a space

Our approach to urban design is a little different. We live and breathe the principles of creative design. But our experience in the development sector means we’re commercial and technical too. So you get masterplans that look great, with layouts that really work.   

 

Vision and Value

We create plans that set a vision for the development. Proposals that demonstrate an understanding of the place. Schemes that secure support from stakeholders. But it’s not just about looking good. We design masterplans that can be delivered. We engage local authorities early. We reflect the capacity of a site and secure value in the vision for clients.  

  • We work closely with you to understand your design and presentation objectives, so that you get layouts tailored to your requirements
  • We provide a full range of building design services, so that you have everything you need right up to the planning stage
  • We have an in-house graphics team, so that your schemes are shown in the best possible light
  • We work collaboratively with our 3D visualisation team to bring schemes to life, so that your designs are interactive and easy to interpret

 

Got a vision? Get in touch today: [email protected]

 


Meet Our Team

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Richard Walshaw

Director

Richard Walshaw

Director

Meet Richard. Urban designer and co-founder of nineteen47, Richard is always thinking about design. Happiest when challenged to deliver on a client brief and create something striking, Richard loves working with house builders and land owners throughout the UK.

Richard is partial to a detour onto a new residential scheme, much to his family’s displeasure! On a recent trip to the Lake District, he spotted Whinlatter Drive in Kendal, and just had to inspect the impressive street trees, wide hedges, natural swales and stone walls. He was even taken with the headwall for the drainage!

When he’s not dreaming about design, the father of four can be found on the football field, running a community youth group and football team in his hometown, Sheffield. His party trick is that he can speak Zulu from his time in South Africa (but only ask him about that if you have 2 hours to spare!)

Email: [email protected]

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Ben Williams

Director

Ben Williams

Director

Meet Ben. Qualified Urban Designer and Recognised Practitioner, Ben spent the early part of his career in the technical team at a National Housebuilder. He also worked for a large architects’ practice, with project work across employment, distribution and retail sectors.

Spending much of his earlier life travelling (pre-children!), one of Ben’s favourite architectural experiences occurred when wandering the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). He was struck by the French colonial villas set out along the now bustling and vividly coloured grid-structure street network.

When he’s not dreaming up new designs, Ben enjoys a round of golf (when Dad’s Taxi commitments allow) and is especially fond of “the Links”. Annual society weekends over 15 years have enabled Ben to play most of the highest ranked seaside courses in England and Wales.

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Georgina Hallam

Associate Director (Design)

Georgina Hallam

Associate Director (Design)

Meet Georgina. An urban designer with a degree in Architectural Technology, Georgina is happiest when designing detailed housing layouts and planning application packs for small or large scale developments.

Starting her career with a National Housebuilder, Georgina loves seeing the end result of a design project and is partial to a peek of a show home. She enjoys visiting architectural buildings and well-designed places all over the world but her favourite place is Singapore for its modern approach to urban design.

When she is not busy designing, Georgina enjoys long family walks with her dog.

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Emma Allard

Principal Urban Designer

Emma Allard

Principal Urban Designer

Meet Emma, a qualified Urban Designer with a degree in Interior Architecture and Design. With a keen eye for detail, Emma enjoys the more detailed elements of design whilst also finding joy in the high-level aspects of Urban Design. Emma loves the variety in work that nineteen47 brings and loves nothing more than seeing a plan come to fruition.

Emma’s passion for the detailed and high-level aspects of her role reflects in her skills beyond house type design, encompassing everything from masterplans, feasibility layouts, detailed layouts and Design and Access Statements.

Away from the drawing board, Emma finds inspiration in exploring places both in the UK and abroad and especially loves visiting traditional villages, towns and cities which she can draw inspiration from in the workplace.

Family, friends and sports hold a special place in her heart and Emma can mainly be found enjoying the outdoors, exploring new places and supporting her local sporting teams.

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Ellie Squiers

Principal Urban Designer

Ellie Squiers

Principal Urban Designer

Meet Ellie. Qualified Urban Designer with an undergraduate degree in Product Design before undertaking a master’s degree in urban design whilst working alongside the design team. Ellie joined nineteen47 in 2017 and hasn’t looked back since.

Ellie’s favourite project is Chesterfield Waterside, a flag-ship development for Avant Central. With the scheme so close to home, Ellie loves seeing the build progress on her drive into work and on canal-side dog walks.

When she’s not helping with the preparation of masterplans and feasibility layouts, Ellie loves exploring new cities.

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Joshua Foster

Senior Urban Designer

Joshua Foster

Senior Urban Designer

Meet Joshua. After seven-years serving as a Royal Engineer in the British Army, Joshua decided to pursue a lifelong ambition as a designer.

After completing an Undergraduate Degree in Product Design and Creative Innovation, Joshua gained a passion for urban / residential design, and upon completing his Postgraduate Degree in Urban Design, he joined nineteen47.

Outside of work, Joshua enjoys being active and healthy at the gym, trying his best at golf, and keeping up to date with his favourite basketball team.

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Honor Dickens

Senior Urban Designer

Honor Dickens

Senior Urban Designer

Meet Honor. A member of our Urban Design team, Honor started her career after gaining a construction management degree from Liverpool John Moore University.

Having worked for a national housebuilder, she joined nineteen47 to be more involved in the end-to-end planning and design process. She loves to give character to schemes, creating attractive street scenes and gaining the satisfaction of seeing the end result delivered.  

When Honor is not busy planning developments, she enjoys exploring different countries and spending time with family and friends as well as staying active

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Niamh Adams

Senior Urban Designer

Niamh Adams

Senior Urban Designer

Meet Niamh. Having completed a Degree in Design and Innovation, Niamh began her career as an Architectural Technician for a national housebuilder, before moving to layout design. Niamh loves creating detailed layouts and putting together planning packs and she enjoys seeing a project from start to finish. 

When she is not designing new housing schemes, her hobbies include CrossFit, spending time with her family and friends and walking her dogs.

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Sophie Gibson

Urban Designer

Sophie Gibson

Urban Designer

Meet Sophie. She gained a degree in Interior Design from the University of Northampton before transitioning to the urban design sector.

Sophie loves working on a variety of different projects and visiting project sites. She is passionate about biophilic design and is interested in how patterns and attributes of nature are integrated into architecture, in order to enhance people’s health and wellbeing.

Outside of work, she enjoys travelling and exploring new countries such as Bali and Singapore which inspires her in her project work. She also loves to learn new skills and hobbies, no matter how obscure.

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Emilia Ashton-Foreman

Urban Designer

Emilia Ashton-Foreman

Urban Designer

Meet Emilia. An Urban Designer with a degree and master’s in architecture.

Emilia has previously practiced as an Architectural Assistant involved in a range of residential projects. Emilia now produces the planning pack drawings, which has helped her to gain experience of detailed layout design.

Outside of work, Emilia prioritises fitness and wellbeing. She is an avid gym goer and practises yoga and meditation. An interest in fashion and anything creative also comes a close second in terms of her hobbies and interests.

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Abi Pegg

Graphic Manager

Abi Pegg

Graphic Manager

Meet Abi. Abi has a wealth of experience communicating information visually. She has previously worked as a freelancer creating educational resources, web design and user interface as well as logos and branding strategies.

As a strong creative thinker, she utilises design technique effectively to capture the reader’s attention and spark their curiosity. She is passionate about communicating ideas and visually translating information in a way that is accessible for all. Communicating a clear understanding of the world forms the foundation of her work.

In her own time, Abi enjoys reading, climbing with her family and assists as a disability advocate within the community.

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