WELCOME TO PLACE-MAKE - ARCHITECTS AND URBAN DESIGNERS

Place-Make is an independent team of architects and urban designers based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and operating across the UK and internationally.

An RIBA Chartered Practice, our expertise spans from master planning, regeneration and strategy through to bespoke building and urban design.

Central to our approach is a commitment to place-making and the underlying belief in creating integrated buildings and places that are planned, designed and implemented in a viable and sustainable manner.

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SERVICES

MASTER
PLANNING

Representing the overarching framework for development, our master planning experience encompasses a variety of projects of varying scale, character and purpose across the UK and overseas. These range from pocket infill sites of up to 10 ha to strategic sites of 2,000+ ha for a complex mix of activities.

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URBAN DESIGN

Successful urban design harmonises buildings and places with the wider physical and strategic context. Through approaching a project from the perspective of architect, urban planner and designer, we are well equipped to deliver feasible, sustainable and well-integrated solutions – the essence of place-making.

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BUILDINGS

Our experience spans from private residential to commercial and hospitality in the UK and overseas. For each project, we work with our clients to create bespoke design solutions that are tailored to the particular characteristics of the site, the ambition for the new development and the relevant parameters for construction.

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PROJECTS

From bespoke building and urban design to strategic planning and regeneration, we have successfully delivered a range of different projects across the UK and internationally. Often involving complex design challenges, a number of these are currently being experienced and enjoyed as integrated buildings, places and spaces.

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LATEST NEWS & ARTICLES

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Houghton Regis Town Centre Action Plan: putting community at the heart of sustainable places

Community and identity are both characteristics of successful, sustainable places – but what do they really mean and how can they be influenced?

When asking stakeholders what they would like to see for their town, the answer often includes a particular supermarket, department store or coffee shop. The retail offer has long been used as an indication of a town’s vitality and well-known retailers that generate footfall and activity are high on the wish list for councils and consumers alike.

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A (nearly) spring update

Temperatures are creeping up, the mornings and evenings are getting brighter and there is a smattering of colour in garden – spring is on the way!

For us, like many others, the past year has been challenging in many ways. A large part of this has involved finding new ways to do things that remained quite physical until a year ago – from site visits and public consultations to the most commonplace of activities such as marking a plan, issuing a sketch or pinning up a drawing for discussion.

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Can we build our way out of this - Part 2: will the ‘Build Build Build’ programme deliver sustainable, community-led results?

It is almost four months since writing an article for last quarter’s PBC Today about the role of the construction sector in the post-pandemic period and much has changed again.

As quickly as daily life withdrew in March, it has transitioned into something else – a quasi-state that is familiar on the surface but quite different underneath. While the kitchen table, spare bedroom and office have reverted to their pre-lockdown roles, empty commuter trains and commercial centres provide a clear indication that whole swathes of the economy are still in hibernation.

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