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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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ARCHITECTURE

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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Can we build the way out of this: in the post-pandemic period, can the construction industry become a catalyst for economic recovery?

While the health and social care, food and transportation industries battle to get us through this period, the construction sector, like many others, watches on with a mix of concern, hope, nervousness and above all, gratitude.

In what remains a critical phase in the Nation’s response to COVID-19, it is difficult to think of anything other than the task at hand – simply to arrive at a post-pandemic period will be enough for now. However, with some positive signs emerging from Southern Europe and parts of the Far East returning to some semblance of normality, perhaps we can begin to think about what the ‘next’ phase might be and our role within this.

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Reconnecting Stevenage High Street

The first of the 1946 New Towns, Stevenage occupies a special place in urban planning folklore.

At the time of receiving the ‘New Town’ designation Stevenage was little more than a High Street off the London-Cambridge Road. Almost 75 years later, it has grown into a regional hub of almost 100,000 residents with further growth anticipated.

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The future of the High Street: fewer products, more people

Last month’s figures show that the real High Street is losing the battle with the virtual ‘Marketplace’ – retail sales and occupancy rates were down compared with the same period last year while the ratio of internet sales as a percentage of total retail sales continues to rise (House of Commons Economic Indicators, Sept. 2019).

Of course, this is no surprise – we are getting used to hearing about declining sales on the High Street. However, the gradual break-down of our town and city centres has far reaching implications beyond shopping; less footfall and active frontages with passive surveillance leads to an increase in antisocial behaviour and a reduced sense of security. It is the beginning of a downward spiral that culminates in the ‘doughnut’ effect – a term that was used to describe the empty downtown of Detroit when the city declared bankruptcy in 2013.

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