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by Drew Mackie It has become fashionable to talk of networks of organisations, people, computers, transport and so on. In organisations there is talk of being more “networky” and getting away from the older more hierarchical ways of doing things. Conferences are organised around “networking” both formal and informal. Yet, the more ...

Willie Miller is a member of a number of teams chosen by the Improvement Service to deliver Design Awareness Training to Scottish local authorities. As part of the team led by Drew Mackie, we have just delivered a well attended two day introduction to urban design to an enthusiastic and ...

We have been commissioned by the States of Jersey to carry out an Urban Character Appraisal of St Helier. This appraisal of the urban character and townscape of the town of St. Helier is intended to be an aid to the process of preserving and enhancing the character of the ...

Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire have appointed us to carry out an assessment of the economic impact that has been achieved by the Ayrshire Paths project, focusing specifically on the village of Straiton in South Ayrshire. Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire, with the support of local Councils, Scottish Natural Heritage and other bodies ...

A study for RUDI and SCRAN, with Drew Mackie Associates as lead consultant, which examines some of the important characteristics of urban design in Scotland including resumes of major projects in Leith, Edinburgh, the Merchant City and Crown Street in Glasgow. The completed study has been published on the ...

Over the last decade Urban Design in the UK has become almost synonymous with 'Big Architecture'. The people who have made the Urban Design headlines are almost exclusively architects. The profession has become very "product" oriented and proposals are increasingly judged by their building design qualities. While this is important, ...