WMUD

conceptual, strategic and development work in urban design, town making, city planning, urbanism and place-making

St Helier’s character

This [tag]animation[/tag] of the [tag]historical development[/tag] of the ...

Ardrishaig Masterplan

In association with lead consultant Roger Tym and Partners, we have been commissioned by Argyll and Bute Council to produce a Regeneration Masterplan which will provide a framework for the future development of Ardrishaig, highlighting the relationship of key projects to the objectives of the masterplan partners, other key stakeholders ...

Grange over Sands Regeneration

We have been commissioned by South Lakeland District Council to produce a regeneration strategy for this striking resort town. The overall aim of the work is to improve Grange over Sands as a key service centre and to increase its attractiveness to the local community and to visitors. ...

Gretna Masterplan

Gretna, Gretna Green and Springfield are affected by the decommissioning of Chapelcross nuclear power plant. The area is also affected by economic challenges common across the South of Scotland related to continuing population reduction and low levels of growth or decline in key industries. At the same time, Gretna ...

Dawlish Town Centre Masterplan

We have been commissioned by Dawlish Community Trust along with lead consultants yellow book to prepare a town centre masterplan for this attractive Devon resort town. Dawlish enjoys a remarkable and memorable setting, facing south to the sea and surrounded by a rich rural landscape. The town itself, though somewhat ...

Crumlin and Randalstown Masterplans

We have been commissioned by Antrim Borough Council to produce masterplans for the towns of Crumlin and Randalstown. The aim of the study is to identify an appropriate framework for an integrated approach to ensure the future sustainable development of both settlements. The strategies should provide separate robust and ...

July 12th 2008
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Lewis Mumford on the city

These short film clips featuring Lewis Mumford, author of the City in History, were recently published on the Planum website. Before the end of 1961 the New York publishing company Harcourt, Brace and Co. had the first edition of Lewis Mumford's highly successful book The City In History ready for publication. ...
July 11th 2008
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Finisterre

FINISTERRE from Plexifilm on Vimeo. London has always been a source of influence, inspiration and curiosity. Paul Kelly and Kieran Evans' FINISTERRE tries to identify the dreams that London holds for so many, and the reality of the city -- the spaces between the landmarks, the spaces Londoners inhabit. Presented and scored ...
June 28th 2008
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Signs and the city

The Spring 2008 edition of JoLA, the excellent peer-reviewed academic Journal of Landscape Architecture established by the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools, contains an article on the work of Gregor Graf which raises the question, "How do we read a city without signs?". With a mixture of purist ...

Network mapping

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 ...

Remarkable Rieselfeld

Much has been written in recent weeks about Rieselfeld and Vauban, both extensions of Freiburg in Breisgau in south west Germany. These areas have been under construction since the 1990s but the current interest in them from a UK perspective comes from the Government's plans to build a number ...