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December 28th 2009
Tags: communities, place making, small towns, waterfronts

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Kirkcudbright Harbour Square

The Kirkcudbright Forum commissioned Willie Miller Urban Design (WMUD), Malcolm Fraser Architects and Nick Wright Planning in June 2009 to prepare a Shared Vision for Harbour Square in Kirkcudbright. The purpose of the work was to produce a community endorsed plan for the site which was both practical and deliverable. ...
December 18th 2009
Tags: communities, frameworks, place making, small towns, strategy, waterfronts

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Stromness Urban Design Framework

WMUD were commissioned by Orkney Islands Council in March 2008 to produce an urban design framework including an economic appraisal and strategy for the town. The purpose of the urban design framework was to provide a strategic overview which would coordinate existing projects and act as the basis for ...
December 11th 2009
Tags: communities, neighbourhood, place making, small towns

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Knockroon New Neighbourhood

Willie Miller Urban Design was commissioned to coordinate and submit an outline planning application on behalf of the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment (TPFBE) for Knockroon near Cumnock in Ayrshire. The Prince's Foundation see Knockroon as being an exemplar neighbourhood for Cumnock, East Ayrshire and indeed for Scotland - it ...
December 11th 2009
Tags: communities, frameworks, place making, small towns

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Castlederg Community Vision and Masterplan

We have been appointed by Strabane District Council to prepare a Community Vision and Masterplan for the Castle site in Castlederg. The aim of the project is to create a shared vision for the redevelopment of the Castle site as a shared space in the town. This will be ...
December 3rd 2009
Tags: cities, comment, communities, frameworks, place making

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Edgeland and the Olympics

As a follow on from the post here almost two years ago entitled Terrain Vague: place and landscape and Stephen Gill's photographic work in the Lower Lea Valley, this video which has been around for a few months on Vimeo, draws attention to the destruction of land, common land, allotments ...