Network Rail has appointed a Mott MacDonald led design team for the Edinburgh Waverley Masterplan. The team features architects Weston Williamson + Partners and LDN Architects, with additional support from Gillespies, Balfour Beatty, Story Scotland, Siemens, Lichfields and SIDOS UK.
Following public consultation, HS2 has revealed new designs for two viaducts near the village of Water Orton in Warwickshire, including new landscaped areas that will provide green public spaces and wildlife habitats.
Founding Partner Rob Naybour shares our proposals for remapping HS2 in Manchester at Place North West’s Transport and Infrastructure panel on November 16. The proposals focus on the change from a terminus station to a through station aiming to incorporate Northern Powerhouse Rail.
Following the opening of our Manchester Studio, our Online Generator event lined up engaging and enlightening discussions around the theme of ‘Unlocking the North’.
Since 2016 we have been supporting Southwark Council in the delivery of their New Homes programme. Working across the borough we are designing and delivering high quality homes at every size and scale, supporting Southwark’s Fairer Future initiative.
WW+P’s and Spaceagency’s work developing a new wayfinding system and manual for Network Rail is being recognised as part of the Design Museum’s exhibition celebrating the work of Margaret Calvert.
WW+P is pleased to announce the opening of a new Studio in Manchester’s St Peter’s Square. The new studio in central Manchester marks the next step in our journey in the region which started over 15 years ago.
Join WW+P and invited guests for our Open House Ideas Forum discussing the ownership of outside space in the capital.
Weston Williamson + Partners’ masterplan for Arden Cross brings together the vision for a sustainable, smart and connected new destination with opportunities for employment, skills, learning and living. The masterplan will support HS2’s objectives acting as a catalyst for growth in the region.
It is increasingly important to update our current housing stock as it will account for 85% of that in 2050 according to the CIOB. The social rented sector should be a priority as 17% of English households live in affordable homes (CIB). Figures show that these people have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19 and other health issues due to poor ventilation, refuse strategies, damp and overcrowding.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront the isolation of rural communities from the country’s transport infrastructure.
With a growing elderly and vulnerable population, matched with splintering social structures, many find themselves lacking access to social and communal support. Meanwhile, rural bus services are increasingly underfunded and underused, constantly threatened with closure at great detriment to those who rely on them to support their daily lives.
Weston Williamson + Partners, with Allies and Morrison, Resilience Brokers and JOTT, have been awarded the contract by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) to deliver a 125ha masterplan for Ebbsfleet Central.
Weston Williamson + Partners has received minded to grant planning approval for three private rental sector and one affordable social rented development in Merton, the first to be initiated by the Council’s new development company Merantun. A total of 93 new high quality homes will be built over sites across the Borough; each scheme responding to the individual characteristics of the site.
In September 2019 when no-one had heard of Covid-19 Chris was asked to introduce a Symposium organised by the RIBA on the subject of ‘The Happy City’ in Kuwait. The introduction has been updated, filmed and is available to watch here.
Digital technology is rapidly changing the way that airports operate, streamlining efficiency and creating new possibilities for improving `end to end’ customer experience. By adopting a more human perspective, airports can spatially respond to the demands of the aging population, in particular passengers with dementia.
WW+P & engineering consultants Expedition have developed a proposal for a new and fully integrated high-speed station development at Manchester Piccadilly Station.
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