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March 2012

Caerau Village Revealed
Seeing our designs ideas and recommendations implemented is really important to us. It was a pleasure to be present at yesterday’s opening of the revamped Village Square in Caerau.

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January 2012

Design advice for building enhancements
The Urbanists and Powell Dobson Architects have won an important commission with Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council to improve the quality of buildings in Merthyr Tydfil and Treharris.

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Hilton Hotel landscape design, York

The Urbanists were appointed by Powell Dobson Architects to prepare a detailed landscape design to support a full planning application for a new 160 bed Hilton hotel within the historic City of York. A comprehensive heritage and context analysis set out some key design parameters which helped set the proposals in the context of the city.

A set of a principles were established, such as "create a distinct sense of arrival to both the hotel and the outskirts of the City".

The principles informed the detailed landscape scheme which received positive comments from various officers within the planning and conservation departments of the local authority.

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