Turley Associates' new head of Urban Design
Press release: 23 May 2011
Planning and urban design consultancy Turley Associates has promoted Matt Quayle to Head of Urban Design. The promotion takes effect from 1 June 2011.
Matt Quayle is an award-winning urban designer who joined Turley Associates in February 2007. He is leads a team of 25 qualified urban designers and masterplanners across 10 offices and is responsible for business development, forward planning and design direction for the urban design team's projects which include residential, mixed-use, town centre and regeneration initiatives throughout the four principalities.
Commenting on his promotion Matt said: "I am thrilled with the promotion to Head of Urban Design. Urban design and masterplanning continues to playing an increasingly important role in delivering high quality and sustainable development in a landscape of challenging market conditions and evolving planning policy . Integrating urban design and planning can facilitate development opportunities and add significant value to projects through the creation of a genuine sense of place along with the key attributes of sustainability. I look forward to developing this role further."
Matt was appointed an independent advisor / enabler to CABE in 2003, 2005 and again in 2009. He was also appointed in 2007 a CABE-accredited Building for Life assessor. Matt has won awards from the Civic Trust, Building for Life, the RTPI and the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (OPDM).
Matt has led design teams in a range of design and masterplanning competitions including the £1.5 billion Elephant & Castle regeneration in 1998. More recently he has led the production of the masterplan and design code for the £150 million redevelopment of the former Terry's Chocolate Factory in York to create a high quality and sustainable new mixed use city district.
Rob Lucas, Chief Executive, Turley Associates, adds: "I congratulate Matt on his promotion and achievements. Our urban designers and masterplanners have the expertise and flair to understand sites and their distinctive context in order to deliver high quality, viable developments which are design-led and compliant with urban design best practice and government guidance."
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About Turley Associates
Turley Associates is the UK's leading independent planning and urban design consultancy. The company operates from 10 offices - London, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast - and has market leading expertise in planning, urban design, masterplanning, sustainability and heritage. The company has a strong reputation in the residential, retail, infrastructure, energy, health, education, sports and leisure, waste, minerals and mining and financial sectors.