Pictured above: Matt Quayle
Birmingham 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."