Seating - Dewsbury Town Hall

The benches outside Dewsbury Town Hall are wide enough for two people to sit back to back. This allows people more choice of where to sit and according to Willian H Whyte allows for a more 'socially comfortable' space, therefore a more used space.

Public Space - Olso Opera House

According to Wired magazine the public space surrounding, incorporated within Oslo Opera House was designed with skateboarders in mind.



Dragor, Denmark

Dragor, an historic village built to the modern principle of maximising solar gain.





Interspersed with small shared surfaced spaces.






Portfolio - Street Analysis





















Urban Refine - Rules of Thumb

New blog launched!

Urban Refine - Rules of Thumb intends to act as a place to store all those practical masterplanning tips that my brain is continually forgetting.

There is a link to the new blog at the side of this page!

Portfolio: A round Plan

Aspirations for Garden Cities of Today






Based on Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities plans, an illustration for an eco-borough in Yorkshire.

Village Life




A simplified land use plan for a village that zones areas in order to quickly analyse adjoining land uses.

Portfolio - Historic Plans


This plan represents the growth and change of a village over the past 100 years. Like a jigsaw each part of the plan (different coloured areas) shows how the village has grown, generally with the more historic elements maintaining promenance at the top of the plan. The village then grows up behind (and in reality the place becasue of) these historic elements.