Today, 17 February, the SCR Vision has been launched. The prospectus, “A Better Future Together – Developing a Vision” is the product of our close work and collaboration with Professor Heather Campbell of the University of Sheffield, the other anchor institutions in the region, Sheffield Hallam University and the Sheffield Teaching Hospital Trust, and some […]
We are delighted to announce that the output from our commission, undertaken with the University of Dundee, to analyse the evidence submitted to the Scottish Government’s Planning Review, has now been published on the Scottish Government website. The project, which involved rapid analysis of the 391 written submissions, using a cross-coding system, was undertake in […]
KMA were appointed by Fife Council to undertake a youth ‘training’ charrette with young people in Cowdenbeath. Working with young people is a key dimension of our place momentum collaborative placemaking approach. Our team, comprising Kevin, Husam and Iain, worked with a mix of local young people to explore, understand, then plan the future of […]
We are delighted to announce our involvement in facilitating the Sheffield City Region visioning process. We have been working for many months with various institutions across the city region to help devise an approach to build an inclusive, aspirational vision that builds strategic relationships goals and a shared direction, building from the existing base of […]
It is with great pleasure that we report on the success of Kilmarnock as the Most Improved Town in Scotland at the 2015 SURF Awards. It was only a few short years ago that Kilmarnock was a town in despair when the world renowned Johnnie Walker whisky distillery plant announced its closure, following on the […]
KMA has performed a key role, as part of the Nexus-Broadway Malyan team, in soliciting and analysing the community and stakeholder contributions to Hatfield Vision 2030+. Sponsored by Welwyn Hatfield Council, Hertfordshire LEP and Hertfordshire University, the brief was to develop a vision and range of transformational projects for this former New Town, built up […]
Kevin Murray and Dr Husam AlWaer teamed up with RTPI Scotland to devise a special Collaborative Placemaking event for the Scottish Young Planners Network. As a compressed form of the 1,2 and 3 day workshops they run, this half day session was an immersive ‘learning by doing’ experience that involved briefing presentations, a site visit […]
Working closely with a high-level engagement team for Glasgow City Council, with Nick Wright Planning, icecream architecture and co-occurence, KMA colleagues Jas, Iain and Kevin contributed to the engagement activity of the initial Glasgow City Centre Districts Regeneration Strategy. The engagement team collaborated with Gehl Architects across a range of community engagement events. These sought […]
Image is courtesy of Willie Miller Urban Design. East Lothian Council and the Fa’side Area Partnership commissioned Kevin Murray Associates to lead a town centre charrette in Tranent, working alongside Willie Miller Urban Design, Peter Brett Associates and icecream architecture. The charrette was held over three days from 26 – 28 March in The Fraser […]
Kevin had the privilege of hosting the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence for a second time in July 2015. After the success of 2014, the awards had more entries, more finalists, and even more demand for tickets – it was sold out after only 4 weeks! The judges clearly had a very hard time, as […]
