Masterplanning

Behind our masterplanning is an acute sense of place.

What makes one place a success above another is found in the detail of access and connections, hierarchy and legibility, and in its heart and richness.

a sketch of a masterplan with housing and a new park

Our masterplans bring these all together as a bespoke and flexible framework for change and sustainability.

A strategic plan

With an eye to the macro, our masterplans might consider estate regeneration, town centre identity, evolving and new neighborhoods, museum futures, or school estates. The common thread is the need for a long-term view, that assesses where needs and opportunities lie. We strive to create places where the built environment helps its communities to flourish.

a sketch of a brightly coloured row of shops

virtual image of residential grey mare lane

18 November 2021

Plans lodged for Grey Mare Lane estate regeneration

Plans have been lodged to regenerate East Manchester’s Grey Mare Lane estate.

a brightly coloured aerial sketch of a new neighbourhood

Featured stories

sketch of barrow market, lengthy building with vertical paneling and people

10 October 2022

Buttress appointed to Barrow town centre regeneration scheme

We have been appointed alongside designers OPEN and engineers WSP to develop an ambitious, multi-million pound regeneration scheme for Barrow’s town centre.

Exterior image of a restored Grade II* listed cloth hall.

03 May 2018

What role can heritage play in driving regeneration?

Jenna Johnston, Senior Heritage Consultant, explains.

26 June 0202

Stoneygate masterplan adopted

The 15-year regeneration framework aims to create an urban village in within Stoneygate.

Talk to the team

Associate Director

Martin Kirkpatrick

Martin is an experienced architect who has successfully delivered projects across a broad range of sectors, most recently specialising in hotels, multi-residential, mixed-use, and masterplanning work.

Director

Andy Avery

Andy leads Buttress' residential and regeneration team and has the rare ability to cut through to the heart of complex issues to find a solution.

Andy graduated from the Oxford School of Architecture in 1986 with honours in both architecture and urban design and has operated at board level within the profession since 1996.

Director

Matthew Burl

Matthew is an architect and director at Buttress who has led the successful design and delivery of new build and refurbishment projects across a range of cultural, academic and community-led sectors, both regionally and internationally.

He also coordinates the practice's sustainability activities and has led Buttress' B Corp journey helping the company achieve certification at the end of 2022.