Insights

Director of Growth, Bill Price, is collaborating with creative minds to enhance our public spaces. By communicating with artists and sculptors, and connecting with them on a deeper level, Bill believes we can gain a greater insight into the creative process and understand the outcomes they want to achieve. To mark the launch of the Artist’s Garden on Temple Station Roof Terrace in London, Bill shares how art can transform blank canvases into beautiful environments that enrich our towns and cities.

As part of a series of articles on climate action in towns and cities by WSP and collaborators, Dr Katherine Maxwell and Ruby Kessell from WSP and Professor Dan Van Der Horst from the University of Edinburgh explore how instilling governance principles in our public realm will play an important role in accelerating a transition to a low carbon future.

With our town centres in decline, how can we rejuvenate them and make them sustainable, healthy places for local communities to enjoy once more? Nick Corbett, Associate Director, Planning Consultancy and David Leversha, Director and Net Zero Lead, Building Structures discuss how refurbishing buildings and revitalising public realms will not only transform areas to attract people back into our towns and cities but can also help reduce our carbon footprint.