David Orr
Areas of Expertise
Masterplanning, Street design, Urban design
David is an urban designer and landscape architect designing complex urban and rural development projects of all kinds, from small residential developments to masterplans for urban extensions and new communities.
His focus is on designing the movement and landscape narrative to create good places. This comes from experience in designing projects including Trafalgar Square, many high street improvements and a range of mixed use masterplans. David has worked extensively on regenerating historic towns and has prepared a number of public realm design guides and strategies. His projects include movement and urban design frameworks for urban districts, market towns, mining and seaside communities across the UK. Key projects include Strand-Aldwych improvements, Bourn Airfield masterplan and landscape strategy and Tottenham Hale masterplan.
David is an independent consultant and also has in depth experience as a housing assessor and as a strategic design enabler. He is a Design Council Expert and High Streets Task Force Expert and sits on the Cornwall and Design West Design Review Panels.