The opportunity to design a housing development in Blackburn was something that energised Gerardine and Wayne. I often get asked for my career highlight and my answer for the past decade or so has been The Staiths South Bank in Gateshead, our first housing development. It was one of those rare projects that, despite the […]

Wayne was made a Mayor of London Design Advocate, and has been an advocate for celebrating the city’s suburbs.  I had been thinking about what Good Growth in London means to me and it came to me during this recent sweltering spell of weather in London when I was struggling to sleep, getting up at […]

You don’t make change by taking the easy route. Having been following the furore surrounding the planned Garden Bridge over the Thames and it’s got me wondering. At HemingwayDesign are we suckers for projects that have conjecture surrounding them or is it that the most impactful projects are often immersed in significant difficulties? When I […]

From day one we supported the idea that London with its fabulous network of green spaces could be a National Park. Now it is. I have been following and become increasingly intrigued about the campaign for London to become a National Park. Uniquely combining a biodiverse landscape with nature reserves, parks and gardens, the Greater […]