Case studies
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Garrison Woods
Calgary, Canada
Garrison Woods illustrates a new type of development in the highly suburban Canadian city of Calgary and makes use of the regeneration of a decommissioned military base to help meet a growing demand for an urban lifestyle with an eclectic and integrated mix of housing types and services.

Grange View
Henlow, Bedfordshire
Grange View is a low-density development of houses and flats on a commercial site in the middle of the 'large village' of Henlow.

Granville New Homes
Brent, London
A very striking development which responds successfully to its conservation area context at the same time as delivering attractive homes and high quality open spaces.

Great Bow Yard
Langport, Somerset
Great Bow Yard is an exemplary sustainable development of 12 homes, described by the Building for Life judges as "a healthy place with healthy materials".

Gun Wharf
Plymouth
The Cannon and Cornwall Street housing project at Gun Wharf, Plymouth has fulfilled the need to replace a run down post-war estate with a mixed occupancy development that reflects the current needs of the area. The mixed-use units vary from 1-bedroom flats to 3-4 bedroom town houses, and sit on a stepped terrace overlooking the river Tamar.

Gunwharf Quays
Portsmouth
A massive regeneration of a former naval depot in Portsmouth, this long-term project has had a tremendous impact both locally and regionally.

GWL-terrein
Amsterdam
GWL-terrein illustrates that a car-free development can be a viable way of creating excellent public spaces and a liveable community.

Hegianwandweg
Zurich, Switzerland
Hegianwandweg is located only 11 minutes away from Zurich city centre by tram, yet the site has a distinctively suburban flavour. It is situated between an area of 1930s blocks of flats, arranged in parallel, and a 1970s high rise home for elderly people.

Highgate
Durham
Bounded by heavily trafficked trunk roads on two flanks and within a conservation area, this striking development of 26 flats and 34 town houses, all for private sale, is on a prominent steeply sloping site overlooking Durham city centre with its World Heritage Site of castle and cathedral.

Horsebridge Development
Whitstable
Thirty four new dwellings form part of a skilfully executed mixed use development shoehorned into Whitstable town centre where the long and winding main street meets the edge of the Thames Estuary.
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