Kate is an Associate at The Townscape Consultancy and is an urban designer with over 7 years’ experience in the Townscape and Heritage field, working previously for Montagu Evans and Citydesigner. Kate has studied both architecture and urban design; with a master’s thesis focused on the value of industrial heritage, exploring themes of place identity and questions of authenticity in urban design.

Kate’s professional experience has involved design collaboration, aesthetic analysis and quality assessment of architectural designs as supporting statements for planning applications. The focus being critical analysis and assessment of development proposals, where quality of design must be balanced against impact on historical settings.