David Orr DipLA CMLI MCIHT is a landscape architect, urban designer and advocate providing services to the public and private sector as an independent professional consultant. He develops landscape and urban design solutions from public realm improvements and other spatial designs and masterplans to new landscape designs for housing and institutions. He is currently landscape architect for the High Street in Ascot, Bucks; a masterplan for a 400 home village extension in Bedfordshire and several large residential sites in Kent; and for a courtyard renewal scheme in St Johns Wood in London.
Previously David was Technical Director at Mouchel (now WSP), Associate Director at Alan Baxter Associates and a Principle Consultant at Atkins. With these he has worked on a number of high quality projects including Jumeirah Beach and Burj Al Arab hotels in UAE, and improvements to Trafalgar Square and the Strand in London.
He has also worked in a large private architectural practice, HLM Architects, after commencing his career in local authorities in London. David was a Design Council Expert (2012-2024) where he used his experience to advise clients, communities and commissioning bodies on how to achieve their design objectives in planning and design. He was a High Streets Task Force Expert for the duration of the scheme (2021-24) and has been member of both the Cornwall Design Review Panel and the Design West Design Review Panel.
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