fabrik are an award winning landscape design practice working from studios in Alton, London and Manchester on projects in the United Kingdom and abroad. We are a 34-strong firm of landscape architects, landscape planners, urban designers and arboriculturalists. We are all focused on a common goal: the design of sustainable landscapes across the caring, learning, living and working sectors.

Our core discipline is landscape design, and the creation of new, or protection of, existing landscapes. We have a dedicated team that deals with all aspects of landscape planning, from early feasibility studies on the suitability of land for development, through to the preparation of L/TVIAs. We also provide specialist advice on all arboricultural matters.

fabrik are run by three Directors’ Andrew Smith, Paul Barrett & Johnny Rath. Andrew Smith heads the Alton studio, leads the practice’s residential masterplanning portfolio and acts as an Expert Witness. He sits on the South Downs National Park and Coastal West Sussex Design Review Panels.

We have an established working relationship with Zero C through the following projects: - Poundbury North East Quadrant - Roussillon Barracks - Harcourt Sands

...and have collaborated with The Working Group on: - Poundbury North East Quarter - Roussillon Barracks - Tornagrain

We have undertaken Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments associated with historic buildings and heritage sites, including: - VIA for Poundbury landmark building from an Iron Age hillfort (Maiden Castle) - Internal views within a Brownian landscape at Wall Hall - Objections to a wind turbine set within a Brownian vista at Heveningham Hall, Suffolk

fabrik are here to understand the views and landscape character associated with the proposals. The image below, from the ramparts of Old Sarum, is one of the views that we will seek to understand.

Through listening to, and working with you we can positively respond to Core Policy 9 and create high quality, strategic landscape improvements which: - mitigate the impacts of existing intrusive buildings - soften impacts when viewed out of and into the Conservation Area, and from Old Sarum Scheduled Ancient Monument.