Isabel McCagg
Senior Urban Designer at Urban Initiatives Studio- Claim this Profile
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Urban Initiatives Studio
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United Kingdom
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Architecture and Planning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Urban Designer
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Aug 2021 - Present
Supporting Local Authority clients with Local Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs). Producing urban design and tall buildings statements to support planning applications for large development schemes. Assisting the studio Directors with project management to organise the day-to-day delivery of projects. Proactively collaborating and engaging with clients and stakeholders by communicating clearly through workshops, meetings, reports and presentations. Supporting Local Authority clients with Local Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs). Producing urban design and tall buildings statements to support planning applications for large development schemes. Assisting the studio Directors with project management to organise the day-to-day delivery of projects. Proactively collaborating and engaging with clients and stakeholders by communicating clearly through workshops, meetings, reports and presentations.
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Feilden+Mawson
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United Kingdom
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Architecture and Planning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Urban Designer
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Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
Leading the in-house urban design team to pursue business development and provide expertise across the company’s portfolio and projects including concept designs, urban realm studies and contributing to design reviews.Proactively engaging with clients and stakeholders, communicating clearly through meetings, reports and presentations. Contributing to briefs, design guides, feasibility studies and masterplan concepts for complex sites, including analytical work and research to consider policy context, townscape and heritage impact, and other sensitivities and constraints.Co-ordinating and preparing Planning and Listed Building Consent applications, engaging with conservation officers and Historic England building inspectors. Show less
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Urban Designer
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Sep 2015 - Jan 2020
Led multiple urban analyses of central London sites, which facilitated stakeholder engagement and pre-planning discussions, and guided architectural and urban design decisionsAssisted with the development of estate-wide feasibility studies and masterplan concepts for the Houses of Parliament and the Parliamentary EstateWorked as part of design team to deliver RIBA Stage 1- 3 for multi-phase refurbishment project for a central London, Grade II* listed buildingAssisted with research, design development and stakeholder engagement to deliver RIBA Stage 1 feasibility studies, which analysed and evaluated potential Parliamentary uses for a highly sensitive central London site Show less
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Feilden+Mawson
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United Kingdom
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Architecture and Planning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Architectural Assistant
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
Assisted project architects, in conjunction with the Parliamentary Estates Directorate, on the development of a new education centre for the Palace of Westminster Wrote and designed multiple reports for the Parliamentary Education Centre including the Design & Access Statement, and the RIBA Stage A, B, C, and D reports. Created hand-drawn renderings and structural drawings which were utilized in a sign-off presentation for a major government project Worked as a contractor for the Parliamentary Estates Directorate to assist with stakeholder consultations and production drawings for an operational restructuring Show less
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Lance Jay Brown Architecture and Urban Design
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New York, New York
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Intern
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May 2012 - Jul 2012
Developed course syllabus for “Design for Risk” CCNY seminar Developed a syllabus to be used in conjunction with the textbook "Urban Design for an Urban Century" Researched and compiled an extensive catalog of contemporary, award- winning urban design projects, to be used as case studies in the textbook "Urban Design for an Urban Century" Developed course syllabus for “Design for Risk” CCNY seminar Developed a syllabus to be used in conjunction with the textbook "Urban Design for an Urban Century" Researched and compiled an extensive catalog of contemporary, award- winning urban design projects, to be used as case studies in the textbook "Urban Design for an Urban Century"
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Carter + Burton Architects
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Berryville, VA
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Intern
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Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
Created ArchiCad plans and 3D renderings of current projects Organised the office and catalogued material samples Developed design ideas at client meetings Created ArchiCad plans and 3D renderings of current projects Organised the office and catalogued material samples Developed design ideas at client meetings
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Smith College
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern for the Brown Post-baccalaureate Fellow for Museum Education
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Sep 2010 - May 2011
Organised mailings and developed a more comprehensive database Distributed advertising and other promotional media Coordinated logistics of the summer program in Museum Education Organised mailings and developed a more comprehensive database Distributed advertising and other promotional media Coordinated logistics of the summer program in Museum Education
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Education
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UCL
Master's Degree, Urban Design and City Planning -
Smith College
B.A, Architecture and Urbanism -
Clarke County High School
International Baccalaureate Diploma, 3.8