Places Matter! look to Reading Room to re-vamp online communications

12/02/2009 - Manchester

Places Matter!, the Architecture and Built Environment Centre for the Northwest have selected Reading Room to deliver their next generation website.

Launched in May 2007 and primarily funded by NWDA, Places Matter! is a major programme to drive up the quality of ‘place making’ within the Northwest region. Partnering with RIBA and CABE, they are committed to supporting good design work to provide better homes, buildings and public spaces throughout the Northwest.

Reading Room will deliver a website to showcase and provide access to a number of the company’s core business strands. Ensuring promotion of high profile research initiatives, impactful training & educational programmes, whilst developing their online advisory service.

It is envisaged that the site will streamline access to the services Places Matter! provides, notably the Northwest Design Review Panel. Consisting of experts from a range of fields, Design Review is a respected method of improving the quality of new built environment development proposals by offering constructive, impartial and expert advice to developers, planning authorities and regional agencies on development schemes.

“We are delighted that Places Matter! chose the team at Reading Room” Project Director, Jenni Allan. “The team are passionate about working on this project and we’re out to make the site the absolute best in its sector.”

“We were inspired by Reading Room’s knowledge of and interest in the work we do” reveals Annie Atkins, Places Matter! Programme Director. “The creativity of their pitch response was an informed and inspiring approach.”

Phase I of the new site will launch later this Spring.