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  • Bow Churchyard

    A place to pause in the heart of the Square Mile. Phase 1 brings new seating and planting to a historic churchyard. Phase 2 adds a raingarden, wayfinding, and a new entrance from Cheapside.

    Bow Churchyard Phase 1 — reclaimed granite slab seating with Corten steel raised planter and brass armrests, outside Bow Bells House

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  • Cheapside Bus Gate

    Making permanent what was once temporary — and turning a traffic management measure into a place worth stopping in.

    Cheapside looking towards St Paul's u2014 proposed public realm improvements with widened pavements and new planting

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  • Retrofit SuDS Feasibility Toolkit

    A four-stage framework commissioned by the City of London Corporation, helping in-house engineers assess sustainable drainage opportunities early across the Square Mile.

    Mature street trees and public seating on a busy City of London street, illustrating retrofit SuDS opportunities in urban settings

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  • Little Trinity Lane

    A narrow historic City street reimagined with a central rain garden, removing more than 120,000 litres from the combined sewer annually without a single buried tank.

    Little Trinity Lane public realm scheme in the City of London, with Corten steel planters and people relaxing among the greenery

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  • New Change Gardens

    A hard-edged City of London garden transformed with permeable surfacing and step-free access, removing 195,000 litres from the combined sewer every year.

    New Change Gardens, City of London: granite and oak seating with brass handrails among ornamental planting, with people relaxing nearby

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  • Sustainable City Summit

    EGY attended the Sustainable City Summit, where City of London leaders explored district heating and climate-resilient placemaking on the path to net zero by 2040.

    Delegates in discussion around the table at the Sustainable City Summit, held in a wood-panelled hall

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  • Leadenhall Street Transformation

    A streets-wide assessment of blue-green infrastructure along Leadenhall Street, showing how rain gardens and SuDS tree pits could remove 3.5 million litres from the combined sewer each year.

    Leadenhall Street Transformation

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