Corstorphine & wright
With over 100 projects live in the platform across cities from Glasgow to Canterbury, Corstorphine & Wright Architects are using VU.CITY to save time, gain planning certainty, and bring greater clarity to complex urban sites. From early-stage feasibility to live design reviews, VU.CITY is now embedded into their workflow.
Watch the video below to hear how they’ve scaled adoption across studios, built internal buy-in, and enhanced client confidence using our platform.
Designing Better Places, Together. Corstorphine & Wright and VU.CITY
Corstorphine & Wright Architects operate across the UK, from Glasgow to London, with multiple studios and over 100 projects now in the VU.CITY platform. Their approach is rooted in streamlining workflows and making data-driven decisions from early feasibility stages through to final design. The firm has found VU.CITY an invaluable tool, especially when it comes to tackling city-centre living projects in urban environments.
Neil Carter, Head of Digital Technology at Corstorphine & Wright, highlights the platform's ability to save time and provide accurate, trusted data. VU.CITY offers not only a quick and reliable source of information but also a way to visually present evidence to clients. This takes away any subjectivity and ensures their proposals are backed by up-to-date, verified data.
VU.CITY is embedded across all their studios, helping Corstorphine & Wright make fast decisions by offering a single source of truth for their projects. Rather than relying on static 3D models purchased from various sources, they now have access to live, up-to-date data for all their sites. This shift has removed the risk of working with outdated or incomplete context, allowing for a much more accurate and efficient design process. The firm also uses the platform to support meetings with planners and clients, presenting information visually and dynamically.
The practice finds VU.CITY’s tools for massing, demolitions, and visibility particularly useful. They can easily toggle between existing and proposed conditions, which is essential for comparing and contrasting building plans, and they’ve even used it live in meetings to present alternative design solutions on the spot. The ability to quickly verify views, especially for sensitive height considerations in tower designs, has been key in making confident, data-backed decisions.
Corstorphine & Wright also leverages the platform’s data layers to assess site context, identifying local amenities, existing developments, and any emerging projects nearby. This gives their teams the insights they need to propose buildings that complement the surrounding area while meeting the client’s needs.
The integration with their existing workflows has been seamless. By downloading geometry and using it in their Revit projects, the firm can switch between platforms without losing context. The ability to import, adjust, and update models within VU.CITY has significantly streamlined their design and planning processes.
The practice has been using VU.CITY since the onboarding process, and the team found it intuitive and easy to navigate, which meant formal training wasn’t necessary. As more people within the practice got on board with the platform, the tool’s impact has been increasingly positive, helping both the internal teams and their clients make informed decisions faster.
For Corstorphine & Wright, VU.CITY has transformed how they approach design, enabling them to move faster, work more accurately, and present their proposals with confidence. It’s become an integral part of their process, and the team is looking forward to exploring even more of its capabilities.
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