The practice has been appointed by the owners of the Calthorpe Estate, a 640 hectare area on the western edge of Birmingham city centre approximately seven times the size of the Grosvenor Estate in Central London.
The Estate, which has been in the ownership of the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe family since 1717, includes the celebrated garden suburb of Edgbaston and is home to a number of international sporting venues including Edgbaston Stadium and Edgbaston Priory. Open space makes up almost a quarter of the Calthorpe Estate, with attractions such as the Botanical Gardens, making it the greenest part of the city.