Journal Archive
July 2006 Issue
In July, Landscape takes a snapshot of the practices shaping and building London and the south east. Should you wish to request a back issue please contact Malgosia Odell on 020 7299 4537. These are subject to availability. An online archive of our publications will become available over the coming months.
Beside the seaside
Lower Leas Coastal Park on the south Kent coast at Folkestone is an important example of a late 19th/early 20th century seaside park. A £1.4million grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund has enabled its restoration as a national treasure and much-loved local resource. Brook Hobbins introduces her work on the project It is in the planning
Director of the Design Commission for Wales Carole-Anne Davies talks to Joe Gardiner about the importance of raising design awareness in planning and how getting the right name for the Commission was important in shaping its approach and ambition The Landscape Partnership
TLP directors Christopher Stratton, Dianne Western and Joanna Ede talk to Seth and Grace Jacobson, on the advent of the practice’s 20th anniversary, about three projects that have been particularly important Treasure buried
In 1997, the Royal Albert Docks Piazza, London, received a Landscape Institute Award for design. Susan Lowenthal returns to the site to see how it looks today and gets an unexpected surprise Walking the walk
Transforming the east City of London into a pedestrian-friendly zone was one of the key drivers behind Lovejoy's strategy Enhancing the Public Realm. Iain Aitch considers how the plan will affect the way people navigate the streetscape Water features & fountains
Faced with a water shortage the fountain or ornamental water feature might seem to be facing a bleak summer, but as Laura Fountain discovers, the industry is already anticipating the effect that climate change will have on these animating elements of the public realm 