Journal Archive
April 2007 Issue
Health and Efficiency
Beyond aesthetic achievement, technical innovation and professional satisfaction, there is the physical manifestation of work. How we regard well-being defines the scope of our ambition. Whether pursuing robust physicality, intellectual clarity, or a state of grace, our surroundings are both means and inspiration. The power of landscape architecture to affect the way we feel on the most fundamental level – well or ill – goes to the heart of what the discipline can achieve. Look around the popular news agenda and there it is – the state of a nation, childhood obesity, pressure on the NHS, inner-city brutality and the moral debate on care in the community. These are all areas in which landscape architecture should and does affect the health of our society. This issue examines how. ~ The Editor 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.
Grounded in the Community
Julia Thrift meets Tony Hawkhead, the driven man behind Groundwork UK – perhaps the most misunderstood charity in Britain. Photographs by Justin Canning Health in mind
Wolfy Jones looks at how a well-designed environment can positively affect the mental health of those living there. The Great Outdoors
Dr William Bird and Dr Melvyn Hillsdon discuss whether green space has a positive effect on our health, while Professor Rachel Davey introduces her urban environment research. 