http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/ en george.bull@wardour.co.uk Copyright 2012 2012-01-19T12:40:24+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/bdp_wins_best_new_public_space_award/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/bdp_wins_best_new_public_space_award/#When:11:40:24Z BDP has taken the top spot in the Best New Public Space category at this year’s London Planning Awards with its design for Margaret McMillan Park in Lewisham... Projects 2012-01-19T11:40:24+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/gillespies_designs_to_support_next_phase_of_mediacityuk/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/gillespies_designs_to_support_next_phase_of_mediacityuk/#When:11:29:52Z Landscape practice Gillespies has prepared landscape and public realm design proposals to support 20-year plans for new phases of the BBC's Salford HQ MediaCityUK... Projects 2012-01-19T11:29:52+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/clg_red_tape_challenge_focuses_on_housing_and_construction/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/clg_red_tape_challenge_focuses_on_housing_and_construction/#When:11:16:03Z Housing and Construction the Department for Communities and Local Government's (CLG) Red Tape Challenge... News 2012-01-19T11:16:03+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/comment_simon_watkins_on_hs2/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/comment_simon_watkins_on_hs2/#When:11:09:42Z Simon Watkins CMLI asks whether a proposal as potentially destructive to the landscape as HS2 should prompt us to consider whether there might be a more intelligent or creative way to improve the UK’s economic and environmental resilience… People 2012-01-19T11:09:42+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/defra_to_launch_new_ecosystems_knowledge_network/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/defra_to_launch_new_ecosystems_knowledge_network/#When:11:03:41Z An online resource, the Ecosystems Knowledge Network will allow individuals and companies to share information about ecosystems projects around the world... News 2012-01-19T11:03:41+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/jump_the_barrier/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/jump_the_barrier/#When:10:55:45Z On 12 November, German-Scottish landscape architecture practice UrbanPioneers Stadtpioniere hosted ‘Jump the Barrier’ to highlight the fact that the UK’s streets are some of the most cluttered in Europe... Projects 2012-01-19T10:55:45+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/obituary_for_douglas_sampson/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/obituary_for_douglas_sampson/#When:10:46:34Z James Welch recalls the life of Douglas Sampson (1936–2011), landscape architect and founding Partner of Derek Lovejoy & Partner... People 2012-01-19T10:46:34+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/glvia_consultation_set_to_launch_in_february/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/glvia_consultation_set_to_launch_in_february/#When:10:43:31Z A consultation draft of the third edition of the Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (GLVIA) will soon be available for LI members to review... Members’ Update 2012-01-19T10:43:31+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/last_chance_to_order_new_look_membership_certificates/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/last_chance_to_order_new_look_membership_certificates/#When:10:30:18Z The deadline for ordering replacement membership certificates is 31 January 2012… Members’ Update 2012-01-19T10:30:18+00:00 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/comment_bad_role_models_for_landscape_architecture/ http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/comment_bad_role_models_for_landscape_architecture/#When:10:25:04Z In the first of a six part series on how bad design concepts can get projects off to a false start, Tim Waterman explores the shortcomings of the 'Inflexible Abstraction'... People 2012-01-19T10:25:04+00:00