News
December 2006
Awards recognise importance of landscape
01st Dec 2006Landscape isn’t natural: it is designed, created and managed by people and a number of top British landscape architects and practices were recognised in the annual Landscape Institute Awards yesterday (30 November 2006) for some of the most innovative and successful projects of the moment.
Barker Review's Recommendations Need Landscape Skills says President
05th Dec 2006The Landscape Institute has given a qualified welcome to the Barker Review of Land Use Planning, published by the Treasury today (December 5).
New Competition – Major creative landscape feature for Middlesbrough’s A66
08th Dec 2006Middlesbrough Council is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified landscape architects, architects, horticulturists, ecologists, engineers, designers and artists working in the public realm, to develop proposals for the landscape of the A66/Cargo Fleet transport interchange in the east of the city.
Design Quality in The Big Apple
08th Dec 2006The Design Quality Indicator (DQI) is being applied to US$320 million worth of public building projects in New York City, by New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC).
Study Assesses Economic Impact of National Parks
11th Dec 2006A report out today measures the economic impact of National Parks on their local economies. The report has been produced by the Council for National Parks to mark its 70th anniversary. It is based on findings from Yorkshire and Humber, which has a higher percentage of designated land than any other English region.
Russian Constructors Group visit CIC
12th Dec 2006At very short notice, CIC arranged to host a morning meeting for a group of 43 Russian engineers who were in the UK last week.
RIBA Launches Smart PFI Position Paper
14th Dec 2006The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today launched a position paper detailing its PFI procurement model - the Client Concept Design Model - and a number of firm recommendations following the Smart PFI principles.