News
October 2007
International Garden Festival 2008 Competition
03rd Oct 2007The Municipality of Ponte de Lima is once again inviting proposals for the competition to create and construct gardens at the next International Garden Festival which opens to the public on 30 May 2008.
Name change for the University of Central England
08th Oct 2007
The University of Central England, which offers one of the Landscape Institutes's accredited courses, has changed its name to Birmingham City University.
CABE Space design skills scholarships
08th Oct 2007CABE Space have launched a new design skills scholarships programme.
Call for Case Studies - Landscape 2008
09th Oct 2007
Following the results of our recent reader survey, each issue of Landscape in 2008 will be led by one central landscape project that will inspire the rest of the content.
Edward Cullinan CBE wins the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
09th Oct 2007Edward Cullinan has been awarded one of architecture’s most prestigious prizes, the Royal Gold Medal.
Barnard Park competition
15th Oct 2007
The London Borough of Islington is running a mini-competition to select a design team to develop a new master plan for an existing public park in a strategically important site in central London. The site is bordered by a conservation area of quiet Georgian city squares and the Kings Cross development area. Kings Cross is in the process of major long-term redevelopment as part of the Eurostar terminus project.
Climate Change: The Challenge for Landscape Architecture - 1 and 2 November 2007
17th Oct 2007The Landscape Institute’s conference, Climate Change: The Challenge for Landscape Architecture will offer an important opportunity to pool expertise, raise awareness, and discuss the threats posed by climate change.
The London Development Agency has shortlisted six candidates to create the masterplan for the 2012 Olympics' regeneration legacy
17th Oct 2007
Three consortiums and three companies were selected from 34 submissions by a panel comprising the LDA, Olympic Delivery Authority and Design for London.
Landscape Institute elects Clare Brockhurst as Fellow
19th Oct 2007The Landscape Institute is delighted to announce that landscape architect Clare Brockhurst has been elected a Fellow of the Institute. Clare, 39, gains the honour for her outstanding contribution to the development and improvement of the landscape profession. Out of a total of 5,500 members, just 79 are Fellows of the Landscape Institute – the professional body and regulator for landscape architecture.
Call for Papers by the Institute of Historical Research
24th Oct 2007As part of ‘The History of Gardens and Landscapes’ Seminars at the Institute of Historical Research a conference on how green initiatives have been used to regenerate brown sites from the 1980s onwards will be held at the IHR on 24 and 25 October 2008.
Call for membership to the Landscape Institute’s Policy Committee
26th Oct 2007In early October, the Landscape Institute’s newly formed Policy Committee met for the first time. Items covered at this meeting were the approach the Institute would take in terms of responding to policy proposals from government departments and agencies. The Committee also decided that the Institute should develop its own policy statements and related work in the following areas: Climate Change, Community Development, Green Infrastructure and Housing.
Landscape Institute President's Speech to IFLA ER (EFLA)
26th Oct 2007Nigel Thorne's speech to EFLA on 26 October 2007.