News
June 2007
Sir Terry Farrell on landscape
06th Jun 2007
Listen to a Landscape Institute podcast in which Terry Farrell discusses his ideas for reforming the landscape of the Thames Gateway as well as central London.
Society of Garden Designers Appoints New Chairman
11th Jun 2007The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) has appointed Peter Thomas as its new chairman.
Job Vacancy - Media and Public Relations Officer at the Landscape Institute Head Office
11th Jun 2007Media and Public Relations Officer Central London c£27,000 plus generous benefits
Design Quality Indicator Wins Tools of the Trade Award 2007
12th Jun 2007Design Quality Indicator (DQI) was announced a Tools of the Trade Awards Winner 2007.
Landscape Architecture student wins overall Future Vision 07 award
12th Jun 2007
Gethin Owens from Pontypridd, South Wales, has won the inaugural Future Vision Award.
Permanent memorial for the July 7th 2005 bombings
13th Jun 2007A call for a design team to design a permanent memorial for the July 7th 2005 bombings has been announced.
Job Vacancy - Policy and Public Affairs Officer at the Landscape Institute Head Office
14th Jun 2007Policy and Public Affairs Officer Central London £24,864 plus generous benefits
Royal Institute of British Architects think tank discusses future of the Thames Gateway
15th Jun 2007Should there be a longer-term vision for the Thames Gateway? Should we curb future development in the Thames Estuary and learn to embrace flooding?
Free copies of the tool kit 'Connecting Communities, Neighbourhood and Nature' are now available
15th Jun 2007The Wildlife Trusts’ Urban Greenspace Project has been working with urban and community Wildlife Trust Projects across the country for nearly three years and from this has published a Toolkit to address the most common issues raised as well as including good practice from a variety of organisations.
National House Building Council Launches Standards on Green Roofs
15th Jun 2007Following success in Europe, particularly in Germany and Scandinavian countries, builders and developers in the UK are increasingly opting for green roofs. These can bring attractive plant life into urban areas, improve biodiversity, help reduce the risk of flooding by attenuating rainfall and even help improve thermal efficiency in homes.
Eyre Square Galway Receives Irish Landscape Institute Design Award
15th Jun 2007
The biennial Irish Landscape Institute Awards were held on the 8th of June 2007. Sophia Meeres, Director of landscape architecture at University College Dublin, and one of the adjudicators evaluated the winning Eyre Square, designed by Mitchell + associates:
‘Dysart Artworks’ has won this year’s Scottish Design Awards in the category Landscape Architecture
15th Jun 2007
Dysart Artworks was an 18 month long collaboration between landscape architects, artists, poets, the local authority and the local community to create a series of new artworks and public spaces within Dysart, Fife.
More and better facilities needed to improve the state of Britain’s parks and green spaces
18th Jun 2007Parks charity GreenSpace has released the Park Life report, the first ever public satisfaction survey of Britain’s parks and green spaces.
Beijing setting solid benchmark for green Olympics says Diane Menzies, president of International Federation of Landscape Architects
18th Jun 2007The main feature of Beijing's green and sustainable contribution to the Games is the 680ha Olympic Forest Park, Menzies said after the international landscape architecture summit in Beijing.
Public Rights of Way – SSSI Diversion Orders
18th Jun 2007The SSSI diversion provisions in Schedule 6 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) were commenced on 21 May 2007.
Ken Shuttleworth takes over as President of the Architects Benevolent Society
18th Jun 2007Ken Shuttleworth takes over from David Rock, a past President of the RIBA, who has been ABS President since 2003.
Landscape Architecture Malaysia Year Book 2007
20th Jun 2007In conjunction with the 44th IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects) World Congress in Kuala Lumpur from 27-31 August 2007; International and Malaysian Landscape Architecture Consultancy firms and Property Developers are invited to submit your outstanding projects from 2006-2007 to be published in the Landscape Architecture Malaysia –2007 Year Book.
Consultation paper on improving access to the English coast
20th Jun 2007Defra have issued a consultation paper "Consultation on Proposals to improve access to the English coast".
British Urban Regeneration Association Awards
20th Jun 2007Entries for the BURA Awards for Best Practice in Regeneration close on 29 June.
Job Vacany - Media and Public Relations Officer at Landscape Institute Head Office
20th Jun 2007Media and Public Relations Officer Central London c£27,000 plus generous benefits
The Heights of Design
22nd Jun 2007Unioncamere Piemonte and Regione Piemonte, Italy are holding an international competition of ideas, “The Heights of Design”, open to designers, architects, landscapers and artists who are under the age of 40, for designs of street furniture, installations and interventions, which could be produced using artisan materials and methods, for outdoor spaces in hill and mountain areas in Italy’s Piedmont.
The Art and Christianity Enquiry (ACE) in association with the RIBA invites entries for the 2007 Award for Religious Architecture
22nd Jun 2007The judging panel includes The Very Revd Peter Judd,Dean of Chelmsford(chair),Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok,Professor of Jewish Theology at University of Wales, Lampeter, Sir Richard MacCormac CBE, co-founder of MJP Architects,Yasmin Shariff, Denis Sharp Architects and Professor Philip Sheldrake, Research Fellow in Theology and Religious Studies at Durham University.
BURA Awards for Best Practice in Regeneration
22nd Jun 2007Do you know a project that represents best practice in regeneration?
2007 European Hotel Design Awards
22nd Jun 2007The deadline for entries for the 2007 European Hotel Design Awards is looming.
Job Vacancy - Policy and Public Affairs Officer at the Landscape Institute Head Office
22nd Jun 2007Policy and Public Affairs Officer Central London £24,864 plus generous benefits
President of the Landscape Institute addresses the Groundwork Trust National Conference
29th Jun 2007Nigel Thorne addressed the Groundwork Trust National Conference on 28th June.
Professor Anthony Bradshaw presented with IEEM Medal
29th Jun 2007The Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management has presented its medal to Professor Anthony Bradshaw.
The Rt. Hon. Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Sport speaks to the CIC
29th Jun 2007The Rt. Hon. Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Sport gave a speech to the Construction Industry Council about the opportunities for the construction industry given by the 2012 Olympics.