News for LA’s, UD’s, A’s , P’s & E’s
- ULI Launches Global City Index Report: London, NY are still world leaders
According to Urban Landscape Institute Global City Index, London and New York still rank among the world’s most successful cities, but face increasing competition from other global cities, according to an analysis of 30 major global indices and other data prepared by the Urban Land Institute, a global research and education institute dedicated to responsible [...]
- Landscape Institute 2008 awards
The awards comprised 15 categories in 2008, including landscape design, planning, science and research with 38 entries recognised as winners, highly commended or commended. Overseas winners include New Providence Wharf in Ontario and a development along the Haihe river in China.
SOURCE: Landscape Institute – Project to deliver sustainable communities in East London lauded as top [...]
- University of Leicester stakes £1 billion to secure elite status
The University of Leicester — recently crowned University of the Year — has launched a £1 billion campus development to help it move into the top ten of British universities.
The building programme, one of the biggest ever undertaken in the sector, will strengthen Leicester’s unique position as an elite university committed to widening access to [...]
- The Long View - Metropolis Magazine
Andrew Blum of Metropolis Magazine has written a excellent article on James Corner and his work as a landscape architect and pushing the profession of landscape architecture to the forefront of design.
This article is a must read at Metroplis Magazine – The Long View.Share and Enjoy:
- Journal of Landscape Architecture available
today the new JoLA issue autumn 2008 came out. Benefit now from a wide range of innovative approaches and new ideas.The autumn issue includes important articles about “Bejing´s New Urban Countryside” or “Planning by Design“. JoLA is published twice a year by the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS). Starting with the current issue, JoLA is now available as [...]
- SketchUP 7 released
Google have released the latest version of SketchUP (v7) the modelling program we all love to design and play with and has change the way many people design and model.
Visit SketchUP Website and click on the big, blue “Download” button in the upper-right corner. Then install it, fire it up, and eat lunch at your [...]
- Richard Rogers to join Mayor of London’s design panel - 24dash.com
24dash reports that “Four of the UK’s most respected names in architecture, planning and property development are to advise the Mayor of London Boris Johnson on delivering design excellence across the capital
Architects Richard Rogers (pictured) and current RIBA President Sunand Prasad, Chair of the English Heritage Advisory Committee, Joyce Bridges, and Joint Chief Executive of [...]
- Grounds for Optimism - UK
Landscape Institute reports that
Grounds for Optimism launched successfully to secondary schools across South East England and Yorkshire and Humberside this September. 100 schools have now signed up to take part alongwith many landscape practices.
The repsonse has been fantastic but they are still looking for more landscape professionals to sign up and take part in [...]
- Foster + Partners selected for excellence in construction in the Gulf region
Foster + Partners selected for excellence in construction in the Gulf region
Foster + Partners has been honoured with the title, “Architect of the Year”, in the inaugural Gulf State Building Awards, announced on 13 November at a ceremony in Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai.
Celebrating the highest standards in the region’s construction industry, entries were invited from [...]
- Bypass will destroy forest, inquiry hears - Press & Journal
Press & Journal reports that “The destruction of a woodland will be among the landscape impacts if a section of the proposed Aberdeen bypass is built, an inquiry has heard.
The route, which runs from Milltimber to Stonehaven, will cut through “open farmland and undulating hills”, according to Mark Lancaster, technical director for Jacobs Engineering.
“In an [...]
