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- Design team chosen for transport interchange - Rochdale Online
Rochdale Online reports
“Rochdale’s new public transport hub came a step closer to reality this week after Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive announced the five-strong design team for the £11.5million project.
Aedas Architects and surveying firm Davis Langdon will join engineering and construction specialists Atkins, Jacobs and Marston and Grundy will design the Smith Street interchange on [...]
- CABE has concerns over 2012 Velodrome
CABE states that “We would strongly object to a landscape masterplan based on the illustrative scheme provided in the planning application given its apparent lack of appreciation of this issue. Its failure to either suggest key pedestrian routes, or create convincing spaces out of the landscape is particularly worrying. Unless this is addressed, there is [...]
- 2,000 trees to create the roots of London 2012 Olympic Park - London 2012
Suppliers are being sought for approximately 2,000 mature and semi-mature trees to form the ‘roots’ of the 100 hectare park that will provide a colorful setting and festival atmosphere for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and a new green space for people and wildlife in legacy.
The four to seven metre high trees will [...]
- Nemetschek North America Updates Vectorworks 2009 Product Line
Nemetschek North America announced the release of its Service Pack 2 for the Vectorworks 2009 line of software, which includes Vectorworks Designer, Vectorworks Architect, Vectorworks Landmark, Vectorworks Spotlight, Vectorworks Machine Design, Vectorworks Fundamentals, and Renderworks.
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SOURCE: Nemetschek North America Updates Vectorworks 2009 Product Line.
- Position statement - Green infrastructure and the value of connected, multifunctional landscapes
Landscape Institure reports
“The Landscape Institute believes green infrastructure approaches to land use planning must be afforded the same priority as conventional infrastructural components; a priority that it rightly deserves given its critical role in a wide range of challenges including economic competitiveness, climate change adaptation and mitigation, social cohesion, human health and wellbeing and reconnecting [...]
- RMJM Hillier renamed RMJM and adds a new Director
Architect’s Journal reports “RMJM Hillier – the North American division of RMJM – has announced that the company will now operate under the name RMJM.”
Scotsman.com reports that RMJM has appointed Eric Allan as the new European commercial director to drive its continuing growth.[SOURCE: Architects Journal – RMJM Hillier renamed RMJM].
[SOURCE: Scotsman – RMJM reveals new director]
- Youth panel start work on designing the Olympic site’s legacy: London Development Agency
London Development Agency reports
“A panel of 25 young people met for the first time after being given the unique chance to work alongside the masterplanners tasked with developing legacy plans for the Olympic Park site.
As part of ongoing community engagement and consultation, the London Development Agemcy (LDA) has given budding planners and designers from the [...]
- What to do if you get ‘laid off’ in a recession? - World Landscape Architect
1 Keep upbeatThe best thing to do is keep upbeat. You may have lost you job but don’t get down on yourself. Often losing your job in a recession often has nothing to do with skills or attitude but mere numbers. The best thing is to look forward and be positive.
2 Training
Now is the [...]
- What to do if you get ‘layed off’ in a recession? - World Landscape Architect
1 Keep upbeatThe best thing to do is keep upbeat. You may have lost you job but don’t get down on yourself. Often losing your job in a recession often has nothing to do with skills or attitude but mere numbers. The best thing is to look forward and be positive.
2 Training
Now is the [...]
- Regeneration plan to boost Belfast
Belfast Telegraph reports
“An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on the draft regeneration plan for the west side of Belfast city centre has been launched by the Minister for Social Development.
Margaret Ritchie said the masterplan had the potential to deliver over 300 residential units, of which 20% will be affordable housing and 2,400 jobs in the office, [...]
