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- River Soar Footbridge - RIBA
Shortlist announced – River Soar Footbridge Competition
The RIBA is delighted to announce the shortlist in the competition to design a new foot and cycle bridge crossing the River Soar in Leicester.
151 expressions of interest were received from all over the world including India, Australia, Iceland, Brazil and the USA. Six teams have now been [...]
- 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].
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- 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 [...]
- Urban otters join foxes and squirrels in Britain’s towns and cities - Telegraph
Telegraph reports
“They were driven to the edge of extinction by pollution, but now otters are staging a comeback that is seeing them even move into Britain’s towns and cities.”Read the full article @ the SOURCE: Telegraph.co.uk – Urban otters join foxes and squirrels in Britain’s towns and cities
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- 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 [...]
- Edinburgh’s docks plans revealed - CNPLUS.co.uk
CNPLUS.co.uk reports “International waterfront development expert RTKL has created the masterplan for Edinburgh Harbour. The plan covers the first two urban villages at Leith Docks.”
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- 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, [...]
- National honours for ECA (landscape) architecture journal - The Journal
The Journal reports
“They design, they modify and they manage the world around us. Our cities, our waterways, our space. Two weeks ago the crème de la crème of landscape architects were recognized in the Landscape Institute’s biennial awards.
ECA publication Open Space: People Space, from the Open Space research centre was handed the prestigious research [...]
- Video: Alsop and Schwartz debate - Wallpaper.com
Wallpaper Video of “Alsop and Schwartz debate”
When Will Alsop questioned the role of landscape architecture in the development of public spaces in a recent speech, US-born London-based landscape architect Martha Schwartz couldn’t resist a response.SOURCE: Wallpaper.com – Video: Alsop and Schwartz debate
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