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Judged and presented locally, RIBA Regional Awards celebrate great architecture across the UK.
You can view the project on the RIBA website, here.… Read the rest
Author: terrafirma Landscape Architects
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How landscapes learn
Read Time:4 Minute, 12 SecondHappy new year everyone! The title was borrowed from “How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built”, a book I have recently started reading, that discusses the evolution of buildings and how buildings adapt to changing requirements over a long period of time.… Read the rest
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Guest blog: Troy Planning + Design’s Senior Planner, Luke Smith, considers the implications of the revised NPPF on the provision of rural housing
Read Time:3 Minute, 57 SecondSince 2012, planners and developers have been guided by Paragraph 55 of the NPPF in assessing the provision of isolated homes in rural areas.… Read the rest
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A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment – a summary
Read Time:4 Minute, 15 SecondHere we are in high summer and nearly 6 months have passed since the government launched this highly significant plan.
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Integrated urban design and some joined-up thinking at Houghton Regis: by guest author David Edwards
Read Time:5 Minute, 15 SecondUrban design is a strange discipline. A sweeping statement, I know – and certainly one that does not come close to justifying its complexity or significance.… Read the rest
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A Humanitarian Role – Landscape Architecture’s New Direction
Read Time:2 Minute, 37 SecondWe were lucky enough to have a recent visit from Rhys Jones, a graduate of The University of Gloucester who has been investigating the role of landscape architects in humanitarian work.… Read the rest
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View from the canopy, by guest author Bernie Harverson
Read Time:4 Minute, 27 SecondMy name is Bernie Harverson and I am a self-employed Arboricultural Consultant with 47 years experience in the industry. I acquired my love of trees from the age of 11 when my parents moved from urban Ashford west London to rural leafy Haslemere in Surrey where, instead of climbing drainpipes and onto garage rooves I started climbing trees – ‘free climbing’ of course as there were no lifelines and safety harnesses in evidence then!… Read the rest