I’m a fan of etymology If you’re wondering what that means, it means the meaning of words. Or more accurately, it studies the route of words.… Read the rest
Category: Landscape Architect
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What’s in a name?
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Landscape Design for Schools
Read Time:1 Minute, 10 SecondSensory Garden, Liss Infant School
Designed by Alison Galbraith when her son attended Liss Infant School and constructed during the summer holiday of 2008, the garden replaced an unused and hard to maintain grass bank.… Read the rest
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Lawns: what are they good for? by Paul Strugnell
Read Time:3 Minute, 43 SecondEvery man’s home is his castle and every man’s lawn is his bowling green/golf course/football pitch/nemesis (depending on your choice of sport, or lack of it).… Read the rest
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Important changes to BS relating to trees by Bernie Harverson
Read Time:4 Minute, 32 SecondArboriculturist Bernie Harverson who works independently from our offices (but is a frequent Terra Firma sub-consultant) has offered some useful insights into the latest BS on trees; these are inevitably important considerations for landscape architects:
Without much prior warning or pre-issue seminars on 30th April 2012 we in the ‘Arb World’ had British Standard 5837:2012 thrust upon us and for a while there was a mad panic to get our heads around it.… Read the rest
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Zero carbon footprint for Southampton social housing
Read Time:1 Minute, 37 SecondTerra Firma were in the limelight recently with the opening of Southampton’s first zero carbon footprint housing development by Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud.… Read the rest
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The Merry Month of May
Read Time:1 Minute, 20 Secondby Alison Galbraith
May is always my favourite month of the year. There is my birthday, the FA cup final, the cricket season gets going in earnest, the days are getting longer and the weather is often quite beautiful. … Read the rest
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Alshamsi Terrafirma Dubai
Read Time:1 Minute, 3 Secondterra firma Landscape Architects Dubai: http://www.tfla.ae
Water wall completed at Al Muneera, Abu Dhabi. Experiment with bringing in a short movie clip.… Read the rest