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- RMJM boss: architecture dominated by white middle aged men - Building
Peter Morrison says industry must lose its “old boy’s club” image
The architectural industry is dominated by white middle aged men and needs to shed its “old boy’s club” image, according to the head of one of the largest architectural firms in the UK.
Peter Morrison, chief executive of RMJM, said the profession should become more open [...]
- Estate Gardens by ValleyCrest Launches in Dallas
ValleyCrest Companies, the leading national full-service landscape firm with $1 billion in revenue, today announced that they will be re-branding the residential design-build efforts in the Dallas area under the Estate Gardens by ValleyCrest name. Providing seamless design-build services, Estate Gardens by ValleyCrest offers luxury residential landscape services to homeowners, architects, developers and building contractors.
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- Hyder appoints new CEO
Ivor Catto, currently a member of the Executive Board of Atkins, has been named as successor to Tim Wade as chief executive of Hyder Consulting.
He will take on the role on 1 December. Tim Wade, who had announced he would retire on 31 August, will stay on until that date.
SOURCE: Hyder Consulting News
- MAJORITY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS BUSY BUT FEWER PLAN TO HIRE - ASLA
While the majority of landscape architects remained busy last quarter, fewer than three in ten firms plan to hire in the short term, according to the latest Business Quarterly survey by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
Almost 57 percent of landscape architecture firms reported average or above billable hours in Q2 2008 and [...]
- RMJM help inner city youths become architects
Scotsman.com reports that RMJM the Edinburgh based firm has launched a project worth £1m in conjuction with the Stephen Lawrence Trust to encourage more inner city youths from ethnic minorities to pursue a career in architecture.
RMJM worked on the Scottish Parliament building hopes that the project will increase the diversity and creativity of architecture and help address the global skills shortage [...]
- LandDesign and Audubon Lifestyles Join Forces for Sustainable Development
LandDesign Inc. and Audubon Lifestyles, LLC, today announce a new strategic partnership aimed at helping businesses and municipalities to implement green design and development and build more sustainable communities.
The partnership will offer comprehensive, practical and timely assistance for clients that are committed to environmentally responsible green design and sustainable development, and creating long-term quality of [...]
- Three Sixty Design appoints Philosophy Communications to create brand
Three Sixty Design is a landscape architecture firm specializing in site planning, landscape architecture, and sustainable appointed Philosophy Communication, Inc., a Denver-based marketing and public relations agency, to manage its new brand, including the logo and business collateral design and Web site development.
Three Sixty Design believes the practice of landscape architecture is a tool [...]
- It’s one big battle for the brains - The Times
Chris Reay, the CEO of Engineer Placements, says the industry is especially vulnerable because engineers are in demand around the world. He says that often when he tries to contact some of the engineers on his company’s database he finds they “are now in Perth, Dubai or China”.
Also, it is not only South Africa that [...]
- UAE among top 10 destinations for workers
UAE among top 10 destinations for workers
DUBAI: The UAE has been ranked among the top 10 preferred destinations for workers, attracting quality workforce from all over the globe with its vibrant job market, a survey has revealed.
The survey ‘Relocating For Work’, conducted by Manpower Middle East said that with the region growing as a popular [...]
- Something from Nothing - Sasaki Feaure in The Boston Globe
Why would a company want employees diving into its trash bins? Because at Sasaki Associates, one of the country’s hottest landscape and urban-design firms that’s shaping the Olympic village in Beijing, life is all about salvaging good from bad.
FOREST PARK IS A LARGE GREEN space on the northern fringes of the Beijing Olympic site, home [...]



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