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- Redesigning a polluted province in Italy - International Herald Tribune
For places as far gone as this one, however, a new breed of landscape architects is recommending a radical solution: not so much to restore the environment as to redesign it.
Read more @ the SOURCE: Redesigning a polluted province in Italy - International Herald Tribune.
- The world’s 50 most beautiful gardens - Part one: Europe - Telegraph
Telegraph.co.uk is listing the world’s 50 most beautiful gardens a great list and quick summary for all those students learning landscape architecture history. Also good for those of us who have dreamt of travelling around the world visiting beautiful gardens.
The world’s 50 most beautiful gardens - Part one: Europe - Telegraph.
- Making your garden grow sustainably
Landscape architect Kate Bridger outlines the latest thinking on landscaping newly-built developments and designing sustainable gardens.
SOURCE: icNewcastle - Making your garden grow sustainably.
- A DIY Guide To Building A Green Roof Hits The Virtual Shelves.
London, England. Two of the UK’s leading proponents of green roofs have teamed up to produce ‘THE DIY GUIDE TO GREEN & LIVING ROOFS’ - a guide aimed at individuals with a Do-It-Yourself inclination along with those having trouble persuading local contractors to take up the challenge of installing a green roof on their behalf.
‘The [...]
- Lisbon developers waiting for buildings to be condemned
The Portugal Resident reports that “HUNDREDS OF Lisbon city centre buildings are standing empty because owners don’t have the money to do them up.
Despite being granted planning permission for improvements and change of use, many 19th and early 20th century buildings remain in a dilapidated and rundown state because the owners believe it is cheaper [...]
- Uncontrolled outdoor advertising floods Ukrainian capital
Caught in a blizzard of outdoor advertising, Kyiv seems to have turned into a slick commercial capital. But while some find the advertising blitzkrieg alluring and profitable, others are desperately trying to cut through the clutter.
Read more @ the SOURCE: Kyiv Post – Uncontrolled outdoor advertising floods Ukrainian capital.
- New entrance at Vale do Lobo
JARDIM VISTA, led by Richard Westcott, has recently landscaped a new entrance at one of the Algarve’s most prestigious tourist resorts - Vale do Lobo.
Read more @ the SOURCE: Euro Weekly News – New entrance at Vale do Lobo
- The rise of the urban shepherd - Society - The Guardian
It’s not often you go from your day job to turning a sheep over and inspecting its hooves,” says Brigitta Richards. A nursery nurse, Richards is one of a growing number of volunteer shepherds recruited by Brighton and Hove city council as part of an initiative to reintroduce grazing to its urban parks, after an [...]
- The Landscape Institute and the Trees and Design Action Group
Championing the value of large trees in the urban environment
The environmental, economic and social benefits of trees are well documented. Members of The Landscape Institute routinely work to ensure that trees form an integral part of the urban landscape and public realm. However, the valuable contribution made by large-growing trees in particular is often compromised [...]
- West 8 wins competition Integration of Sewer plant in Landscape park Diezemonde Den Bosch
West 8 announced in Dutch that they have won a park competition the following is a translation of the announcement.
The challenge is an integral plan for the sewage plant (RWZI), where the new building is connected to the national park Diezemond. It indicated how the water purification plant in a responsible and innovative manner can [...]
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