By Damian Holmes, on August 30th, 2010
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has announced the winners of the 2010 National Awards.
The top honor of Australian Medal for Landscape Architecture was awarded to
James Mather Delaney Design Pty Ltd in partnership with Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects and City of Sydney for Paddington Reservoir Gardens, Paddington, Sydney
AILA 2010 National Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence
DESIGN
Taylor Cullity Lethlean
Darlington [...]
By Damian Holmes, on August 4th, 2010
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe and New York City Economic Development Corporation President Seth W. Pinsky recently broke ground on a $12 million redevelopment of WNYC Transmitter Park along the East River in Brooklyn. The project includes the construction of a pier at the foot of Kent Street, an upland connection to the pier, [...]
By Damian Holmes, on May 5th, 2010
AECOM has launched for its second year, an open student ideas competition for 2010 – Urban SOS.
The competition seeks to engage students in the design, planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, engineering, environmental and related fields, with the urban conditions that are now facing the majority of the world’s population.
This year, AECOM are exploring the [...]
By Damian Holmes, on January 5th, 2010
CHESTER Zoo (UK) recently submitted planning applications for its ambitious Natural Vision project.
Following extensive consultations, detailed plans for the Heart of Africa biodome together with expansion of the main entrance and car park have been submitted to Cheshire West and Chester Council.
This hybrid planning application includes detailed drawings for the first phase. Future phases may include a hotel [...]
By Damian Holmes, on December 11th, 2009
Building posted a report today that some large US firms the size of Jacobs, AECOM and CH2MHill maybe looking at acquiring firms in the UK. Many UK firms have established offices in Europe, Middle East and North Africa which makes their businesses more appealing as they have established company structures and trained personnel. They also [...]
By Damian Holmes, on November 9th, 2009
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AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of
professional technical and management support services for government
and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it has won
key contracts worth US$60 million from the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region to provide infrastructure design and construction
supervision consulting services for the landmark Kai Tak redevelopment
project.
The aim of the [...]
By Damian Holmes, on November 4th, 2009
Building Design reports
The application for the £300 million scheme on the outskirts of Chesterfield has gone in to Chesterfield Borough Council and is the largest ever submitted in the town.
Proposals include 1,550 house and apartments along with 2,200 sq m of retail and leisure space along with 30,350 sq m of office accommodation.
Read more at [...]
By Damian Holmes, on August 26th, 2009
Yesterday, NASA’s Ames Research Center held a ground breaking ceremony for its new ‘Sustainability Base’ – a high performance Platinum LEED Rated building in Moffett Field California. The building will feature near zero net energy consumption, use 90 percent less potable water than conventionally built buildings of equivalent size and reduce building maintenance costs.
To [...]