There is still 4 weeks until the submission deadline: 1.59pm Eastern Time on Friday, June 2, 2017. The requirements, for an electronic submission, are: a name, a location, 500 words of text and three sheets with imperial dimensions (approx 2 No. A4 …
Landscape Architecture ideas competition: design an island Read more »
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, …
For want of a landscape architect London’s Garden Bridge was lost Read more »
DER SPIEGEL is seeking entries for the 2017 Social Design Award. It is being offered for the fourth time and is very well suited to entries from landscape architects. The 2017 competition theme is: Ideas for improving life in our public green …
Competition: Social Design Award 2017: Good Ideas for Green City Oases! Read more »
A lecture by Robert Skidelsky on Keynes (gosh he is so sharp at the age of 79) prompts thought of eco-economics, which he mentioned as one answer to the post-2008 slump critique of mainstream economics. Maynard Keynes of course had …
In writing about London for Der Spiegel Christoph Scheuermann starts with three problems to which the landcape architecture profession can make a contribution. The crap weather, the traffic, the noise, the obscene amounts of money, the horrific rents, the Central Line during rush hour, …
London. There is no better place in the world than this wondrous city Read more »
We argued in 2015 that Westminster Bridge should be pedestrianised. Following this afternoon’s tragic attack on pedestrians we repeat the call.
Please give Amazon-style *Ratings for: A2, A200, CS3 Cable St, CS3 Embankment, Quietway Q1, Thames Path, Sustrans NCN1, Sustrans NCN4, Sustrans NCN13. The themes of these videos are (1) planning for London cycling has been terrible, with the exception of …
London cycleway network planning: 18 videos and blog posts Read more »
If you would like to do an assessment of NCN13, please retain your impartiality by doing the assessment before reading the post or watching the video. List of 18 London cycling posts and videos. [yasr_visitor_multiset setid=0] National Cycle Route 13 is planned …
National Cycle Network Route 13 NCN13 in Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse Read more »
For most of the past half-century London’s cycle transport planners have had their heads in the sand. Instead of looking for desire lines which link origins to destinations, as other transport planners do, they have looked for underused ‘quiet’ roads …
The video gives a snapshot of London’s best and worst cycling conditions, hinting that the city needs more cycling heavens, fewer cycling hells and a lot less purgatory. List of 18 London cycling posts and videos. Cycleway planning and design are often regarded …
The landscape architecture of cycling and cycle planning Read more »
