Here comes the sun
As our energy mix in the UK shifts to renewables, what will the landscape legacy be? LDA Design's Ben Croot explores the impact of solar and argues for community inclusion.
We don’t claim to have all the answers.
Just a few thoughts about where to start.
The one percent land switch
Switching just one percent of existing agricultural land over to small-scale, community-based food growing could produce one third of the fresh produce needed in the UK. Gavin Shelton, founder and CEO of CoFarm Foundation, discusses with LDA Design's Ian Houlston the huge potential before us, and what it could mean for communities and developers.
Walking through lightly, with little luggage
As the world grapples with the fall out of a global pandemic, will we emerge with a new hunger for making different - better - choices? LDA Design Chair, Frazer Osment, looks at life on the other side of lockdown.
Opening Doors: An interview
Frazer Osment, LDA Design’s new Chair, feels encouraged by a fast-emerging ‘coalition of wills’ bent on addressing the climate crisis and making things happen. We asked Frazer how he got into the profession, and how landscape architects, urban designers and planners can best respond to the twin challenges of climate breakdown and growing social inequality.
Listen, you can hear the train coming
Significant investment is being made in the UK's transport, digital and energy infrastructure. Does our new infrastructure reflect who we are? And as a society, are we champions or naysayers? LDA Design Director, Alister Kratt, explores our tangled relationship with major infrastructure.
To Russia, with love
It may come as a surprise to many, but we're finding there's a strong new appetite for landscape-led design in Russia. LDA Design Director, Mark Williams, shares his understanding as to why.
Staging Urban Landscapes
Cannon Ivers is the author of a seminal new book exploring the activation and curation of public spaces. Here he explains why these need to be priorities for designers and planners.
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