The latest @landscapeinstitute.bsky.social Journal has landed and it's all about soil, that complex, life-supporting - but oft overlooked - ecosystem. In 'Earthlings', #LDADesign's Ian Houlston and Dr Stephen Carter of #HeadlandArchaeology explore soil as cultural artefact. issuu.com/landscape-in...
April 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The latest @landscapeinstitute.bsky.social Journal has landed and it's all about soil, that complex, life-supporting - but oft overlooked - ecosystem. In 'Earthlings', #LDADesign's Ian Houlston and Dr Stephen Carter of #HeadlandArchaeology explore soil as cultural artefact. issuu.com/landscape-in...
#LDADesign’s #Manchester studio is taking their fun Scrapbook Series to #UKREiiF in Leeds next week. Sign up now to this free fringe event at the House of Fu, and let’s get crafting and exploring equitable #placemaking differently. Spaces limited. Head here to bag your spot: shorturl.at/QXm74
May 14, 2026 at 12:24 PM
#LDADesign’s #Manchester studio is taking their fun Scrapbook Series to #UKREiiF in Leeds next week. Sign up now to this free fringe event at the House of Fu, and let’s get crafting and exploring equitable #placemaking differently. Spaces limited. Head here to bag your spot: shorturl.at/QXm74
April is #WorldLandscapeArchitectureMonth - a chance to celebrate the difference #landscapearchitects make to the future life of places and to inspire the next generation. Read the profile of #LDADesign's Jess Postgate in @worldla.bsky.social for both. shorturl.at/YpaSm
April 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
April is #WorldLandscapeArchitectureMonth - a chance to celebrate the difference #landscapearchitects make to the future life of places and to inspire the next generation. Read the profile of #LDADesign's Jess Postgate in @worldla.bsky.social for both. shorturl.at/YpaSm
The results of terrarium making in #LDADesign's #Oxford studio to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. We all need to step away from the screen from time to time with good friends. More activities planned this week. Take action for mental health. #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MHAW26
May 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The results of terrarium making in #LDADesign's #Oxford studio to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. We all need to step away from the screen from time to time with good friends. More activities planned this week. Take action for mental health. #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MHAW26
Next week, #LDADesign's Clare Wilks is part of a great line-up including Chris Williamson, Peter Barber and more for the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (#RSAW) conference in #Portmeirion. Clare will deep dive into her work with Bangor and St Just. 26 June 2025 #PowerofPlace shorturl.at/3sMmh
June 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Next week, #LDADesign's Clare Wilks is part of a great line-up including Chris Williamson, Peter Barber and more for the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (#RSAW) conference in #Portmeirion. Clare will deep dive into her work with Bangor and St Just. 26 June 2025 #PowerofPlace shorturl.at/3sMmh
This Thursday is the #TCPA annual conference with the theme of the Purpose of Planning. #LDADesign’s chair, Frazer Osment, is a keynote speaker. Frazer will discuss how #Planning – with the right leadership and vision – is an incredible enabler and the surest way to deliver the #outcomes we need.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This Thursday is the #TCPA annual conference with the theme of the Purpose of Planning. #LDADesign’s chair, Frazer Osment, is a keynote speaker. Frazer will discuss how #Planning – with the right leadership and vision – is an incredible enabler and the surest way to deliver the #outcomes we need.
So happy for #LDADesign's Chloe Wu who has won the #IFLA Europe 2025 Youth Competition (Conceptual Projects/Ideas) for her work, “Urban Living Library – Reclaiming the Hedgehog Habitat". Well done, Chloe. A worthy winner - layered, thoughtful, beautiful, inspiring #urbanwildlife #nature
October 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So happy for #LDADesign's Chloe Wu who has won the #IFLA Europe 2025 Youth Competition (Conceptual Projects/Ideas) for her work, “Urban Living Library – Reclaiming the Hedgehog Habitat". Well done, Chloe. A worthy winner - layered, thoughtful, beautiful, inspiring #urbanwildlife #nature
Got some time this afternoon? Spend them reading the new #NLA Annual 2026 and find out more about 50 Electric Boulevard, a fantastic new workspace at #BatterseaPowerStation, with an account from #LDADesign’s Benjamin Walker about how our #biophilic approach to the #design. nla.london/new-london-q...
June 1, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Got some time this afternoon? Spend them reading the new #NLA Annual 2026 and find out more about 50 Electric Boulevard, a fantastic new workspace at #BatterseaPowerStation, with an account from #LDADesign’s Benjamin Walker about how our #biophilic approach to the #design. nla.london/new-london-q...
A record number of entries for #LDADesign's 2024-25 Bursary from a spread of unis & colleges. Thanks everyone and well done to our winners Hannah Ismail #UniversityofWestminster; Harry Raymond #BirminghamCityUniversity and Stepan Adamenko #UCL #BartlettSchoolofPlanning👏https://shorturl.at/oap34
Announcing our new bursary winners - LDA Design
In Regenerative Britain, LDA Design's 2024 bursary task, we asked students to be big and bold in answer to the challenges the UK faces.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A record number of entries for #LDADesign's 2024-25 Bursary from a spread of unis & colleges. Thanks everyone and well done to our winners Hannah Ismail #UniversityofWestminster; Harry Raymond #BirminghamCityUniversity and Stepan Adamenko #UCL #BartlettSchoolofPlanning👏https://shorturl.at/oap34
#NewCivilEngineer article about the Lower Thames Crossing with #LDADesign’s Andrew Kay, Fereday Pollard’s Clare Donnelly and Steve Roberts of Arcadis contributing. Read how a place-based approach is securing bigger #outcomes incl opportunities for new #landscapes by the Thames. shorturl.at/g3gNm
Lower Thames Crossing: The road to consent | New Civil Engineer
It gives a green light to a once-in-a-generation level of investment that should end up being a catalyst for the outer areas of London and beyond.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#NewCivilEngineer article about the Lower Thames Crossing with #LDADesign’s Andrew Kay, Fereday Pollard’s Clare Donnelly and Steve Roberts of Arcadis contributing. Read how a place-based approach is securing bigger #outcomes incl opportunities for new #landscapes by the Thames. shorturl.at/g3gNm
New article by #LDADesign's Sophie Thompson about how we need to #plan and #design for people and for #nature and avoid false dichotomies that do more harm than good. Time to have more respect for both. Supporting nature can't just be dismissed as 'woke'. #BDOnline www.bdonline.co.uk/opinion/plan...
Planning for both people and nature is not a contradiction
As new legislation threatens to weaken habitat protections, Sophie Thompson asks what it would take to plan with respect for both people and the natural world
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August 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New article by #LDADesign's Sophie Thompson about how we need to #plan and #design for people and for #nature and avoid false dichotomies that do more harm than good. Time to have more respect for both. Supporting nature can't just be dismissed as 'woke'. #BDOnline www.bdonline.co.uk/opinion/plan...
Just over a week to go before #LDADesign's webinar designed to help those working in the public sector set up a successful a #SpatialDevelopmentStrategy, with #LDADesign's Paul Connelly and Veronica Barbaro. #TheChangeWeNeedToSee #LocalGovernment #Planning #InclusiveGrowth shorturl.at/ZlFLK
July 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Just over a week to go before #LDADesign's webinar designed to help those working in the public sector set up a successful a #SpatialDevelopmentStrategy, with #LDADesign's Paul Connelly and Veronica Barbaro. #TheChangeWeNeedToSee #LocalGovernment #Planning #InclusiveGrowth shorturl.at/ZlFLK
#SpatialDevelopmentStrategies are moving at pace, with local and combined authorities beginning to shape how they will work in practice. But where to start and what outcomes can they achieve? Join #ldadesign's Paul Connelly and Veronica Barbaro to find out more: shorturl.at/zubOn
June 25, 2026 at 9:34 AM
#SpatialDevelopmentStrategies are moving at pace, with local and combined authorities beginning to shape how they will work in practice. But where to start and what outcomes can they achieve? Join #ldadesign's Paul Connelly and Veronica Barbaro to find out more: shorturl.at/zubOn
Want to know more about the making of East Bank - London's exciting new cultural district in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park? In Bristol for Thursday 25 June? Then get your 🎟️ for The Story of East Bank at the Arnolfini 6.30-8.00pm with #LDADesign's Scott Carroll: www.designwest.org.uk/whats-on/the...
June 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Want to know more about the making of East Bank - London's exciting new cultural district in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park? In Bristol for Thursday 25 June? Then get your 🎟️ for The Story of East Bank at the Arnolfini 6.30-8.00pm with #LDADesign's Scott Carroll: www.designwest.org.uk/whats-on/the...
What themes will emerge strongly from this month's #UKREiiF? Water looks like being one. #LDADesign's John Simpson will join a #GreenBlueUrban & #LandscapeInstitute panel discussing #SuDS at scale and the role of #landscape. Landscape Institute Pavilion, Yellow Zone, 20 May 10:45 – 11:45. Go.
May 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM
What themes will emerge strongly from this month's #UKREiiF? Water looks like being one. #LDADesign's John Simpson will join a #GreenBlueUrban & #LandscapeInstitute panel discussing #SuDS at scale and the role of #landscape. Landscape Institute Pavilion, Yellow Zone, 20 May 10:45 – 11:45. Go.
For three days in May, #LDADesign's Emma Pepper, Frazer Osment, Joanne Walker and John Simpson will be in #Leeds for #UKREiiF. Apparently, 16,000 people now gather for this event. So, don’t leave meeting up to chance. It’s not impossible, but … much better to get something in the diary now.
April 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
For three days in May, #LDADesign's Emma Pepper, Frazer Osment, Joanne Walker and John Simpson will be in #Leeds for #UKREiiF. Apparently, 16,000 people now gather for this event. So, don’t leave meeting up to chance. It’s not impossible, but … much better to get something in the diary now.
Delighted to announce the results of #LDADesign's 2026 #bursary competition. Well done Dolly, Eveline and Jacob - students at #Cardiff #LeedsBeckett and #Sheffield universities. Thank you to all those who submitted their ideas and to the university departments for their support. shorturl.at/S4Xhl
Announcing our 2026 bursary winners - Connecting people and place through landscape | LDA Design
A record number of entries and a fantastic standard for this year's LDA Design bursary competition. The challenge? Imagine a world post-peak car. What can we reclaim for communities to improve the qua...
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April 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Delighted to announce the results of #LDADesign's 2026 #bursary competition. Well done Dolly, Eveline and Jacob - students at #Cardiff #LeedsBeckett and #Sheffield universities. Thank you to all those who submitted their ideas and to the university departments for their support. shorturl.at/S4Xhl
The deadline for #LDADesign's 2025/26 #bursary competition is midnight on Friday 20th February. So there's still time to pull together your entry. Three prizes of £2,000 up for grabs plus four weeks' paid work experience. All the details are here: www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/new...
February 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The deadline for #LDADesign's 2025/26 #bursary competition is midnight on Friday 20th February. So there's still time to pull together your entry. Three prizes of £2,000 up for grabs plus four weeks' paid work experience. All the details are here: www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/new...
We're heading to #MIPIM26 - say hello or reach out before we go to meet up with #ldadesign's Mark Graham, Mòrbheinn McAllister, Nicholas Bigelow and Rebecca Frost. See you there. #MIPIM2026 #MIPIM #placemaking #regeneration #urbandesign #landscapearchitecture #design #masterplanning #team
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We're heading to #MIPIM26 - say hello or reach out before we go to meet up with #ldadesign's Mark Graham, Mòrbheinn McAllister, Nicholas Bigelow and Rebecca Frost. See you there. #MIPIM2026 #MIPIM #placemaking #regeneration #urbandesign #landscapearchitecture #design #masterplanning #team
A bright new chapter for Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens. Plans getting underway to transform this central city space making it greener and more family friendly. As #LDADesign's John Simpson says, "A place that the people of #Manchester can be proud of once more." Full story here: shorturl.at/uejWe
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A bright new chapter for Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens. Plans getting underway to transform this central city space making it greener and more family friendly. As #LDADesign's John Simpson says, "A place that the people of #Manchester can be proud of once more." Full story here: shorturl.at/uejWe
#Job alert! #LDADesign’s #Oxford studio is looking for a #landscapearchitect with two to five years’ experience. Is this you? Details of this plus our other #opportunities here: www.lda-design.co.uk/join-us/oppo... Make good use of the light evenings to work on your application. Deadline 15th Sept.
August 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#Job alert! #LDADesign’s #Oxford studio is looking for a #landscapearchitect with two to five years’ experience. Is this you? Details of this plus our other #opportunities here: www.lda-design.co.uk/join-us/oppo... Make good use of the light evenings to work on your application. Deadline 15th Sept.
Great to see #LDADesign's Ross Schaffer achieve Chartership with the @landscapeinstitute.bsky.social. Well done, Ross. Some old pals on the list too. Congratulations everyone on reaching this career milestone. Great motivation for all those still studying. shorturl.at/X1hSP #LandscapeInstitute
July 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Great to see #LDADesign's Ross Schaffer achieve Chartership with the @landscapeinstitute.bsky.social. Well done, Ross. Some old pals on the list too. Congratulations everyone on reaching this career milestone. Great motivation for all those still studying. shorturl.at/X1hSP #LandscapeInstitute
#LDADesign's Exeter studio is 25. Inspirational thinking on how to make the world a better place and some brilliant projects have come out of this studio, buoyed by ingenuity, a ‘without limits’ spirit, and a clear sense of delivery. Exeter, may you always shine bright. 📷 #HarleyJaffar - thank you.
June 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#LDADesign's Exeter studio is 25. Inspirational thinking on how to make the world a better place and some brilliant projects have come out of this studio, buoyed by ingenuity, a ‘without limits’ spirit, and a clear sense of delivery. Exeter, may you always shine bright. 📷 #HarleyJaffar - thank you.
Great article by #LDADesign’s JJ Watters in the #CambridgeArchitecture CA89. With the Government serious about using #science and #innovation to help drive growth, how can environments designed to enable people to work at their best help to meet wider societal need? p10-11 issuu.com/ribacaa/docs...
June 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Great article by #LDADesign’s JJ Watters in the #CambridgeArchitecture CA89. With the Government serious about using #science and #innovation to help drive growth, how can environments designed to enable people to work at their best help to meet wider societal need? p10-11 issuu.com/ribacaa/docs...
#LDADesign's Cannon Ivers is part of a great line-up for this free #NLA breakfast talk to discuss pedestrianisation and making #London's streets safer and healthier. Thursday 12 June, 8:30 - 9:30am. Register now. nla.london/events/pedes...
June 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#LDADesign's Cannon Ivers is part of a great line-up for this free #NLA breakfast talk to discuss pedestrianisation and making #London's streets safer and healthier. Thursday 12 June, 8:30 - 9:30am. Register now. nla.london/events/pedes...