#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

Exciting news. The #London College of Fashion, University of the Arts at Stratford Waterfront/East Bank in #QEOP has been shortlisted for the #RIBA #StirlingPrize2025. Proud to be part of a team with Allies and Morrison, Buro Happold, G&T, Mace, UAL, LLDC, GLA and more. shorturl.at/lwEmv #LDADesign

#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.

Two fantastic opportunities to join our #London studio. We are looking for an architectural assistant or newly qualified #architect and an #urbandesigner, both with around two to five years of experience. How you think matters most to us. #joinus #hiring #jobs ➡️ www.lda-design.co.uk/join-us/oppo...

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...

Excited to be shortlisted for Faith Park, an international competition to create a serene new park south of #Tirana in central #Albania. A wonderful opportunity to make something very special. Looking forward to the next stage. Working with a great team too. Thank you #AKPT: www.planifikimi.gov.al

A couple of photos of Station Hill #Reading at night - new public artwork illuminated to great effect, creating an inviting trail from the station through to the high street. Great work, everyone. #StationHill #Gensler #LincolnPropertyCo #LDADesign #ReadingBoroughCouncil and all involved. #yourtown

New photos of Station Hill #Reading, a fantastic addition to the town, with welcoming public realm that not only connects the rail station to the high street but also provides great everyday spaces to spend time in. Love the light in some of these - thanks Neil Speakman/Studio Maple📷 #yourtown

A joyful moment. Well done @citywestminster.bsky.social and all those involved in turning Strand from four lanes of traffic to a place that is for people and for #nature. We think it could be the first time a project like this has been awarded a Green Flag! #LDADesign #NRP #MichaelGrubbStudio #WSP

Thank you to everyone who came to our screening of #PureCleanWater with director Tony Eva. The film was followed by the search for answers, including the potential of nature-based solutions. Key takeaways included the need for designers, engineers, ecologists, academics & activists to work together.

A thought-provoking #RTPI talk and walk with #LDADesign about the plans for Water Lane in #Exeter. This is a scheme designed to deliver on its promise, making an important contribution to the city’s quayside and the Liveable Exeter programme. Head here for a deep dive: shorturl.at/nXFyJ

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

We're so happy to support #PLACEDAcademy and the terrific work they do in providing free access to a creative programme within the built environment for young people aged 11 years and up from across the northwest. A great way to open up opportunities and career paths. #ldadesign placed-academy.com

Party on the Hill 🎉was a great way to launch new public spaces and artworks at Lincoln MGT’s Station Hill in the centre of #Reading, which is set to be a fantastic place to live and an impressive gateway, connecting the town's station to the high street. Thanks for the photos Neil Speakman.

Here's a glimpse of the junction of #London Wall and Moorgate. Where once there was fenced-off lawn and hard surfaces, there is now richly planted garden and comfortable seating, inviting everyone to pause. Delivered as part of the City of London Corporation's Cool Streets and #Greening programme.

Everyone agrees that urgent action on #housing is needed, and once again new towns are on the agenda with a taskforce reporting to Government sometime soon on 12 possible sites. So, how do we ensure new towns live up to their promise? #ldadesign #placemaking www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/sho...

#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 to be working with #Ballymore, Places for London and #Howells to help turn east London’s Limmo Peninsula into an exciting, new well-connected neighbourhood, with 1400 affordable homes within the #RoyalDocks and Beckton Riverside Opportunity Area. #BDOnline #LDADesign #London shorturl.at/RrC1o

Liverpool's St George's Gateway is a cultural city star. Our aim, working with @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social, is that it shines even brighter. But first things first. We want to find out what people think. Tell us what you hope the area will be like in 2040 ... placed.mysocialpinpoint.com/stgeorges

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...

A fantastic sunny day at Station Hill in #Reading for the launch event with students from Civitas Academy burying the time capsule they helped create. A great opportunity to enjoy the new public art and the immersive #landscape that combine to make Station Hill feel distinctive and special. #Joy

Today is #EODay. Hard to believe that we are almost four years into our #EO journey. Employee ownership unlocks the power of the collective and strengthens our shared sense of purpose. Details on EO here if interested: shorturl.at/M013A #eoa #proudlyemployeeowned #ldadesign #employeeownership #eo

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

Burgess Park now has great new sports facilities by #bellphillips and #ldadesign, incl fantastic #basketball courts, #football & rugby pitches, and cricket too. 🏀🏉🏏 All part of #SouthwarkCouncil’s expansion of accessible sports across the borough. Thank you #LondonLegends for shooting some hoops.

Updated plans, shaped by more than 800 residents, businesses and community groups, revealed for the #regeneration of the grounds of St Botolph Priory in #Colchester, incl creating a public square. #ColchesterCityCouncil #LDADesign #LCRProperty #HaworthTompkins, #HATProjects & more. shorturl.at/1MRJH

This Saturday 21 June is Party on the Hill, launching Station Hill – our project in #Reading for Lincoln Property Company, with #Gensler #Ramboll #Arcadis #HoareLea #DHA-Lighting #Futurecity & #CastConsultancy. A big moment. Food, performances, drumming, face painting & more. Fun. shorturl.at/2fafO

Water Lane Development Framework and #Design Code was a winner at the #RTPI SW awards. www.rtpi.org.uk/find-your-rt... Judges praised how the plans overcome a challenging site in Exeter and that the SPD is replicable across the UK. Well done @exetercouncil.bsky.social #ldadesign and team.

The #GreatBigGreenWeek is the UK’s biggest celebration of #community action to tackle #climate breakdown and #nature loss. We kicked off our activities with a workshop about water with the pupils of #Glasgow's Garnetbank Primary School. Thanks for having us, #Garnetbank. You were awesome! #ldadesign

Some before and after images of our project with #WestminsterCityCouncil to transform a stretch of Strand in central #London into a traffic-free place. The difference is startling. Four lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic now somewhere for people and for #nature. #placemaking #bettercity #ldadesign

A peak behind the construction barriers revealing the nearly completed Beresford Square in central #Woolwich. Chance to check out the lovely new planting (looking great) and test the new fountains. Great job, everyone. Excited for when this opens to the public. #placemaking #london #ldadesign

Planning news. #BirminghamCityCouncil has given the go ahead to #VitaGroup’s Goods Station in central #Birmingham, not far from New Street station. This will be a great new asset for the city. Well done, everyone #SimpsonHaugh #LDADesign and more ... www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/new...

#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...

How do we use the Government’s drive for new homes and #infrastructure to deliver much wider benefits to communities and make sure nature isn’t trampled underfoot in the process? The #LandscapeInstitute is calling for a landscape-led approach. Here's why: shorturl.at/6HVq2 - Image credit Claire Hunt

Excited to be leading a team with #HaworthTompkins #WSP #Pegasus #Hatch #Placed & #AspinallVerdi to develop a new masterplan for #Liverpool's cultural quarter that works for everyone. 😍 @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social #LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity #NationalMuseumsLiverpool #LDADesign shorturl.at/K9S1B

Volunteers from #LDADesign's #Peterborough studio joined #LightProjectPeterborough for the first day of Garden House, a project to create a welcoming new #community green space just behind our studio. The hope is that it will become a refuge for health and #wellbeing charities to use.🌳 🌻 🐝 🥕

#LDADesign is heading to #UKREiiF 2025 in #Leeds. A few weeks to go, but diaries fill up quickly. So, do get in touch to meet up. In a fast-changing world, there's lots to talk about. See you there. www.ukreiif.com 📅 20-22 May 📍 Royal Armouries Museum & New Dock, Leeds

It's promotions time at #LDADesign. Time to thank some incredible people for the work they do. Well done Alex, Alexis, Callam, Charlie, Chris, David, Haoran, Jakub, JJ, Joren, Juliana, Katie, Liz, Nick, Nicola, Sarah and Seb - so pleased and proud of all you have achieved. shorturl.at/CKOwC

How to bring joy back to our cities was the topic of the first in the #LDADesign #Manchester studio's Scrapbook Series, which aims to bring people together to discuss the key challenges of our time and to create a collage capturing the conversation. Make play a right one of the calls. A great night!

After a trip to #Tirana #Albania, we got to thinking about where the opportunities lie to create healthier, more active places. The Lana Stream, which runs through the city, is a great example. Here’s an idea for how it could look, reimagined as a green corridor. #healthycity #placemaking #LDADesign

Great to see support for a national play strategy - a key recommendation from the 'Raising the Healthiest Generation in History' report published by the TCPA with Playing Out, Fields in Trust, childhood expert Tim Gill & architect Dinah Bornat. Report: shorturl.at/c2FoI Article: shorturl.at/YBMvm

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage unveiled his poem 'Theatre of the Sea' which has been set into the new sea wall, part of the fantastic #Southsea #flood defence and #placemaking scheme. Poem inspired by the new amphitheatre seating - how great is that! Photos - #PortsmouthCityCouncil #CoastalPartners

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...

Find out how young people played a central role in creating an extraordinary green space with exemplary environmental credentials in this free webinar on 12 June. www.tcpa.org.uk/event/empowering-young-people-for-a-greener-future-youth-engagement-transforming-grosvenor-square/

Jersey’s Acute Hospital at #Overdale has been unanimously approved by the Island’s Planning Committee. The new facility includes a #landscape by LDA Design that will strengthen local ecology with a #biodiversity net gain of 31%. Llewellyn Davies - lead architect + #Arup + Temple. shorturl.at/4sNi0

Everyone at #LDADesign gets a volunteer day to support the causes that matter most to us and the communities in which we live and work. A group from our #Oxford studio swapped their screens for Snipe Meadow and a day of conservation work with #WitneyTownCouncil. A hard day but a fun one too.

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

More #PlanningAwards25 news. #Waterbeach New Town East has been shortlisted for best #housing scheme for 500 homes+. By creating lively neighbourhoods, or steads, and reimagining residential streets, Waterbeach NTE moves away from prioritising cars in spaces around homes. Well done, all 🤞#Boyer

#Planning awards news. #SouthseaCoastalScheme has been shortlisted for best use of #heritage in #placemaking. Great recognition for a standout example of a #firstlife and place-based approach to flood defence, which celebrates local heritage incl. Southsea Castle. Well done, all. #CoastalPartners

A big night for #LDADesign and our partners at the #CivicTrustAwards. Five awards shared between Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens and Camden Council's West End Project. Plus awards for Allander Health & Wellbeing Campus and Samovar Space & Sound Shell in Wembley Park. Well done, all. #firstlife

Going home with a golden #pineapple feels this good! Well done #PopuloLiving and all the team behind the Carpenters Estate Masterplan for the win at The Developer and Festival of Place #Pineapple 2025 awards. A moment of sheer joy after all the hard work. #awards #LDADesign #Newham #EastLondon