BCSLA Conference 2-3 May Vancouver
LANscapes: Celebrating Collaborative Networks in Space Design 2008 Conference, Trade Show & AGM May 2-3, 2008, Vancouver, BC
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Hadid leading architectural rush to the Emirates – International Herald Tribune
Sometime in 2011, three twisting towers are set to shoot up along a man-made creek in the desert sheikhdom of Dubai. Bent at the waist, the Signature Towers will be the work of the Pritzker prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, who, | Read More
Foster + Partners opens office in Abu Dhabi
Building on Foster + Partners’ pioneering work in the region and consolidating the practice’s long-term commitment to further development, HRH The Duke of York is to open a new Foster + Partners office in Abu Dhabi on April 3rd. The | Read More
Sustainable Suburbs: Professor’s New Book Creates Checklist for ‘Green’ Residential Development
Barren landscapes of concrete and broken glass first inspired landscape architecture professor Carl Smith’s interest in sustainable residential design. “Pit houses” – cheap housing marooned in a sea of cement, built in the late 19th century for coalmine workers – | Read More
World Landscape Architecture Month – April 2008
April 1 will not only be another April Fool’s Day but also the start of Landscape Architecture Month with events being organised by Landscape Architecture organisations around the world. Check with your local organisation about what is going on in | Read More
How Sustainable is your office printer?
As landscape architects and design professionals we try our hardest to be green in our designs with water sensitive design, plants from the local ecology and materials from close to the project. And we also try to bring that green | Read More
Living Steel – Extreme Housing – 3rd International Architectural Competition
Have you ever taken your innovative ideas to the extreme? Now is your opportunity. If you have the ingenuity to create affordable, energy efficient housing that minimizes climate change emissions and withstands temperature extremes. Judged by some of the leading | Read More
New fee schedules for professionals operating within the built environment – South Africa
Fee guidelines for professionals working within South Africa’s built environment are set to come under scrutiny over the next few months, when fee and work-reservation proposals for professionals operating in the sector will be presented to the Competition Commission. Read | Read More
Kleihues + Kleihues win Wertheim Design competition at Leipziger Platz in Berlin
The jury unanimously declares the firm Kleihues + Kleihues to be the winner of the urban design competition. In addition to this evaluation by the jury, the following recommendation is made as regards the further work on the design: The | Read More
Innovative program to encourage more graduates to enter the architectural profession
RMJM, an international architecture firm with U.S. headquarters in New York City, and Harvard University Graduate School of Design will announce today the launch of a $2 million program aimed at tackling a global shortage of architects. Theannouncement will occur | Read More