SPIRIT WORK KINDLING JOIN US CONTACT We don’t claim to have all the answers. Just a few thoughts about where to start. 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 1 2 We connect people and place through landscape. Contact Us Privacy Cookies C-19 Risk Assessment © LDA Design 2021 | Website by brandnewmedia This site uses cookies Here’s why and how you can opt out.

SPIRIT WORK KINDLING JOIN US CONTACT View from my window Clare’s drawing of the view from her window was selected by Grayson Perry for his Channel 4 programme, Art Club. Clare is shielding during lockdown and her sketch reveals a precious part of her new daily routine, a physically distanced family lunch. More bites Battersea delights Reaching out All about the Square We connect people and place through landscape. Contact Us Privacy Cookies C-19 Risk Assessment © LDA Design 2021 | Website by brandnewmedia This site uses cookies Here’s why and how you can opt out.