NEWS

Lisa has just done a podcast with Material Source about the built environment.

We’re supporting Chester Zoo’s Hedgehog Watch.

Kate is in training to swim a gruelling 5.25 mile open water swim from the top to the bottom of Coniston Water in the Lake District this month.

Thank you to two clients who have given us some lovely feedback.

Landscape architect Matt Northall has set off on his epic cycle ride around the perimeter of Wales.

Land Studio’s Director of Civil Engineering and Sustainable Drainage Systems Lisa Sawyer joined the team a year ago. Here she looks back over her first year and chats about the months ahead.

The organisation works with its members to protect, conserve and enhance the natural and built environment for the public benefit.

We can retrofit sustainable drainage system (SuDS) to help reduce flooding, remove discharge of surface water to the public sewer systems and reduce pollution to the environment.

We’re coming up with lots of interesting ways we can do our bit for climate change.

New legislation is on its way this November which will have an impact on new development.

Land Studio is one of a number of landscape architecture practices in the UK who have committed to the movement.

Planning permission has been granted for one of our projects with the National Trust in the Lake District to improve the visitor experience at the popular Fell Foot Park, on the shores of Lake Windermere.

Land Studio were invited to give a talk at M-SParc in Anglesey, Wales’ first science park, on how the integration of SuDS and good landscape design can enhance biodiversity and help to create a sense of place.

Land Studio is working with a growing number of schools in Wales helping them with their water management and flooding issues.

We’ve been turning our office in Chester green this month.

A really good podcast from Planet Possible.

Land Studio Landscape Architect Matt Northall will be tackling an epic 1,400km bikepacking trip around the perimeter of Wales in April.

Why the Land Studio team loves designing within historic places around the country.

How taking a nature led approach can stop ‘insipid’ developments from being built.

As a studio, we have been discussing whether the hard engineering of the past has run its course.

Why we think the Environment Secretary’s pledge to create more green spaces and enhance bio-diversity is not enough.

We’re loving listening to The Big Green Money Show podcast.

A short guide to SuDS and the upcoming legal changes.

By engaging with children about design, wildlife and climate change, we can inspire the next generation to become our future environmental ambassadors.

How Building with Nature accreditation can help your next scheme.

Our thoughts about King Charles’ new climate friendly garden plans for Sandringham and how creating wilder, natural parks is the future for biodiversity and climate change.

We have been in the news this week after welcoming DEFRA’s announcement of a SuDS requirement for future development.

 All new developments in England will be required to make sustainable drainage systems a mandatory requirement by 2024, a new Government review has announced today - and which we, at Land Studio, welcome.

An article by Associate Landscape Architect Kate Richards about the importance of access to green spaces and the routes between them.

We’re working with Gwynedd Council to design the Public Realm for the Viaduct Gardens in Barmouth, in Wales.

Our ecology work on a protected sea cliff habitat in North Wales.

A new study by the Land Trust has revealed challenges in the delivery of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).

Like anything new, it takes time for people to understand how it works, the benefits, and how they can implement it for themselves.

We’re delighted to welcome civil engineer Gareth Dugine to the Land Studio team.

With the new legal requirement for increased biodiversity, and to encourage wildlife to our sites, have we as an industry really thought about how the traditional design of our built environment may not be set up to protect existing habitats or to encourage new?

With space at a premium in the UK, it’s time to look up and rethink how we design our roof tops. Land Studio’s Director of Civil Engineering Lisa Sawyer explores why we need to speed up and catch up with other European cities who have been making them part of the urban landscape for decades.

We’ve been looking at some of the changes in legislation coming up this year which we hope will have a positive impact for the environment and climate change – and benefit not just our children but future generations too. We have three key questions to ask.

We’ve had a busy start to 2024 with work underway on three new client projects.