New civil engineer joins our team
We’re delighted to welcome civil engineer Gareth Dugine to the Land Studio team.
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Green roofs and why the UK needs to get up to speed
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.
Will 2024 be a turning point for environmental change?
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.
Trio of client wins for land studio
We’ve had a busy start to 2024 with work underway on three new client projects.
Will they, won’t they with Schedule 3?
Will Schedule 3 finally be implemented in England in 2024?
Why we think the new Green Infrastructure policy is a positive step for the built environment in Wales
Read about why we think the new Green Infrastructure policy is a positive step for the built environment.
How we help the planning process
Landscape Design Reports often accompany the landscape proposals submitted as part of a planning application.
Our education work
We’re working on the design and access for a proposed £11m development at an outdoor education and specialist college in Cheshire.
Landscape design at Wrexham University
We’re part of the team working to deliver Wrexham Glyndŵr University’s new Enterprise Engineering and Optics Centre (EEOC) on their Plas Coch campus in Northup, Flintshire.
Building with Nature
What are the updates to the Planning Policy Wales, and how do they affect my project?
Simon's article for the Design Commission for Wales
Land Studio founder Simon Richards has written an article for the Design Commission for Wales on the importance of creating a wilder network of green spaces to help unlock the future of our towns and cities.
Planning permission secured in Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Good to work with the team at Savills on a holiday park project in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on Anglesey.
The service we received was prompt and professional. Lisa efficiently and accurately defined our requirements for a suitable sustainable drainage strategy to serve a proposed new-build dwelling on a unique mountainside site, quickly progressing to a resolved design and successful submission of a SuDS application to the Local Authority SAB.
Amber Yorke, Architect & Director, Yoma Architecture