Design Code agreed at Millbrook Proving Ground

The critical first planning condition for development of four individual sites edging Millbrook Proving Ground in Central Bedfordshire has been discharged by Central Bedfordshire Council. The Design Code, prepared with be1 Architects, is accompanied by a set...

Tackling mental health issues with the help of Green Care

The increasing incidence of mental health problems are daily reported in the news.  The distressing effects span every age group, from children under stress at school, to mental health stigma in the workplace, to older people suffering loneliness and isolation as...

Shared Space – reducing the dominance of motor vehicles

In the last decade, ‘Shared Space’ has become an increasingly popular means of revitalising streets, with high profile schemes such as Exhibition Road in Kensington and New Road in Brighton implemented in the UK. Generally the feedback on this approach to traffic...

Landscape and Visual Impact (LVIA) – practice update

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) is an essential tool in the landscape architects arsenal.  It is used to identify possible effects of change and development on the landscape, and on views and visual amenity, so that they can be taken into account in...

BIM: Demystifying Building Information Modelling

By 2016 all parties involved with new Government construction projects or public sector projects over £50 mill require level of Building Information Modelling (BIM). The Landmark Practice realises that this may leave clients in the dark as to the implications of these...

Planning success for HAB housing in Hampshire

The project The Landmark Practice has been working with developer, HAB, on a residential scheme in Hampshire and are pleased to say that this has now received a resolution to grant planning permission, subject to the completion of a section 106 agreement.  The...