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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Just over a week to go before #LDADesign's webinar designed to help those working in the public sector set up a successful a #SpatialDevelopmentStrategy, with #LDADesign's Paul Connelly and Veronica Barbaro. #TheChangeWeNeedToSee #LocalGovernment #Planning #InclusiveGrowth shorturl.at/ZlFLK

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#JobAlert #Hiring Our award-winning #planning team is growing. Come join them. All the details here: www.lda-design.co.uk/join-us/oppo... #LDADesign #TownPlanning #StrategicLandPromotion

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#SpatialDevelopmentStrategies are moving at pace, with local and combined authorities beginning to shape how they will work in practice. But where to start and what outcomes can they achieve? Join #ldadesign's Paul Connelly and Veronica Barbaro to find out more: shorturl.at/zubOn

A CGI of a lively new development with a cafe, local shop, picnic and play areas and an active travel route and bridleway.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Want to know more about the making of East Bank - London's exciting new cultural district in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park? In Bristol for Thursday 25 June? Then get your 🎟️ for The Story of East Bank at the Arnolfini 6.30-8.00pm with #LDADesign's Scott Carroll: www.designwest.org.uk/whats-on/the...

The Story of East Bank: From Olympic legacy to cultural catalyst - Thursday 25 June Arnolfini - LDA Design and Design West

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

“Too often, #planning still begins at the wrong end of the process: with housing numbers, red lines on a map, and a defensive explanation of constraints...” New article on Planning for change by #LDADesign Chair, Frazer Osment in #ThePlanner magazine: www.theplanner.co.uk/2026/06/02/p... #outcomes

Planning for change: Why outcomes must come before outputs

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Got some time this afternoon? Spend them reading the new #NLA Annual 2026 and find out more about 50 Electric Boulevard, a fantastic new workspace at #BatterseaPowerStation, with an account from #LDADesign’s Benjamin Walker about how our #biophilic approach to the #design. nla.london/new-london-q...

The NLA Annual 2026 with an image of a waterside city landscape, with boardwalks etc

A magazine spread with three images and text from LDA Design director, Benjamin Walker

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

#LDADesign’s #Manchester studio is taking their fun Scrapbook Series to #UKREiiF in Leeds next week. Sign up now to this free fringe event at the House of Fu, and let’s get crafting and exploring equitable #placemaking differently. Spaces limited. Head here to bag your spot: shorturl.at/QXm74

Scrapbook Series Session 02 on Wednesday 20th May - Urban Voices - What's the change you want to see? LDA Design plus cut out images of hands and making

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

#Jobalert. We're #hiring. #LDADesign is growing, and that growth needs great operational support behind it. We’re looking for an Operations Coordinator to help keep us on track and running smoothly, with everyone enabled to do their best work. Full time. www.lda-design.co.uk/join-us/oppo...

We're hiring. Operations Coordinator. LDA Design. Planning, Design, Environment. Image of people crafting at a table.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The results of terrarium making in #LDADesign's #Oxford studio to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. We all need to step away from the screen from time to time with good friends. More activities planned this week. Take action for mental health. #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MHAW26

Group of people smiling and holding up mini terrariums.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

What themes will emerge strongly from this month's #UKREiiF? Water looks like being one. #LDADesign's John Simpson will join a #GreenBlueUrban & #LandscapeInstitute panel discussing #SuDS at scale and the role of #landscape. Landscape Institute Pavilion, Yellow Zone, 20 May 10:45 – 11:45. Go.

UKREiiF - the UK's real estate investment and infrastructure forum, 19-21 May, Join us for our session on nature-based SuDS at scale and the role of landscape in water-sensitive places featuring John Simpson, Director, LDA Design - hosted by GreenBlue Urban and the Landscape Institute

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Good news for #Stalybridge in Greater #Manchester as a lovely scheme we’ve been working on for #BankfootAPAM has secured enthusiastic #planning consent from #TamesideCouncil. The project unlocks an underused site to create 102 affordable homes set within an equitable, playful and verdant #landscape.

A visualisation of new housing with active, social and green public spaces, including mature trees and places to sit.

An aerial visualisation of a small new housing development constrained to the north by a rail line.

A visualisation of an avenue of new housing with an active, social, green and car-free street running down the middle.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Looking forward to the #PineappleAwards this evening. #LDADesign has five projects in the running including #Woolwich Town Centre regeneration and Station Hill in #Reading. Nervous? Us? You bet. Good luck, all. See you there. #awards #placemaking #thechangeweneedtosee shorturl.at/V2BPv

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

'What's the change you want to see?' is our starting point for every project. It opens us up to learning, to understanding the fullest picture, to being able to work to the best #outcomes. Change is needed. It just needs to be done right. Watch here: www.lda-design.co.uk

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

For three days in May, #LDADesign's Emma Pepper, Frazer Osment, Joanne Walker and John Simpson will be in #Leeds for #UKREiiF. Apparently, 16,000 people now gather for this event. So, don’t leave meeting up to chance. It’s not impossible, but … much better to get something in the diary now.

We're going to UKREiiF 2026 Leeds May 19th - 21st
Look forward to seeing you there
LDA Design
Planning Design Environment
Emma Pepper + portrait
Frazer Osment + portrait
Joanne Walker + portrait
John Simpson + portrait

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Excited to be working with #CamdenCouncil & #TfL to reimagine streets and spaces across #Holborn, making them better for people and for #nature. We'll lead a team incl Studio Weave, The Place Bureau, Tom Massey, Polytechnic, Light Follows Behaviour & Authentic Futures. #LDADesign shorturl.at/jnpkY

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#Jobalert Our ninth studio is in #Cardiff. Help us to grow it. We're looking for talented self starters, with strong portfolios and a passion for creating great places for people and for #nature. All the details here: www.lda-design.co.uk/join-us/oppo... #landscapedesign #planning #joinus #LDADesign

Help us to shape the world for the better - we're looking to expand our team in Cardiff. Come join us. LDA Design

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Plans have been announced for #MetroRiverside, a new city district on the River Tyne. Transforming underutilised brownfield beside the Gateshead retail and leisure complex, Metrocentre, it will be one of the largest and most ambitious urban #regeneration projects in Britain. shorturl.at/lnl3m

Aerial visualisation of a new development with water and green space well integrated.

Visualisation of a new development with seating, water and integrated planting.

A visualisation of a couple of people walking along a new pathway in a development that has established planting lining the way, including mature trees.

An aerial visual of a masterplan for a new waterside development.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

And here are the inner frames for the six lighting columns being installed on Northumberland Street, #Newcastle's main shopping street. Very exciting. Thanks for the photos #NewcastleCityCouncil. Shout outs to the project team including #LDADesign #MichaelGrubbStudio #Raskl #TaylorWoodrow

The inner frame of a lighting column being installed

The inner frame of a lighting column being installed down the centre of a main shopping street

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New lighting columns are being installed along Northumberland Street, #Newcastle's main shopping street. Designed by #LDADesign with lighting experts #MichaelGrubbStudio, these photos show the columns being crafted by the amazing Byker-based team at #Raskl. Photos by Jack Storey. #TaylorWoodrow

A person drilling into an vertical patterned steel sheet

A person assembling a patterned, painted steel lighting column

A person assembling sheets of burnished patterned brass and steel in a workshop

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A sure sign that spring is in the air is that the new trees planted on Northumberland Street, #Newcastle's main shopping street, are coming into bud. In total, twenty-two trees have gone in, incl. sweetgums, maples and hornbeam – colour and interest all year round. 📷 #NewcastleCityCouncil #LDADesign

A tree in bud against the backdrop of a large building.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This week, work starts on #Castlegate, our project with #AberdeenCityCouncil to make the square at the eastern end of Union Street a destination once more, with a green and social public realm and a strong connection between the centre and beachfront. #LDADesign www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/new...

visualisation of an animated public square

visualisation of an animated public space

visualisation of an animated public space with outdoors cafe seating and bike racks

aerial visualisation of a lively public square with new planting and seating

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

LDA Design joins #Arup, TÜV SÜD, #Mace & #Gleeds in support of Great British Energy - Nuclear’s first small modular reactor. #LDADesign will lead on delivering a place-based #masterplan response that establishes a benchmark for this new technology. Image: GBE-N www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/new...

Aerial view of an island coastline with green fields leading to a clear seas and a blue sky. On the coast's edge is an energy plant.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Sometimes our working days gift us the most amazing views. Today was one of those days. A beautiful morning, and a beautiful backdrop on our (soon to be) beautiful transformation of a site in the heart of #London. Exciting stuff. #placemaking #landscapearchitecture #bettercity #LDADesign

Tower Bridge in the background, construction in the foreground

Commercial buildings in the background, construction in the foreground

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The deadline for #LDADesign's 2025/26 #bursary competition is midnight on Friday 20th February. So there's still time to pull together your entry. Three prizes of £2,000 up for grabs plus four weeks' paid work experience. All the details are here: www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/new...

LDA Design Bursary Challenge 2025/26 Counting Down Entry Deadline Midnight 20.02.26

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We've enjoyed marking the Lunar New Year with a range of activities from paper crafts in #Manchester to hot pot lunches in #London. Thanks to all those who helped us celebrate. It’s now the Year of the Fire Horse, symbolising energy and creativity, confidence, and passion. A bold year of change.

A group of people - some standing and sitting - eating together in an office environment.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Want to find out how #London streets and spaces are changing? Join #LDADesign Director, Sophie Thompson, at Temple Bar next month to discuss softening our cities. Sophie will explore three contested and historic areas to share exciting next steps and the benefits of intervention. shorturl.at/8m6Sj

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We're heading to #MIPIM26 - say hello or reach out before we go to meet up with #ldadesign's Mark Graham, Mòrbheinn McAllister, Nicholas Bigelow and Rebecca Frost. See you there. #MIPIM2026 #MIPIM #placemaking #regeneration #urbandesign #landscapearchitecture #design #masterplanning #team

LDA Design asks What's the change you want to see at MIPIM 2026 - Mark Graham, Morbheinn McAllister, Nick Bigelow and Rebecca Frost attending

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Tomorrow, #LDADesign Director Kirstin Taylor is chairing a roundtable at #BrownfieldLandScotland exploring how a landscape-led approach to land #remediation can unlock greater social, economic and environmental value, moving beyond remediation as a technical exercise. www.brownfieldscotland.com

Kirstin Taylor, Director, LDA Design - Integrating landscape-led design with remedial strategy to deliver social, economic and nature-positive development, Brownfield Land Scotland 2026 - Book your ticket - 3 February - Glasgow.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Five #LDADesign projects on this year's #Pineapples shortlist: 🍍Station Hill in Reading for Place in Progress 🍍Woolwich Town Centre for Public Space 🍍Burgess Park Sports Centre for Community Space 🍍Carpenters Estate Meanwhile Use Framework for Activation 🍍Wembley Park for Place of the Year

The Pineapples - www.thepineapples.co.uk - 2026 Finalist - sketch of a pineapple

Public square with verdant gardens and long-length, low seating. People are sitting in the space and in the background there are children running through a splash pad.

Public event with lots of people around a large public artwork

New housing with the arches of Wembley in the background and lovely gardens in the forefront.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

On Thursday, #LDADesign director, Kirstin Taylor, will be in #Edinburgh speaking about the power of #landscape to deliver the best outcomes for people and for #nature at the #LandscapeInstitute's national conference in Scotland on Housing & Regeneration. landscapeinstitute.org/events/e0000...

Kirstin Taylor is speaking at the Landscape Institute's National Housing & Regeneration Conference: Scotland on 29th January 2026

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The wind is beneath our sails as we head to the #ScottishRenewables Offshore Wind Conference in #Glasgow on Wednesday for what is a pivotal moment for wind power following the announcement to secure 8.4GW of #offshore #wind capacity through the Contracts for Difference for Allocation Round 7 (AR7).

Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference 2026, 28 and 29 January Glasgow

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

#ldadesign is growing, and we have a host of brilliant opportunities to join our team of employee owners. So, if you want to make the best start to your career or ensure your next step is an exciting one, then do get in touch. www.lda-design.co.uk/join-us/oppo... #jobs #hiring #joinus #jobalert

Three people lean on a table listening to someone who is out of shot.

A closeup of a person smiling and clapping in an audience of people.

A person gives a hearty laugh sat around a table in a workshop setting

A group of people race on giant inflatables while others stand around watching

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

2025 saw increased appetite for our work internationally, ending with a competition win to reimagine the Western Gate area of #Almaty to create a liveable new neighbourhood in the largest city in #Kazakhstan. We couldn’t have hoped for a better way to end the year. Excited by what's to come.

Aerial visualisation of a masterplan for a new piece of city.

A visualisation of a new retail street with lots of people enjoying walking through the space.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

As 2025 draws to a close, there’s still good news to share. For example, our projects Station Hill in #Reading and #Woolwich town centre are both #CivicTrustAwards regional finalists. Well done to all involved. Celebrating inclusive, accessible, playful public spaces. #LDADesign #bettertowns

A large planted area in a revamped public space with people sat or walking around

A community event in a new public space with a large public art work in the background

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Good news as the year closes out as the Droves Solar Farm DCO application put forward by #IslandGreenPower has been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate. The first milestone on hopefully the road to consent and an important step towards increasing the UK’s #energy security.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Buzzing that #Beehive, an innovation park in #Cambridge by #Railpen, has secured #planning permission. The plans will create a new science centre, labs & tech workspaces, a new community park, youth & community hub, plus new shops, restaurants, cafés and public transport upgrades. Well done, all.

Visualisation of a new mixed-use development with people enjoying an expansive lawn and using a new footway and cycle lane

Visualisation of a new mixed-use development with active public spaces including people sitting, chatting walking and cycling.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

📢It’s the 2025-26 #LDADesign #Bursary Challenge for students studying in the UK and this time we want you to imagine a world that is past peak car and what this might mean for our oversized roads and redundant car parks. Deadline 20.02.26 🕛 ticking Details here: www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/new...

LDA Design Bursary Challenge 2025/26 The Great Reclamation

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A joyous start to the day with the news that Union Terrace Gardens in #Aberdeen has won the the Royal Incorporation of #Architects in Scotland Andrew Doolan Best Building in #Scotland Award. It's the first time a public space project has scooped the prize. How wonderful is that! shorturl.at/bbyAZ

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Scotland’s building of the year? A public garden in Aberdeen

Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens wins the 2025 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A big day for #LDADesign as we launch our new start-up studio in #Cardiff – our ninth studio in the UK. Exciting times. Looking forward to settling into the city after many years of working in #Wales and building some great partnerships. www.lda-design.co.uk/kindling/new...

A montage of a Welsh dragon and a blue city hall clock.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We did it! #LDADesign & #millimetre won the #Dezeen Bespoke #Design of the Year award for our collaboration on the 'Sculptural seating on #Strand'. Very happy. Head to #DezeenAwards for all of this year's winners. And head to #StrandAldwych to check out our beautifully designed and crafted seating.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This Thursday is the #TCPA annual conference with the theme of the Purpose of Planning. #LDADesign’s chair, Frazer Osment, is a keynote speaker. Frazer will discuss how #Planning – with the right leadership and vision – is an incredible enabler and the surest way to deliver the #outcomes we need.

Frazer Osment is speaking at the TCPA annual conference on the Purpose of Planning, 27 November 2025

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

On Thursday, #LDADesign director Cannon Ivers, author of ‘Staging Urban Landscapes’, will be giving a lecture on this topic, including the award-winning #StrandAldwych, as part of the Leeds Beckett University’s School of #Architecture Open Lecture Series. Don't miss out.📌 Broadcasting Place, B506

Lecture: The Leeds School of Architecture - Open Lecture Series - Lecture 4: Cannon Ivers of LDA Design - 13 November 5.30-7.00pm

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Tomorrow (8 Nov) is #WorldTownPlanningDay #WTPD25. We’ve been thinking about the purpose of #planning. Take a look at our article with the #QualityofLifeFoundation in The Planner shorturl.at/AigT3 which argues for big picture thinking that puts health and wellbeing at the heart of change. #LDADesign

A colourful illustration of two people looking at a paper with the headline 'World Town Planning Day'. They are surrounded by plans on a table.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

One of the UK’s largest #carbon capture initiatives – the Cory Decarbonisation Project – has been granted development consent. This industry-leading project will help Cory to #decarbonise their waste management processes, capturing 1.4 million tonnes of CO2 a year. Great project to be part of. #DCO

Sketch of people on a bridge looking out over a thriving wetland landscape.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Announcing our investment in #carbonremoval with #Klimate. A key part of our #climateactionplan which sits alongside our continued efforts to reduce our overall emissions. Our portfolio with Klimate is committed to #reforestation #agroforestry and artisanal #biochar projects globally. www.klimate.co

Aerial view of a mangrove restoration project

A person carries verdant green seedlings in a basket shoulder high through a nursery.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We’ve been working with #FeredayPollard #AnglianWater #CambridgeWater and others to progress plans for a new #reservoir in the Fens that will help to meet future #water supply needs. The vision will create a destination where water, people & #nature come together. Have your say fensreservoir.co.uk

A visualisation of a wetland landscape with a populated boardwalk and hub.

A visualisation of a new reservoir settled into the flat and expansive Fens landscape.

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We've made it on to the #RegenerativeArchitectureIndex - a good list to join. Useful to be able to examine - and share - our work under the lens of: Being a good #ancestor; Co-evolving with #nature and Creating a just space for people. #RAI25 #regenerative #LDADesign www.regenerativearchitecture.org

We're in the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index

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LDA Design @ldadesign.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Fantastic photos by Mike Massaro of the lighting for Beresford Square in Woolwich by #MichaelGrubbStudio. Great work that ensures our design for the square transitions beautifully from day into evening and a reminder of the vital contribution lighting makes to public space. #ldadesign #landscape

A warmly lit and well-planted urban square with people dotted about sitting or walking

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