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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.

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

Photos by Neil Speakman / Studio Maple and #LDADesign

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.

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

Thanks for sharing our work with @camdencouncil.bsky.social - part of the award-winning West End Project. Looking good. #LDADesign

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

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

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).

Photos by Fiona Finchett at our most recent Employee Owners Day.

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

#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

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.

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.

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

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

solar panels in the countryside

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.

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.

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.

LDA Design Bursary Challenge 2025/26 The Great Reclamation

📢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...

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Aerial view of a mangrove restoration project

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

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

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.

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

Riverside – kvart za stanovanje krojen po meri svih Novosađana Iskustvo stečeno na velikim transformacijama obala i javnih prostora u Londonu biće prevedeno u toplije, pristupačnije okruženje, usmereno na porodični i komšijski život. Aleksandar Group pokrenuo je...

Find out more about our work with #Howells architects to better connect Novi Sad in Serbia to the River Danube, opening up access to make the river part of the everyday. Interview with #LDADesign director, Benjamin Walker: shorturl.at/g3ZeI #placemaking #bettercity

We're in the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index

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

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

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

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

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

Visualisation of a busy, richly planted urban space.

Visualisation of a busy, richly planted urban space.

Visualisation of a busy, richly planted urban space.

A bright new chapter for Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens. Plans getting underway to transform this central city space making it greener and more family friendly. As #LDADesign's John Simpson says, "A place that the people of #Manchester can be proud of once more." Full story here: shorturl.at/uejWe

Three people presenting, standing in front of screen saying, "Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase." Martin Luther King Jr

An aerial visualisation for a new hillside park dotted with spaces designed to bring people together

A visualisation of people walking up a path in a new hillside park past pod-like spaces

A light, airy circular space with people standing, sitting, walking and chatting.

#FaithPark was a fantastic international #design competition and opportunity to create a new public park on the hillside south of Tirana in #Albania. And although we didn’t get the ‘yes’ we hoped for, we feel fortunate to have been finalists and proud of our team and of what we put forward.

visualisation of a biodiverse urban hedgehog habitat

visualisation of a biodiverse urban hedgehog habitat

visualisation of a biodiverse seating area and wildlife corridor

visualisation of a biodiverse urban habitat

So happy for #LDADesign's Chloe Wu who has won the #IFLA Europe 2025 Youth Competition (Conceptual Projects/Ideas) for her work, “Urban Living Library – Reclaiming the Hedgehog Habitat". Well done, Chloe. A worthy winner - layered, thoughtful, beautiful, inspiring #urbanwildlife #nature

Photo of a long curved bench after installation and trees - shortlisted dezeen awards 2025

A young child walks along the top edge of a long, curved bench holding hands with an adult

We did it! The sculptural seating on #Strand, designed by #LDADesign and fabricated by #millimetre, has been shortlisted for a @dezeen.com #design award! We're over the moon🎉 We made the shortlist of 79 projects from more than 4,300 entries from 89 countries👏 #Dezeen www.dezeen.com/awards/2025/...

International Concept Design Competition for a Masterplan - Faith Park, 11-12 October - 12 shortlisted proposals

Crunch time for the Faith Park international #design competition this weekend as all 12 shortlisted teams present their ideas publicly to an audience including the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Good luck, everyone. #LDADesign planifikimi.gov.al/index.php?id...