Bath School plan dropped

Sir James Dyson on 7 October scrapped plans for a  £56 million School of Design Innovation in Bath at the old Stothert and Pitt site at South Quays within the City of Bath World Heritage site, which the forthcoming UNESCO/ICOMOS joint mission was to have considered.
The Bath Chronicle reported that Dyson abandoned his plan [...]

Conserving Scotland’s Retail Buildings Seminar

Monday 22nd September 2008, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, 9am-4.15pm
This seminar will examine the history and materials associated with the architecture of Scotland’s retail buildings and will consider current issues facing their conservation and protection.
Speakers include some of the leading authorities involved in the conservation of shops and the topics are likely to appeal to planners, [...]

Housing, Land Use and Community

Landscape Institute Annual Conference
October 9-10 2008, Regent’s College London

With a Government commitment to build three million homes by 2020, the conference will stimulate debate on the importance of good quality landscape in housing developments and in creating sustainable communities.

Speakers include Professor Robert Tregay of LDA Design, architect and urban designer Terry Farrell, [...]