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A visualisation of the winning design for Pirelli 39. Image © DS+R and Stephan Boero Architects
Image © DS+R and Stephan Boero Architects
11 February 2021

Professor Dunnett on winning team for ambitious regeneration of iconic skyscraper in Milan

Professor Nigel Dunnett is on the winning competition team for the sustainably-focused regeneration of the Pirelli 39 site in Milan, it has been announced.

Josh Stone plants shrubs at Broomhill Library, Sheffield, ©Broomhill Community Library
Second year BA Landscape Architecture student Josh Stone gets stuck into planting at the garden in Broomhill © Broomhill Community Library
8 February 2021

Students help restore abandoned rock garden at Broomhill Library

Blooms, as well as books, await visitors to Broomhill Library in Sheffield, thanks to the restoration of a long-abandoned rock garden and the work of students from the Department of Landscape Architecture.
Student work from the Urban Design Project shows how character studies are used throughout the whole design process
1 February 2021

Urban Design Project puts people at the heart of design

“Using a character-centred approach allowed us to take a step back as designers and instead view the project site through the eyes of its everyday users,” said MLA student Vicky Tantum on her group work for the Urban Design Project.
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The project will investigate the impact of the destruction of the public realm on inclusion
7 December 2020

Research project to investigate inclusion in public spaces in Lebanon

Dr Clare Rishbeth has been awarded £200,000 from the Global Challenges Research Fund to investigate how public spaces in countries impacted by conflict can be made more inclusive to traditionally marginalised groups.

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