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On 24 June 2020, the Federal Foundation for Building Culture presented the Building Culture Report 2020/21 "Public Spaces". So it was only natural that the current podcast in the series "10 Minutes of Building Culture" should also deal with the design of public spaces. Andrea Gebhard, landscape architect bdla from Munich, talks about impulses for open space planning and the current Baukultur report.
News · 06. August 2020
Six prizes and seven recognitions were awarded in the Federal Urban Greening Award 2020. This was announced by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Construction and Home Affairs on 31 July 2020.
News · 03. August 2020
In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Association of German Landscape Architects will launch the 15th competition for the German Landscape Architecture Award.
News · 30. July 2020
In its statement on the Building Land Mobilisation Act of 1 July 2020, the bdla already vehemently opposed an extension of Section 13b BauGB. This was done in broad agreement with practically all professional, planning and environmental associations. Currently, NABU has started an online petition to the German Bundestag demanding that §13b BauGB be deleted from the draft law.
News · 28. July 2020
Together with BIS - Bremerhavener Gesellschaft für Investitionsförderung und Stadtentwicklung (Bremerhaven Society for Investment Promotion and Urban Development), the Bundesstiftung Baukultur (Federal Foundation for Building Culture) invites you to the Baukulturwerkstatt "Öffentliche Räume als Motor der Stadtentwicklung" (Building Culture Workshop "Public Spaces as an Engine of Urban Development") in Bremerhaven on 3 and 4 September 2020. The bdla is involved as a conceptual partner.
News · 21. July 2020
As part of the European Green Deal, the EU Commission has presented a strategy for the protection and restoration of biodiversity. In addition to species protection, this is intended to counter climate change, among other things, because "nature is our strongest ally in the fight against climate change".
News · 14. July 2020
On behalf of the Federal Chamber of Architects and the Federal Chamber of Engineers, a second online survey on the effects of the Corona pandemic in planning offices was conducted in June 2020. The evaluation for the entirety of architects shows that the crisis is currently hitting the profession less hard than feared in April. The state support measures are stabilising the offices. Nevertheless, there is no reason for architects of all disciplines to sound the all-clear, as 49 percent of the planners surveyed expect a decline in orders over the next 12 months.
News · 08. July 2020
In view of the negative economic effects of the Corona pandemic, the Bundestag passed an economic stimulus and future package with a volume of 130 billion euros on 2 July 2020. Many measures are welcome, such as the additional strengthening of climate protection and economic support for companies and municipalities.
News · 03. July 2020
Bold, fresh and inspiring green infrastructure projects wanted
As part of the EU's Green Cities for a Sustainable Europe campaign, a European project that makes the most of the benefits associated with urban greening will be awarded at the end of 2020.
News · 25. June 2020
New Baukultur Report 2020/21 published
On 24 June 2020, the Federal Foundation for Building Culture presented the new Building Culture Report 2020/21 "Public Spaces".
News · 24. June 2020
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