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Appeal from the planning and auditing professions to the federal government
Affordable housing is a fundamental human right and the basis for peaceful and fair coexistence. "But more and more people can no longer find affordable housing. Growing inequality and the feeling of injustice provide a breeding ground for extremism and anti-democratic tendencies," said representatives of the planning and auditing professions - architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, urban planners and surveyors - in their appeal to the German government, which was adopted on June 18, 2024.
News · 19. June 2024
Attractive, high-quality sports and exercise areas are of great social importance. They are places for education, integration and inclusion.
News · 18. June 2024
The bdla is committed to diversity and is delighted that landscape architects will be visible and celebrating diversity at this year's Christopher Street Days (CSD) in Nuremberg and Munich. Here is the invitation from the Landscape_Architecture for Queers team:
News · 11. June 2024
Federal Congress 2024 of the green associations on June 7 and 8, 2024 in Bonn
"Climate adaptation - successful municipal implementation" - representatives from administration, politics, science, planning and the green sector came together in Bonn on June 7, 2024 for their annual federal congress of green associations. Rüdiger Dittmar, President of the German Conference of Gardening Officers (GALK e.V.), welcomed the 180 or so attendees to the Gustav Streseman Institute. Green-blue infrastructures as a necessity for climate adaptation "ran like a red thread" through the speakers' presentations. Nature-based solutions were named as pioneers and trailblazers of the urgently needed urban and landscape redevelopment and municipalities were assigned a key role.
News · 11. June 2024
The theme of the IFLA Europe competition is "PLAN(e)T SCAPE". The focus is on plants as a multifunctional factor (including innovative and novel uses of plants in the context of climate adaptation, trees as important cooling and shading elements, etc.) in landscape architecture.
News · 05. June 2024
The anticipated expert report on municipal open space statutes has been published. The paper explains the instrumental possibilities of integrating green-blue infrastructure in the settlement area through an open space statute.
News · 04. June 2024
bdla President Prof. Stephan Lenzen takes part in an online expert discussion of the Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen parliamentary group with Anja Liebert, member of the Bundestag, on June 25, 2024.
News · 29. May 2024
Climate change is increasing the demand for sustainable and climate-resilient outdoor spaces. The use of plants is therefore often in an exciting phase of upheaval that is turning conventional aesthetics on their head.
At the Plant Planner Talks 2024 in Munich, current trends in the use of plants will be examined: Urban nature concepts, tree care, micro-forests, climate adaptation in historic green spaces. The program will be supplemented by current research results, e.g. on fire protection in façade greening. An excursion program on Thursday, 19 September 2024, completes the specialist lectures.
News · 28. May 2024
The Association of German Landscape Architects bdla has commented on the Federal Government's draft bill as part of the implementation of RED III into national law.
News · 27. May 2024
Once again this year, the Institute for Liberal Professions (IFB) is collecting data on the economic situation of engineering and architectural firms in Germany on behalf of the AHO Committee of Associations and Chambers of Engineers and Architects for the Fee Structure, the Federal Chamber of Engineers and the Association of Consulting Engineers.
News · 14. May 2024
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