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This year, 17,000 people (18% of chamber members) took part in the biennial survey conducted by the chambers of architects, including representatives of interior design, urban planning and landscape architecture as well as structural architects.
News · 13. November 2024
How are architecture firms doing economically at the moment, what are the biggest obstacles to their work and what innovative models do they want to use to attract young talent?
News · 12. November 2024
At the invitation of Christian Rinn, Managing Director, and Luisa Rinn, Managing Director Heuchelheim and Steinbach, 12 representatives of the companies and associations sponsoring the German Landscape Architecture Award 2025 competitioncame to the headquarters of Rinn Beton- und Naturstein GmbH undamp; Co KG in Heuchelheim on November 7, 2024, accompanied by Prof. Stephan Lenzen, bdla President, and Timo Herrmann, bdla Vice President.
News · 11. November 2024
On November 1st, the Federal Ministry for the Environment presented the draft of the National Strategy on Biological Diversity 2030. Departmental coordination has been initiated.
News · 07. November 2024
On January 17 and 18, 2025, more than 400 landscape architects from German-speaking countries will once again meet for the bdla Construction Manager Talks, the network meeting of their profession.
News · 07. November 2024
From January 1, 2025, the EU taxonomy will bring some changes for the planning industry. The EU Taxonomy Regulation is a sustainability reporting system that will affect large parts of the economy. To support architects and engineers with implementation, the Federal Chamber of Architects and the VBI have created a practical guide.
News · 05. November 2024
The amendment to the urban planning law has now been discussed in the Bundestag. The expert hearing is pending and a simulation game worth reading has been published.
News · 28. October 2024
At the beginning of October 2024, the Federal Ministry for the Environment presented the draft of the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change. The bdla then took part in a formal association consultation.
News · 28. October 2024
Steffi Schüppel, Gwendolyn Kusters and Thomas Haas once again exchanged ideas with colleagues from European associations, students and practicing landscape architects on behalf of the profession at the IFLA Europe Conference and General Assembly, which took place in Budapest from October 17-20.
News · 21. October 2024
Together with other planning, social and environmental associations as well as civil society actors, the bdla has co-signed an appeal against the introduction of the so-called "building turbo" in urban planning law.
News · 09. October 2024
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