New federal "Blue Compass" award launched

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Municipalities with climate adaptation projects can apply for the first time

The German Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Environment Agency are now jointly seeking innovative projects with sustainable solutions for climate adaptation. To this end, they launched the "Blue Compass", the highest state award in Germany for projects aimed at adapting to the consequences of the climate crisis.

News · 19. January 2022

Decision of the European Court of Justice on HOAI old contracts-compensation for damages in construction possible

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Architects and engineers need not fear for old fee claims. Because even if the HOAI in its version before 2021 violates EU law, courts can continue to apply it in disputes, ruled today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg.

News · 18. January 2022

Federal Award for Urban Greenery 2022 announced

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The competition is looking for best practice examples that show how municipalities can use urban greening to positively influence the urban climate and reduce the negative effects of extreme weather.

News · 12. January 2022

Media library "Baukultur TV

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"Cooling down for hot cities" and "Space to live in - the fight for vacant land" on ZDF, "Building women" on 3sat or "Drunter und Drüber" on BR - missed the show?

News · 07. January 2022

German Building Owner Award 2022 announced

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On January 3, 2022, the competition for the German Building Award 2022 was launched. This competition, which is recognized by experts as the most important award in the field of residential construction in Germany, has been organized every two years for more than three decades by the KOOPERATION Working Group (AG KOOP), consisting of the German Association of Cities (DST), the Association of German Architects (BDA) and the German Housing Industry Association (GdW).

News · 04. January 2022

Bündnis Bodenwende calls for the establishment of a commission of inquiry

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In view of the central importance of land for building culture and social cohesion, the Alliance considers the establishment of a Bundestag commission of inquiry to be a priority.

News · 17. December 2021

Climate neutrality

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What challenges are associated with the global climate protection goals for landscape architects? - The authors of the 4/2021 issue of the bdla association magazine explored this question.

News · 16. December 2021

New international professional definition "landscape architect" in German

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From 2018 to 2020 , an international working group of IFLA World, under the leadership of Prof. Fritz Auweck, has developed an amendment to an international definition of the profession in close coordination with the International Labor Organization (ILO) , which is now also available in German translation. Based on the principles of ISCO (International Standard Classification of Occupations), IFLA has formulated a definition of the profession of landscape architect. However, there are certain differences between the ISCO definition and the professional tasks of German landscape architects.

News · 14. December 2021

Survey on the economic situation of engineers and architects published

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The survey commissioned in 2021 by the Committee of Associations and Chambers of Engineers and Architects for the Fee Regulations (AHO), the Federal Chamber of Engineers (BIngK) and the Association of Consulting Engineers (VBI) shows a predominantly positive picture despite the pandemic for the 2020 business year.

News · 10. December 2021

The city of the future should have more wilderness and living space

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According to a representative population survey conducted by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) together with the opinion research institute Kantar Public, the population's wishes for their city of the future differ significantly from today's image of cities.

News · 07. December 2021