Category: Public Realm/Landscaping

The Front Green is Lochgilphead’s core public space, a key part of the original composition of the eighteenth-century planned settlement, forming a green waterfront edge at the head of Loch Gilp. Argyll Street, the main spine of the planned settlement, offers a framed view south down Loch Gilp across the Front Green, with the war memorial as a visual focus. Historically the Front Green was the hub of community activity, hosting markets and civic events. However, with rising sea levels, […]

Set just off Aberdeen’s principal retail street, Union Street, Union Terrace Gardens (UTG) is one of the most centrally located city parks in Scotland. Part of a wider strategic vision for the future regeneration of the city centre, the UTG project is central to the delivery of the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan and a catalyst for wider city redevelopment. LDA Design led a large multi-disciplinary team to successfully deliver this complex and high-profile public garden project which included major engineering […]

Dukes Meadows Footbridge is a new pedestrian bridge in Chiswick, West London, positioned beneath the Grade II listed Barnes Bridge. Designed by Moxon Architects together with structural engineers COWI, the bridge was constructed by Knights Brown and closely follows the concept and planning design prepared by Moxon with engineers CampbellReith. The low-carbon structure rejuvenates a previously disconnected stretch of the Thames Path, dramatically improving safety, access and pedestrian flow. As one of the projects in the Mayor of London’s £53 […]

Walk-Up Avenue aims to enliven Craigmillar’s High Street and support the broader regeneration investment in the area. It will contribute to Edinburgh’s 20-minute neighbourhood strategy for people across the city to live well locally with amenities available within a short walk or cycle from their homes. The project was funded through the Scottish Government Town Centres Fund alongside funding from the City of Edinburgh Council, Nature Scot, Scotland Loves Local and Cycling Scotland, altogether aiming to enable local authorities to […]

Prestonpans Civic Square is the principal public space in the East Lothian coastal town. The regeneration of the square was driven by Prestonpans Community Council in partnership with East Lothian Council. The square had become tired and a magnet for anti-social behaviour. It was a place people avoided rather than enjoyed and did not provide an appropriate civic setting for the Category B listed war memorial designed by William Birnie Rhind (RSA) in 1922. The design brief required: removal of […]