The Culture Show and Simon Thurley, English Heritage Chief Exec, are filming at Arnos Vale this morning as part of the build up towards the English Heritage Angels Awards. The glorious sunshine should show the cemetery at its best.

The programme will be screened sometime in October. We will post the date as soon as we have confirmation of the programme schedule.

Arnos Vale Cemetery has been shortlisted to go forward to the finals of the English Heritage Angel Awards, supported by Andrew Lloyd Webber, in London on 31st October. These new awards celebrate the work of individuals and groups who have saved a significant historic place that was at risk of being lost forever.…

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/feilden-clegg-bradley-to-redevelop-landmark-bristol-hospital/5024956.article

Results of our highly unscientific poll on the 60-odd Gorillas that popped up all over Bristol this summer....

9 Design Bristol members liked them

2 didn't like them (it wasn't considered a new idea or particularly well executed)

and 1 was not sure!

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14909066

Many new houses in the UK are "shameful shoebox homes" which are too small for family life, the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) has said.

It says average three-bedroom houses are 8% smaller - the space of a single bedroom - than the recommended minimum.

The institute, which looked at 3,418…

Know Your Place continues to develop.

We've added a collection of 200 images from the Loxton Collection held at the Bristol Reference Library. These are all pen and ink drawings made for the Bristol Observer and…

Here is an article that looks at the growing number of 'pop-up' projects in city settings that provide a cost-effective way of exploring how public space can be reclaimed/transformed for people. The article considers projects in North America but the principle is universal.

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The Guardian recently published an article on 'How do we put a value on green infrastructure?' by Tony Mulhall, associate director at RICS, on how the government should approach the opportunity to develop green spaces.

The Government’s White Paper The Nature Choice: securing the value of nature, has highlighted the economic, health and social benefits we get from nature.

 

Read the full article at the  …

RIBA has shortlisted entries for the London and Sheffield annual 'Forgotten Spaces' ideas competition.

Bee keeping aviaries, trade workshops, 'pop up' Physic gardens, water towers and labyrinths are all here.

www.architecture.com/forgottenspaceslondon

www.architecture.com/forgottenspacessheffield…