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Right-wing extremism and right-wing populism are a threat to a pluralistic and diverse society. Democracy is a form of community that shapes things together instead of excluding individuals or groups. - Prof. Stephan Lenzen put it this way for the Professional Association of Landscape Architects in Bochum in mid-January: "Landscape architecture is colorful, not brown."
News · 12. February 2024
The Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Environment Agency are once again looking for innovative, effective and sustainable projects in the field of climate adaptation and prevention until March 22, 2024.
News · 09. February 2024
The IFLA Landscape Knowledge Hub as an online portal is intended to become a central source of information for landscape architects, offering valuable resources such as landscape-related case studies, research projects, job opportunities and technical advice.
News · 09. February 2024
The website gruene-stadt-der-zukunft.de now offers fact sheets, checklists, guidelines and other handouts for green, climate-resilient neighborhoods for municipal administrations and their planning practice.
News · 05. February 2024
In order to accelerate housing construction, the so-called "construction turbo" was announced at the construction summit in September 2023. A concrete formulation is now available in the form of the formulation aid from the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB) in the form of Section 246e of the Federal Building Code (BauGB). According to this, in areas with a tight housing market, projects with more than six apartments should be able to deviate extensively from the provisions of the BauGB until the end of 2026.
As part of a broad alliance of civil society players, the bdla is opposed to Section 246e BauGB.
News · 02. February 2024
The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) has a lot planned for this year:
News · 01. February 2024
For the current HOAI reform process, the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning has now published an important report that scientifically prepares the reform. By evaluating the service areas of the HOAI, it proposes adjustments to the service profiles and the regulations in Parts 1 to 4.
News · 24. January 2024
Film presentation of the profession's fields of activity and its objectives
News · 23. January 2024
Liveable streetscapes through adapted speeds wanted. Submissions until May 31, 2024
The Association for Urban, Regional and State Planning (SRL) and the ecological transport club VCD have announced the German Transport Planning Award. The focus of the eighth competition is "Liveable streetscapes through adapted speeds".
News · 04. January 2024
The Bündnis Bodenwende, a non-partisan and interdisciplinary alliance of academies, chambers, associations and foundations, including the bdla, had drawn up soil policy election test stones in the run-up to the 2021 Bundestag elections and published the parties' responses. At the halfway point of the legislative period, the alliance is now presenting an interim summary.
News · 18. December 2023
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