Nominated for the German Landscape Architecture Award 2021

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Expert judges selected 35 projects.Thejury will decide on the awarding of the first prize and the awards on 23 April 2021

They have been selected - the 35 nominated projects for the competition for the German Landscape Architecture Award 2021. From 119 entries admitted to the competition, five expert judges made their selection in the virtual voting room between 10 February and 14 March 2021. The nominated works can be viewed at www.deutscher-landschaftsarchitektur-preis.de.

News · 17. March 2021

New edition of the German Sustainability Strategy

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In the update of the Sustainability Strategy 2021, the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, based on the "Agenda 2030", are transferred into a national strategy. For the first time, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were identified.

News · 16. March 2021

Election test of the planning professions for the Bundestag election 2021

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Social cohesion, climate-resilient cities or digitisation of the construction sector - what can the next federal government achieve?

A new Bundestag will be elected in Germany on 26 September 2021. Together with 16 associations of the planning professions, including the bdla, the Federal Chamber of Architects and the Federal Chamber of Engineers have presented their election touchstones for the 2021 Bundestag elections. They include current core issues in architecture, urban planning and engineering; the focus is on urban development, climate and the environment, the liberal professions, building culture and digitalisation.

News · 16. March 2021

bdla orientation guide and online seminar on the remuneration of services when applying the BKompV

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The bdla has published a current orientation guide with information on remuneration in the application of the Federal Compensation Ordinance. It is aimed equally at project developers, approval authorities and providers of planning services. An online seminar on 21 April 2021 will also provide information on this.

News · 12. March 2021

International Ulmer Prize 2021 announced

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Work sought that enhances open space quality through imaginative use of plants. Deadline 15 May 2021

The International Ulmer Prize 2021 of the Karl Foerster Foundation for Applied Vegetation Science has been offered again. It is intended to recognise work by graduates and students that addresses the practice of plant use and contributes to enhancing open space quality through a creative and compelling approach.

News · 04. March 2021

EU climate change adaptation strategy presented

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The EU Commission presented its new strategy for adaptation to climate change on 24/02/2021 (press release). "The aim of the strategy is to achieve the vision of a climate resilient Union by 2050". Climate resilience is to be included as an overarching theme in all EU policy areas in the future, from financial planning to energy efficiency of buildings and public procurement.

News · 02. March 2021

Experts call for nature-friendly expansion of renewable energies

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How conflicts between the expansion of renewable energies on the one hand and landscape and nature conservation on the other can be avoided was the topic of a public expert discussion in the Bundestag's Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety on Wednesday, 24 February 2021. In the meeting chaired by committee chair Sylvia Kotting-Uhl (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), the majority of the invited experts were in favour of making greater use of the potential of wind power and photovoltaics. On the other hand, the use of bioenergy and hydropower was viewed critically.

News · 25. February 2021

Expert hearing on BauGB

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On 22.02.2021, the first public expert hearing took place in the Building Committee, on the draft law for the mobilization of building land within the framework of the amendment of the Building Code (BauGB) in the Bundestag (19/24838, 19/26023). Associations as well as representatives of the real estate and housing industry were invited. They expressed their criticism of the government draft.

News · 24. February 2021

Convention of Building Culture 2021 "Public Spaces

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The next Convention of Building Culture, the central forum for the formation of opinion on planning and building in Germany, will take place on 18 and 19 May 2021 at the Kunst-

News · 23. February 2021

HOAI 2021 - printed and as PDF

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On 1 January 2021, the new HOAI came into force, adapted to the ECJ ruling of 04.07.2019.

"Now there are fee tables with orientation values with a range between a base rate (formerly minimum rate) and an upper rate (formerly maximum rate). There are no more liabilities and price competition is likely to develop. One challenge will be that dealing with the new HOAI will have to be learned", writes Jörg Homann, bdla speaker for economics in his editorial for "Landschaftsarchitekten", issue 1/2021.

News · 23. February 2021