written by Jon Sheaff Am I alone in finding the corporate flight from EDI both wearisome and bemusing? Wearisome because there is a sordid inevitability about the way in which programmes have been scaled back across the Bro-sphere. It sems that rather taking the knee to kick out inequality and […]
written by Jon Sheaff Are people spending less time in public space? A recent study from MIT used AI to assess the use of four public spaces (in New York, Boston and Philadelphia), drawing on data assembled in 1980 by the urbanist William Whyte. The study concluded that between 1980 […]
We are delighted to be developing a masterplan for Marquis Drive Visitor Centre in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. The Chase is recognised as a National Landscape (previously Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), and much of which has further designations of Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Site of Special Scientific Interest […]
Arkwood are delighted to have been appointed by Lambeth Council as a part of their ‘Soak up Lambeth’ project to devise a SuDS strategy for William Bonney Estate and Alphonsus Estate/Teignmouth Flats. We have been commissioned for RIBA Stages 1-6 where we are working with Andrew Forshaw of Forshaw Gauld to […]
After almost a year of back-and-forth organising, the Arkwood team all ventured to Beckton Park to do some volunteer dredging at Itchycoo pond. The pond and community garden is cared for by Brian and Pam, who named it after the 1968 song ‘Itchycoo Park’ by the Small Faces because of […]
Arkwood have been appointed by London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to develop a masterplan for the Ripple Nature Reserve in Barking for RIBA stages 2&3. Ripple is situated on an old fuel ash disposal site, rendering the soil to be more alkaline – meaning that only certain species of […]
Following on from the successful 2017 Public Open Spaces Strategy for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, we have started a review of this strategy, as much has changed since we completed this study. The Environment Act came into force in 2021 and includes measures to support biodiversity net […]
(photo from Great Linford Manor Park, Milton Keynes) An article in Monday’s (27 Nov) Guardian highlights recently published information from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), analysing how the UK population uses natural space. The report presents data on the value of ecosystem service flows delivered by the UK’s natural […]
(Credit of Featured Image to the BBC) Wild Isles is a documentary presented by David Attenborough, a world famous and beloved environmentalist focusing on biodiversity, nature, and our ecosystem. This documentary is solely focused on the British Isles and the animals and plants that live here. Documentaries like Wild Isles […]
We are delighted to announce that we have won a Green Apple Award for our work on the Hainault Ancient Forest restoration project. We acted as the lead consultants on this project and are extremely proud to have won an award for the work we did on this amazing forest […]