BIM, Revit and Landscape – A Guide for the Perplexed

At Anna French Associates, we have worked on a number of projects now where BIM (Building Information Modelling – Level 2 compliance) has been a design requirement. We have learnt a lot along the way. Autocad Revit is a popular BIM platform for design and documentation favoured by many Architects and Design Teams for building […]

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Urban Tree Planting – Our tips for success

There is good evidence to suggest that trees are a great benefit to residential landscapes, for example house prices have been found to be markedly higher in areas with mature street trees. In the recently published Landscape Institute guidance ‘Profitable Places’, the chief executives of two well-known housing developers have been quoted championing the value […]

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Courtyard garden shaping up for summer

The newly planted gardens at Battersea Place are starting to fill out already having been planted a few weeks ago, the multi-stem birches and Amelanchiers are in leaf and the pink geraniums are in bloom. This soft woodland style planting scheme creates tranquil feel in the courtyard for the residents to enjoy. The planting consists […]

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Derry Avenue wins RIBA East Award 2016

Derry Avenue in Thurrock (now named Bruyn’s Court) has won an award, congratulations to Bell Phillips Architects for a well deserved win! The quality of the architectural design work in this residential scheme commissioned by Thurrock Council and built by Willmott Dixon Housing is clear from first glance so it is no surprise to us that […]

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Winter Beauty at New Capital Quay

We are very pleased to see the planting at New Capital Quay looking well-maintained and neat even during the winter months. During a recent trip to Greenwich we dropped by to see the landscape scheme that we detailed for construction interested to see how the planting had fared a year after completion. Our designs concentrated […]

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