As is the yearly tradition at HERE+NOW, we’ve created a short report capturing this year’s activity and project work. We’re keen to share what we’ve been working on, and how we’re helping shape best practice in co-design for landscape architecture. We hope the 2019 publication resonates with you, shows that we’re keeping up the good work, and gives you a flavour of what we’ve been up to! This year has been a bit different; I have been working either on my own or in small, project-specific teams of collaborators through HERE+NOW. It’s been a bespoke way to work, a reflective opportunity, and ..read more

Liz was approached by team at Sustrans to write a short description of her experiences cycling in Edinburgh, for Bike Life magazine. Here is an extract of the publication! We believe whole-heartedly in the power of the pedal.. and the little one agrees! It’s the happiest, healthiest way to get around (most of the time). HERE+NOW has contributed to and led a wide range of active travel projects, and has partnered with Sustrans twice in 2019 on projects which seek to weave into the urban fabric infrastructure to encourage young people to get on their bikes. This might be both physical built-en ..read more

Our big-format spinnable place standard tool is in the press again! Euro Health Net magazine has shared a photograph taken of our tools in action, here at St Margaret’s House as part of the Leith Creative ‘blueprint’ project.   http://eurohealthnet-magazine.eu/talking-place-a-public-health-conversation-for-everyone/ ‘Talking “place” – a public health conversation for everyone?’ (06.12.2019), discusses the opportunities of the Place Standard, its background and applications. We are really interested to consider how health and wellbeing become more fully recognised as essential to the way we d ..read more

HERE+NOW’s application of the Scottish Government’s Place Standard featured as an exemplar by Architecture & Design ScotlandIn 2018 Architecture & Design Scotland launched a publication featuring a series of case studies illustrating how the Place Standard has interpreted and used by different practitioners. The document highlights the methods used, and perceptions and knowledge gained, including how this fed into community planning, design and/or development work. In 2017, HERE+NOW had partnered with Leith Creative as part of the ‘People and Places: Make Leith Better’ project. This pr ..read more