An exhibition that aims to inspire Bath’s future as a sustainable and climate-resilient city is to be staged at the recently reopened Museum of Bath Architecture. Called ‘Biophilic Bath – The Green City You See’, the exhibition will feature designs by innovative architects, engineers and designers, which show future ‘biophilic’ visions of the city. ...
With the general election now taking place on 4 July, Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – has issued a 10-point plan for the long-term prosperity of the West of England. Through its Quarterly Economic Survey, which acts as a barometer of business sentiment across the region, coupled with its ongoing conversations...
Chemical engineers at the University of Bath have modelled a new way of recycling polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the hard-to-recycle packaging material reusable. The team, who are working with Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, US, say their technique could be the first to make recycling polystyrene both economically...
Bath-based building design experts, led by architectural practices Mark Wray Architects and Grant Associates, have teamed up to design an innovative new visitor shelter for a living memorial site dedicated to the fallen of the First World War. Langley Vale Wood in Epsom, Surrey, is the largest of The Woodland Trust’s four First World War...
Interaction, the Bath-based workplace design and build company, has won a prestigious award for its innovative work creating a state-of-the-art new office for a law firm in Bristol. Interaction topped the Fit Out of the Year category of the British Council for Offices’ (BCO) South of England and South Wales Awards, which are widely...
Experts in law firm Thrings’ agriculture, corporate and planning teams, including its Bath-based head of agricultural property, have advised on a deal to create the South West’s largest new forest in a generation. The 422-acre woodland is to be established between Bath and Bristol by charity Avon Needs Trees. Once complete, the 100,000-tree Lower...
King Charles III has confirmed his wish to retain his royal patronage of Bath Preservation Trust, the organisation that promotes the celebration of the city’s history and heritage. The announcement comes a year after His Majesty’s coronation and following a detailed review of patronages held by the royal household. In 1973 Bath Preservation Trust...
Bristol Airport has hit the milestone of 10m passengers passing through its terminal in a 12-month period for the first time in its history. The landmark means the airport is now running at capacity while its biggest capital project for more than two decades is underway. This includes a £60m development, due to open in summer...
A Gold medal-winning Chelsea Flower Show garden designed by landscape architects from Bath-based Grant Associates has been rebuilt in Bristol. The Chinese-inspired garden, pictured, the first produced by the firm for the world-famous show, has been gifted to the University of Bristol’s Botanic Garden by Guangzhou, Bristol’s sister city. Known as ‘the city between...
Academics from the University of Bath are to help cut the chemical industry’s significant carbon emissions through the re-use of waste and by harnessing renewable electricity. They are teaming up with colleagues from five other UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, in the £13.75m government research project. The Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing Hub...
