Grant Associates news

March 2016

07 Mar

Grant Associates behind landscape concept for Penang’s new waterfront park Gurney Wharf

UK and Singapore based Grant Associates is lead landscape architect behind newly announced proposals for a waterfront public park, including a man-made beach, on Penang’s Gurney Drive in Malaysia.

February 2016

18 Feb

Mottisfont Abbey opens Welcome Centre featuring designs by Grant Associates

National Trust opens new Welcome Centre for Mottisfont set within Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and featuring a landscape strategy by Grant Associates.

01 Feb

Grant Associates is guest speaker at ‘ReNaturing’ city event

Andrew Grant, director and founder of Grant Associates, to present on theme of urban ‘forests of the imagination’ at symposium hosted by London College of Communication (LCC) on 10 February 2016.

November 2015

23 Nov

Grant Associates is key contributor to revised industry SuDS guidelines

Grant Associates has made a significant contribution to CIRIA's revised SuDS guidance manual, which focuses on the cost-effective planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of SuDS.

October 2015

14 Oct

Grant Associates is guest lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University

Andrew Grant, director of Bath based landscape architect Grant Associates, will present on the theme of rewilding urban areas at an open lecture hosted by Manchester Metropolitan Business School.

06 Oct

First phase of Birmingham’s Paradise development given green light

A design by Grant Associates to enhance Birmingham city centre is one of three applications, which together form Phase One of the £450m Paradise Birmingham development, to be given the green light by planners.

September 2015

02 Sep

Carillion preferred bidder for Midlands hospital featuring designs by Grant Associates

A Carillion Joint Venture, The Hospital Company, was selected as preferred bidder by the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust to create the hospital through a Public Private Partnership under a 30-year concession contract using the UK Government’s PF2 model.

July 2015

10 Jul

Grant Associates to present at Bristol Architecture Centre event

Andrew Grant, director of Bath based landscape architect Grant Associates, will present on the theme of city nature at an event organised by Bristol’s Architecture Centre.

June 2015

24 Jun

Grant Associates receives Outstanding Earth Champion Award

Landscape architect Grant Associates has received an award from the Earth Champions Foundation for its contribution to protecting the planet’s environment.

May 2015

21 May

Grant Associates and MVRDV shortlisted for Singapore Rail Corridor

A design team led by landscape architects Grant Associates and architects MVRDV has been shortlisted by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore to develop an overall concept master plan for the city’s 24km-long Rail Corridor.

20 May

Forest of Imagination welcomes over 6,000 visitors

Bath’s historic Queen Square became the home for a magical “Forest of Imagination” this weekend, put together by a team of local creative organisations in a free 4-day contemporary arts event for the City. Designed by Grant Associates, Forest of Imagination welcomed over 6,000 visitors who enjoyed chances to meet Dreamer, a 7.5 metre giant rabbit, play in a bamboo installation, make a forest book, assemble a giant monster from recycled materials, become Lost Explorers to discover the flora a...

April 2015

27 Apr

Grant Associates design a Forest of Imagination in Bath UK

Landscape architects Grant Associates have designed The Forest of Imagination to transform Bath’s historic Queens Square into a temporary fantastical landscape and outdoor gallery for a four-day contemporary arts event in May 2015.

20 Apr

University of Sheffield's ambitious masterplan gets go-ahead

Landscape architects Grant Associates are to develop and deliver phase one of the new public realm for The University of Sheffield, which is set to revolutionise the University’s campus, open it up to the public and link it firmly with the city centre.

March 2015

02 Mar

Grant Associates completes sustainable public realm landscape for Bristol’s historic waterfront

The final phase of public realm landscape design for Bristol’s award-winning Harbourside development has been completed by UK landscape architects Grant Associates for developer Crest Nicholson. The completion of the 15 year regeneration project comes as Bristol celebrates its status as European Green Capital in 2015 – awarded for the City’s outstanding commitment to sustainability, creativity, culture and innovation.

December 2014

01 Dec

Grant Associates wins at Landscape Institute Awards

Grant Associates, the Bath-based firm of landscape architects, saw its masterplan of Church Street and Paddington Green win at the 2014 Landscape Institute awards in the Neighbourhood Planning Category.

October 2014

21 Oct

Grant Associates unveils landscape designs for Capitol Singapore

Grant Associates, the international landscape architecture practice, has unveiled details of its new landscape and public realm design for Capitol Singapore, a prestigious S$1.1 billion mixed-use redevelopment of a key heritage site in the city's downtown civic district.

August 2014

18 Aug

Grant Associates expands presence in Singapore

Grant Associates, the UK landscape architecture firm behind Singapore’s acclaimed Gardens by the Bay, is expanding its presence in Singapore to meet growing demand for its services across Asia and Australia.

July 2014

09 Jul

Landscape architects design Forest of Imagination for Bath

Bath-based landscape architects, Grant Associates, are part of a major collaboration of local creative businesses and individuals creating a brand new four-day contemporary arts event popping up in the City of Bath this summer. The Forest of Imagination transforms an area of Sion Hill in Bath into an imagined, fantastical landscape. Part garden, part outdoor gallery this installation creates the setting for a seriously playful programme of artworks, events and interventions. It takes place...

June 2014

30 Jun

Landscape architects appointed for Southampton’s Watermark WestQuay

Award winning landscape architecture firm Grant Associates has been appointed to design the public realm for Watermark WestQuay Southampton – a £70m leisure-led regeneration scheme masterplanned by architects ACME for developers Hammerson.

27 Jun

Grant Associates releases short film of Far East Organization Children’s Garden

Grant Associates, the landscape architect practice responsible for the acclaimed Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, has released a short film showing local children enjoying the recently opened Children’s Garden at Gardens by the Bay.

18 Jun

International team wins architectural competition for Vietnamese-German University

British landscape architecture firm Grant Associates working with Boston architects Machado and Silvetti Associates, Inc. have won an international competition to design the Vietnamese-German University Campus in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. This is a unique collaboration between the World Bank, the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training and the German Hessen State Ministry of Science and Art that aims to develop an internationally accredited higher education program for research an...

March 2014

18 Mar

Grant Associates wins Paradise Circus

The Bath-based landscape architects, Grant Associates, saw off competition to landscape Paradise Circus in Birmingham, which will include a series of new streets and public squares around the area’s historic listed buildings.

January 2014

20 Jan

Far East Organization Children’s Garden Opens at Gardens by the Bay

The new Far East Organization Children’s Garden opened at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay on 21 January 2014, designed by Grant Associates – the same UK landscape architects behind the Supertrees and masterplanners of the award-winning Bay South Garden. A major new feature of the 54 hectare Bay South Garden, the Far East Organization Children’s Garden offers a one-hectare mix of play experiences for all ages, including water play, rainforest tree houses, ridge top trails and topiary pergola...

December 2013

11 Dec

Harton Quays Park Opens to the South Shields Public

Harton Quays Park, the £2.3 million waterfront park in South Shields designed by landscape architects Grant Associates for South Tyneside Council, has now opened to the public.

November 2013

28 Nov

Grant Associates appointed to new creative sector taskforce

Grant Associates, the UK landscape architecture firm based in Bath, has joined a drive to help the UK’s creative companies win high value contracts overseas to be launched by the government today. UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) will support a taskforce of the UK’s top 100 creative sector small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to win £500 million worth of high value overseas contracts in the next three years. The initiative is part of a government plan to get 100,000 more UK businesses ex...

ABOUT GRANT ASSOCIATES

Grant Associates is a pioneering international landscape architecture practice. Our work reconnects people with nature in insightful, delightful and distinctive ways whilst addressing the global challenges of urbanisation, the climate crisis and biodiversity extinction.

Our design process is underpinned by a knowledge of human behaviour, nature and ecological science combined with innovative design technology. We bring original thinking, creative collaboration and are exploring what regenerative design and the circular economy means to landscape architecture.

Our varied portfolio includes ambitious large-scale, landmark projects through to small, local ventures.