This is a small selection of work by our core team
We have published books, book chapters, research papers, reports and have been featured in the media.
Overlooking the Visual
Based on a radical redefinition of perception, this book makes tangible connections between theory and practice, ideas and form, nature and culture.
Integrated Landscapes
Edited by WMNP Lab staff and with contributions from international experts, this book explores how big-picture thinking addresses challenges including climate, culture, planning and policy.
Placemaking on a Wider Scale: Seeing the Bigger Picture
This chapter explores regional planning from a landscape perspective using the WMNP as a case study.
Towards New Research Methodologies in Design
This chapter explores the benefits of shifting enquiry away from the unequivocal towards the ambiguous.
Is Landscape Philosophy?
Landscape, a cultural as much as an ecological and geographical construct, is the habitat for humankind, the place where people live out their lives.
Towards a De-Polarisation of Climate Guidance
This article shows that beyond carbon and biodiversity targets and the technological solutions to meet them, policy has been slow to respond to the climate emergency at the landscape scale.
Landscape Design and Drawing as Tools for Understanding Climate Emergency and Sustainabilty
This review focuses on the exploration of visual methods (e.g., design, drawing, sketches) in relation to a deeper understanding of climate emergency and sustainability on a spatial scale.
A New Look at Landscape
Landscape can be described in many ways, but it is always more than its constituent parts. This article proposes a new philosophy of landscape with identity at its core.
BBC Midlands Today
Susan Virdee takes a closer look at the WMNP project.
WMNP Introduction Video
Produced as part of our entry in the Rosa Barber International Landscape Architecture Awards, this video outline the thinking behind the WMNP.
15-Minute Campus
This article present the results of a collaborative research projects with students at Birmingham City University into regenerative campus design using 15-minute city design principles.
The Guardian: Brumbria
The first of two articles about the WMNP, this feature asks whether the West Midlands should become a National Park.
Petty Rivers: Conceptualising Minor Waterways in the West Midlands
This dissertation traces how small rivers have been conceptualised over time, showing that concern over river pollution is nothing new, and how small rivers are just as important to a place’s identity as major rivers.