We continue to support World Land Trust through their Carbon Balancing programme but this month we will also be making a donation to their autumn appeal, Colombia’s Forests of Mist – Protecting the hidden life of Guanacas. The cloud forests of the tropical Andes are disappearing, Colombia, a country with some of the largest cloud…
We were delighted to find out that Walcot Square mews, a small residential scheme in London, has been shortlisted for two prestigious industry awards. In this year’s British Homes Awards it has been shortlisted in the Development of the Year (up to 20 homes) category and in the AJ Architecture awards it has been shortlisted…
We were so lucky that the day we’d chosen for our summer outing proved to be one of the sunniest days of the year. Our first port of call, quite literally, was Cobb’s Quay Marina where we were met by Noel from Get Lost Sailing before boarding their high speed rib for our sea safari….
Sometimes we find ourselves being asked to assist on a project once it has run into difficulties during the planning process, and this was the case with an application for a replacement dwelling in the Test Valley area of Hampshire. The initial scheme was for a large house that sat somewhat uncomfortably within the landscape,…
Chris was one of the guest speakers at the Ignite creative workshop – Salisbury 2035, an event organised by Tim Scrace of Scrace Architects. The aim of the event was to explore and imagine how we will live in 2035, bringing together creative entrepreneurs and artists for a series of short talks and workshops. Chris…
Indigo have been appointed to develop detailed landscape proposals for this new bespoke development of traditional, high quality and energy efficient homes at Scotland Park in Haslemere. The project is being developed by premium regional homebuilder, Elivia Homes, on behalf of Redwood (South West) Ltd. Considerable care has gone into the architecture and character of…
We’re delighted to be working with Westerleigh Group on a number of their crematoria sites across the UK, including Herne Bay, Arun and the New Forest in the South, Great Glen and Mercia in the Midlands and East Lothian and Bishopbriggs in Scotland. The site at East Lothian will see the development of a new…
We were delighted to receive a silver award from the Green Business Association (GBA) Salisbury The Green Business Awards are a new initiative developed by Salisbury Transition City with the help of Salisbury City Council, Salisbury BID and Chamber of Commerce and they have been funded by the National Lottery, ‘Together for our Planet’. They…
Earth Day 2023 is taking place on Saturday 22nd April with a call to “Invest In Our Planet”. At Indigo we support the work of World Land Trust who work with partners in places where the biodiversity and climate crises are playing out most intensively and immediately. Preventing the degradation of these places is immensely…
We are looking for a Senior Landscape Architect to join our team at an exciting time for Indigo. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Landscape Architect with brilliant design skills, who would like to be part of a practice that can offer a hugely varied and interesting range of work and excellent career…
Environmental responsibility has always been integral to the way Indigo works, from ensuring minimal waste and energy usage in the office, to specifying products in our projects that minimise the environmental impact of our schemes. However, with increased fears about the scale of the climate change crisis, we decided that as a business we wanted…
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Landscape Architect to join us. If you or someone you know is a talented, experienced landscape architect with excellent design flair and creativity then we would like to hear from you. We can offer excellent career opportunities and and work that is incredibly varied and interesting. Responsibilities…
Fantastic news to brighten up a January day; planning approval has been granted for a dynamic new contemporary dwelling designed by OB Architecture on a stunning site within the North Wessex Downs AONB in Wiltshire. Our involvement has been strategic and holistic with the landscape assessment team’s input feeding into the site layout and levels…
Many thanks to all our fantastic clients and co-consultants in our 22nd year! We look forward to working with you in 2023. This year we have given a donation to the World Land Trust, to support their conservation work, and we are also working with them to offset our carbon emissions with the aim of becoming carbon neutral…
It was great to have the whole team together for our Christmas lunch, a chance to celebrate another successful year at Indigo. We thoroughly enjoyed our food at The Chapter House in Salisbury and it was nice to see our friends from Hugh Davies & Co there too.
Our involvement with the New Forest Crematorium goes back to the outline planning application in 2016 when we prepared an LVIA and a landscape masterplan. We then took forward the detailed aspects of the scheme for owner, Westerleigh, working closely with them to develop a proposal that was sensitive to its rural setting and provided…
Zeb and Emma headed to Olympia yesterday to attend the London Build 2022 Expo. It was a busy day and as well as networking with other industry professionals they joined a range of seminars covering topics including sustainability and digital transformation in the construction industry.
We enjoyed last year’s trip to Sarum Lights so much that we decided to return to Salisbury Cathedral to see the 2022 event, Sarum Lights: Renaissance. Both inside and outside, the Cathedral was transformed by immersive light projections and atmospheric soundscapes created by Luxmuralis and bringing to life the greatest artworks of the Renaissance period….
It is always satisfying to see our work through to completion on site and we were delighted with the professional photographs taken by architectural photographer, Peter Cook, of Walcot Square in Lambeth, London, a small residential scheme that was approved in 2017 and has now been completed. Indigo were appointed by The Walcot Foundation and…
We work closely with landscape suppliers to deliver the best solutions for our clients. Recently, Emma and Mary visited ANS Global for a workshop to discuss a client’s green wall requirements for an office refurbishment in the Harley Street Conservation area in London. Having had the chance to tour the vast nursery facility at…