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Cecil Balmond selected to develop border crossing project at Gretna with Charles Jencks
5 Jul 2011
Ginkgo Projects' sister company Wide Open (South Scotland) Ltd has announced that Cecil Balmond has been invited to develop his proposal for The Star of Caledonia, which celebrates and explores the border crossing into Scotland at Gretna. Cecil has been chosen to work with internationally renowned architectural critic, land artist and designer Charles Jencks to realise an ambitious large scale project of integrated sculptural form and landscape.
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Royal Terrace Gardens is finalist in RICS Awards
4 Jun 2011
Royal Terrace Gardens has been announced as a finalist in the 2011 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Awards South West. The project was included in the Community Benefit shortlist, and was commended by the judges as: “a much valued additional public facility in an important location on the seafront. This scheme was entirely funded by Torbay Council who are to be commended for committing funding to this scheme in difficult times. An impressive outcome.”
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Launch of Torbay Connected website
21 Apr 2011
Ginkgo is working in partnership with Torbay Council to explore how people and places can be better connected through enhancing pedestrian journeys. Torbay Connected (www.torbayconnected.co.uk) uses a framework of natural legibility to form the basis of place enhancement through art and cultural commissioning.
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