Bauman Lyons have submitted a planning application for a £45 Million mixed use low carbon canal development in the Holbeck Village in Leeds. The scheme has been commissioned by Yorkshire Forward and developed in collaboration with Isis Waterside Developments and Creative Space who contributed visionary ideas for the facilities management of the scheme. The site contains three listed towers; Giotto, Verona and Little Chimney as well as two listed buildings.

Irena Bauman has accepted an invitation to act as an external examiner at the Welsh School of Architecture from 2009-2011. She will also teach at the new MA Urban Design Course at the Sheffield School of Architecture.

Irena Bauman has had papers on The Rim Study (Leeds) and Market Towns For The 21st Century accepted for the following conferences:

Governing For Sustainability: Exploring innovations in environmental & urban futures, Royal Geographical Society June 2008

Council for European Urbanism Conference: Climate Change and Urban Design Oslo, Norway, 14-16 September 2008

Irena Bauman will present Tower Works project at: ‘Building Beyond the Regs’ in ‘Towards Zero’ on the 27th February 2008 at 1.00pm. She will also take part in the discussion: Can we become Greener by design?' at 12.20

The book by Bauman Lyons Architects is close to publication and is expected to be on the shelves at the end of March 2008.

"How to be a Happy Architect" explores the work of Leeds-based Bauman Lyons Architects in the context of ways of 'being' within the profession."

On 29 March 2008 at 8pm, the Earth will be turning off its lights for an hour in the name of fighting global warming. So far, as well as Sydney, there'll also be Chicago, Tel Aviv, Manila, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Brisbane and Toronto all turning off their lights for an hour in the name of fighting global warming.

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