Design invention. Urban equity. Climate justice. Land rights.
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Call for entries for the European Prize for Public Space
The 2014 European Prize for Urban Public Space has opened a call for entries. For more…
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“99% of urbanists don’t see it” :: Edward W. Soja
Last night Edward W. Soja gave a lecture at the University of Greenwich on The End of the Metropolis Era. Speaking to over a hundred students, staff, guests, friends and alumni from Greenwich, Soja set out an argument for new forms of regional urbanism. In the two hour lecture Soja discussed the “urbanization of suburbia” and claimed that we should recognise that we…
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New Pier for Brooklyn Bridge Park
Following a trend for new piers and sloping triangular landscape structures (see among others Diller Scofidio + Renfro at Lincoln Center) proposals by BIG for pier 6 at Brooklyn Bridge Park have been released. Read about it on Denzeen.
Learn to DESIGN landscapes
The Landscape Architecture and Urbanism programmes (BA, MA, MLA, MSc and PhD) at the University of Greenwich, London, are focused on the speculative design of future landscapes and cities informed by site-focused research and live projects.
History of innovation
Programmes encourage design invention and experimentation from within one of the oldest schools of landscape in the UK, with notable lecturers such Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe and renowned graduates such as Marti Franch Matllori.
Programmes are based in the award-winning Stockwell Street building within the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site. Students have gone on to lead design and planning studios such as Gustafson Porter + Bowman and delivering projects like the London Olympic Park.
The Landscape 