Category: Events
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Teams announced for National History Museum competition
Last week the shortlist of teams was announced for redesigning the grounds of the National History Museum. They include: * BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) with Martha Schwartz Partners * Grant Associates with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios * Niall McLaughlin Architects with Kim Wilkie * Land Use Consultants (LUC) with Design Engine * Stanton Williams Architects…
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Landscape architects invited to design a new garden city
The organiser of the second Wolfson Economics Prize is inviting landscape architects to enter the competition to come up with the best proposal for a new garden city. The competition’s £250,000 first prize will be awarded to the entrant offering the best answer to the question: ‘How would you deliver a new Garden City…
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Wider than Metropolis – new city form
Last week new winds has shaken urbanism theory. Widely known urban geographer Edward W. Soja presented ‘The End of the Metropolis Era‘. Following Ed Wall’s overview I give more personal reflections on the lecture. Firstly, we should understand processes shaping the city. City is an agglomeration of people, who shear expenses, and being in close…
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Making Belief: Public Imaginaries and New Eutopias
Making Belief: Public Imaginaries and New Eutopias Tim Waterman Open Lecture 6:00pm, Wednesday 27 November Avery Hill, Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre University of Greenwich Tim Waterman, beginning with gastronomy and landscape, and through analysis of taste and media apparatuses of tastemaking, examines our urban future imaginaries to discuss how new beliefs can be nurtured that…
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Slant Open International Landscape Design Competition 2013/2014
In the fifth SLANT competition you are invited to submit a design for a public space/park which will be designed to incorporate, either in part or in whole, the concept of “Transition”. Transition effect us all most days of our lives and it can be found in many different areas of our interests and activities.…
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Bespoke :: Richard Wilson lecture :: Tonight
Tonight Richard Wilson will talk about his architectural works from the past 20 years. Richard Wilson is one of UK’s most renowned sculptors. He is celebrated for his interventions in architectural space, which draw heavily for their inspiration from the worlds of engineering and construction.
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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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Royal Docks Ideas competition
The Landscape Institute and Ecobuild, with support from the Mayor of London and London Borough of Newham, have launched ‘The Royal Docks Ideas Competition’ to find innovative design proposals that would transform the Royal Docks into a multi-functional ‘liveable’ space. Comprising three docks in East London – Royal Albert Dock, Royal Victoria Dock and King…
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Design Your Future – Landscape and Architecture
The team from University of Greenwich will be presenting Future Cities / Future Landscapes at the UCAS Design Your Future event next week. Come join us at London’s Olympia on 14th and 15th November: https://www.ucasevents.com/UCAS/media/uploaded/EVUCAS/event_1117/DYF_2013_Visitor_Guide_WEB.pdf
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Rebuild by Design – proposals released
This is a critical moment for the Rebuild by Design project as we share the teams’ thoughtful and unique visions to make the NY/NJ region more resilient. These proposals follow three months of in-depth analysis and public outreach, including both one-on-one conversations with people living in affected areas and robust guided conversations with Design Teams and…
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