Category: Greenwich
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The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: Alberto Pérez-Gomez :: Attunement: Architecture after the Crisis of Modern Science
Thursday 3rd March 2016, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] Architecture remains in crisis, its social relevance lost between the two poles of formal innovation and technical sustainability. This lecture discusses possibilities for an architecture that can enhance our human values and capacities, an architecture that is connected–attuned–to its location and its inhabitants. Architecture, a…
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This Thursday – Topotek1’s Martin Rein-Cano to speak at Greenwich
We hope to see you on Thursday to join the Landscape Architecture programmes at the University of Greenwich as we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary with a lecture by Martin Rein-Cano, founder of Topotek1. Martin will deliver a Hawksmoor International Lecture on Thursday 18th February at 6:30pm. In his lecture Martin Rein-Cano will be presenting a Topotek…
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A celebration of US band the Pixies
Music and art come together to celebrate one of the most influential bands of the last 30 years. Where Is My Mind? The Work of Vaughan Oliver and the Pixies is the first major exhibition exploring the long-standing collaboration between legendary art director and designer Vaughan Oliver and the Pixies. Curated by Nic Clear, Head…
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The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: Mike Aling :: Spatial Codices: On Architecture Book Design
Thursday 11th February 2016, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] Mike will be discussing his architecture book design work developed over the last few years, as well as ongoing research into the histories and theories of the architecture book canon. Through an exploration of artists’ books, topological texts, cybernetic and ergodic literatures, sequential art and…
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Topotek1’s Martin Rein-Cano to speak at Greenwich
The Landscape Architecture programmes at the University of Greenwich will continue to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a lecture by Martin Rein-Cano, founder of Topotek1. Martin will deliver a Hawksmoor International Lecture on Thursday 18th February at 6:30pm. In his lecture Martin Rein-Cano will be presenting a Topotek 1 project, Superkilen in Copenhagen. Superkilen is a public park in…
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Greenwich Landscape Architect wins International Competition
FFLO have won an international competition to design a transparent sauna in Toronto. Their design for the Winter Stations competition has been selected from 368 entries to be built this February. James Fox, director of FFLO and landscape architecture design tutor at the University of Greenwich, describes the project: “This transparent polycarbonate sauna for three offers a…
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Apply to be a Landscape Architect
Applications are open to study Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Greenwich, starting in September 2016. If you are interested to be a Landscape Architect contact us and we can arrange an informal visit, for you to meet other students and to see some of our great student work. For undergraduate studies the BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture programme…
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A new #PublicSpaceCode for London
A collective manifesto for public space was begun earlier this year on Twitter. We have collected together twelve of the most liked, retweeted and inspiring contributions so far. The newly founded Department of Public Space initiated a manifesto to define future public spaces in London. Conceived by Ed Wall, Academic Leader Landscape at the University of Greenwich, and…
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REVIEW: James Corner at University of Greenwich
Qianhai Water City, China The recent lecture by James Corner at the University of Greenwich shed light on the role of landscape urbanism and the value that can be added to urban design and city environments by adopting a landscape centered approach. Through various examples of projects developed by Field Operations, Corner highlighted how landscape…
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Missed the James Corner lecture? Watch it online
Last week landscape architect James Corner delivered the weekly Hawksmoor International Lecture at the University of Greenwich. If you missed it you can watch it online: http://gre.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=415f777f-3b5d-4881-aed2-9dc2b8394c4a The weekly series of open public lectures attracts leading voices in architecture, art and landscape architecture. Last year the series included lectures by, among others, Will Alsop, Eelco Hoftman, Peter Wison and Michael Sorkin. This…
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