Category: Greenwich
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Videos of Greenwich MA Landscape Architecture Exhibitions
Videos of 2015, 2013 and 2012 landscape architecture exhibitions available on LAA website.
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James Corner to lecture in London at University of Greenwich, Department of Architecture and Landscape
Thursday 19th November 2015, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] Free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: James Corner :: Intimate Immensity: Public Space in the City Renowned landscape architect James Corner will discuss current ideas about the design of vibrant urban public spaces, the…
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REVIEW: Hanif Kara – Designed Engineering
Heydar Aliyev Centre, Azerbaijan The quest for innovative cutting-edge design and advancements in technology over the past few decades has pushed the disciplines of architecture and engineering towards a new era of collaborative design or ‘Designed Engineering’ as discussed by Hanif Kara, Design Director and co-founder of AKT II, a design led structural engineering practice…
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The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: Gavin Parkinson :: Seurat’s Surrealist Dialectic
Thursday 12th November 2015, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] The resurgence of the reputation of Georges Seurat (1859-91) in the twentieth century is usually tied to the increased interest shown in classicism by critics and vanguard artists, particularly in the 1920s. This lecture demonstrates that there was an alternative and unexpected version of Seurat…
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Tom Turner interviewed by 1st year BA Landscape Architecture students
With precise questions from Lalla Hussain on 24th March 2015, in 17 minutes and 35 seconds Tom explains the definition of landscape architecture, the theory of landscape architecture, the history of landscape architecture – and where landscape architects should be heading in the near future.
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Department of Public Space: A collective manifesto for public space
A new manifesto for public space was started this week at the University of Greenwich. Students and tutors from the MA Landscape Architecture and MSc Advanced Landscape and Urbanism programmes began writing a public space code for London. The public space code, inspired by Michael Sorkin’s Local Code (1993), is being collectively written in 140-character Tweets. The aim is to establish a Department of…
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The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: Hanif Kara :: Designed Engineering
Thursday 5th November 2015, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] Technology has obviously changed both architecture and engineering, and the potential for interaction. It has also redefined what each discipline calls ‘Design’. Today, as we enter the post digital era, the role of the structural engineer in ‘Design’ and the processes he uses to realise…
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100% of Landscape Architecture graduates in jobs
The UNISTATS data, collected by HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England), reveals that 100% of the full-time students graduating from the BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture programme at the University of Greenwich are in jobs/study within 6 months of graduation. Reflecting this exceptional statistic, Peter Wilder (below), a former graduate from Greenwich and employer of students…
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Sugar Tax? No need at Greenwich – just honey from the roofs
Pure Greenwich honey is for sale today in the Stockwell Street cafe. The honey is from the apiary on the roofs of Stockwell Street, the new University of Greenwich building in London. The building incorporates 14 innovative landscape roofs which create a living laboratory where the sustainability of new ideas in landscape architecture are tested. The 14 different…
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REVIEW: Christine Riding – The Queen’s House, Greenwich: Past, Present and Future
Queen’s House in ‘London From Greenwich Place’ – William Turner 1809 Christine Riding’s passionate talk at the University of Greenwich recently, described the history of the Queen’s House…
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