Category: Greenwich
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Landscape urbanism as an approach to development planning
It’s good that the University of Greenwich has a programme in Landscape & Urbanism. The Wikipedia entry on landscape urbanism opens with the statement that ‘Landscape Urbanism is a theory of urban planning arguing that the best way to organize cities is through the design of the city’s landscape, rather than the design of its…
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Christine Riding :: The Queen’s House, Greenwich: Past, Present and Future?
Thursday 15th October 2015, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] In 2016, the Royal Museum’s Greenwich will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Queen’s House with a programme of refurbishment and redisplays. Designed by Inigo Jones in 1616 for James I’s wife, Anne of Denmark, the House is the first classical building in the…
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The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: Nat Chard :: Drawing Uncertainty
Nat will discuss his research into how to draw conditions of uncertainty in architecture, the rich realm beyond the grasp of the traditional architectural program. The work is developed through a series of nine types of drawing instrument, some of which have multiple versions. Nat is an architect and the Professor of Experimental Architecture at the Bartlett School…
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ADVANCED LANDSCAPE STUDIO ::: An exhibition of design works by the MA Landscape Architecture and MSc Advanced Landscape and Urbanism graduates
ADVANCED LANDSCAPE STUDIO ::: An exhibition of design works by graduates of the MA Landscape Architecture and MSc Advanced Landscape and Urbanism programmes – Private View 25 September, 18:00hrs – University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell Street, Greenwich, London The 2014/15 design works of the Advanced Landscape Studio (MALA / MScALU) was focused on site-based actions, interventions…
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Leading Landscape Architects in new book by phaidon
A new book on leading contemporary landscape architecture practices has been written by Greenwich graduate Meaghan Kombol, and will be published next month by Phaidon. The book profiles 30 internationally renowned landscape architects as well as 30 of the best new generation of forward looking and innovative designers. Meaghan was born in Seattle, Washington, and worked…
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James Corner to speak at University of Greenwich
Renowned landscape architect James Corner is to speak at the University of Greenwich in November. Corner, whose firm Field Operations designed New York’s High Line and the South Park of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, will give a lecture as part of the Hawksmoor International Open Lecture Series, at 6:30pm on November 19th.…
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AJ Reviews Greenwich 2015 Student Show
‘the engagement with landscape appears to have successfully infiltrated all studios this year, embedding the agendas of landscape and urbanism strongly within the school’s culture’ Dan Hills for Architect’s Journal The Architect’s Journal’s annual review of end-of-year student show highlights the presence of landscape across the school at Greenwich. While the AJ is well versed in reviewing the work of architecture…
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Greenwich Project Studio: professional summer work experience, working with an exceptional place.
Greenwich Project Studio: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Professional summer work experience, working with an exceptional place. Here is a site rich in history, in architecture, in landscape. A client who is eager to engage and open minded. A large public space in London with an extraordinary past in need of a plan for the future.…
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Tim Waterman to join University of Greenwich
We are delighted to announce that Tim Waterman has joined the University of Greenwich as coordinator of landscape theory. Tim will join a team of over 20 lecturers, tutors and professionals who teach the landscape architecture programmes at Greenwich. Tim is Chair of the Young Professionals’ Advocacy Working Group, Professional Practice and Policy Committee of the International…
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Stirling Prize Nomination for a ‘very public university building’
The new Stockwell Street building at the University of Greenwich, home to the landscape architecture programmes, has been nominated for the Stirling Prize. The building which has 14 green roofs, large design studios, gallery and workshop spaces opened in 2014 and is located in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Maritime Greenwich. See the RIBA website…
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