Category: Greenwich
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Winning Royal Docks Landscape Project – Congratulations to Bethany Gale and Sarah Tolley
Following our post yesterday that Bethany and Sarah, both gradates from the MA Landscape Architecture programme at Greenwich, were shortlisted for the Landscape Institute’s Royal Docks Competition, they have been announced as overall winners. They saw off strong international competition from professional practices and students. Studio Engleback, Baharash Architects and students Christos Diplas and James Hartwell…
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Hat-trick for Greenwich landscape graduate
Bethany Gale and Sarah Tolley have been shortlisted for the Landscape Institute (LI) Royal Docks competition. Bethany, a landscape architecture graduate from the University of Greenwich adds this shortlisting to her previous success with LI and the RIBA competitions. The winners will be announced this week at Ecobuild tomorrow. Silvertown Docks by Bethany Gale and…
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Enter the Summer of Student Innovation competition
This year’s Summer of Student Innovation competition is now open. The competition offers the chance for students to create technology solutions that could change our education landscape, and provides £5000 grant funding to them to transform their ideas into prototypes. Students can come from a single discipline or from across disciplines. Last year, a University of Greenwich…
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Atmospheric Perceptual Awareness :: Open Lecture at Greenwich :: Auxiliadora Gálvez Pérez
Please join us at the University of Greenwich for an architecture and landscape lecture by leading Spanish designer, academic and researcher Auxiliadora Gálvez Pérez (Gálvez+Wieczorek Architecture). Open Lecture Series 2013/2014 Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre / M055 Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus Wednesday 5th March; 6PM The lecture will focus on atmospheric perceptive awareness as an attitude…
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New landscape and urbanism masters programme launched in London
The Department of Architecture and Landscape at the University of Greenwich have launched an new programme focusing on the design of cities, landscapes and territories. The MSc Advanced Landscape and Urbanism will bring together designers, landscape architects, engineers, architects and ecologists to speculate on the future design of landscapes and cities. Working across urban design…
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Former Greenwich student wins ASLA Award & Rosa Barba European Landscape Prize
Greenwich lecturer Tom Turner congratulates former graduate for winning design. Congratulations to Marti Franch and Estudi EMF and an apology from me for having only just discovered that he won the 2012 Rosa Barba European Landscape Prize – for EMF’s Restoration of the landscape of Tudela – Cap de Creus, awarded at the 7 European Biennial…
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To The Stars :: Architects Are Needed :: Kelvin F. Long :: Open International Lecture
Open Lecture – Wednesday 26th February @ 6pm To The Stars – Architects Are Needed – Kelvin F. Long The last century has seen the rise of Interstellar Studies, an inspirational new subject where people from all walks of life, including aerospace engineers, physicists, artists and science fiction writers, look with excitement towards the bold…
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Landscape Institute leads call to address flooding – featured on BBC, Telegraph and Guardian
On Friday, the Landscape Institute stepped into the flood debate to encourage the Government to address flooding through a combined interdisciplinary approach with landscape architects, architects, engineers, hydrologists, ecologists and other specialists. The LI’s President Sue Illman led a team of experts to highlight what can be done to manage water in urban and rural areas.…
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Knee-jerk reaction by Government towards flooding of the Somerset levels?
“Knee-jerk reaction by Government towards flooding of the Somerset levels?” asks Duncan Goodwin, Landscape Architect and University of Greenwich Senior Lecturer This was the tone of the strapline in the New Civil Engineer on 6th February. The NCE reported that the £3-4M required to dredge the Parrett and Tone rivers in this part of the West Country…
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Living Walls Knowledge Transfer Day
The Sustainable Landscapes Research Group, Department of Architecture and Landscape is pleased to announce the forthcoming ‘Living Walls Knowledge Transfer Day.’ This mini conference will host guest speakers as well as staff from the University discussing various aspects of living walls, including the state of knowledge as well as talks by all the key manufacturers…
