Category: Greenwich
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Neil Denari to give public lecture: The Return to the Real
On Tuesday Neil M. Denari presents The Return to the Real as part of the University of Greenwich Open International Lecture. Come and join us at the Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre / M055, Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus, on Tuesday 29th October at 18:00hrs.
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Building it up – then burning it down: Arne Quinze presents…
Last night Arne Quinze presented his portfolio of artwork at the University of Greenwich. The artist renowned for his dramatic timber and metal installations gave a captivating account of his work process and inspiration. His Uchronia project for the Burning Man festival in the Nevada Desert gained worldwide attention in 2006.
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A Grimm City? Check it out at the Design Museum
2012 marked the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales. To celebrate this occasion FleaFollyArchitects over the space of 5 weeks, ran a small summer atelier on the outskirts of the Black Forest in Germany. As a group of young architects and designers they planned and built the ‘Grimm City’…
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A Strange Newness: An open lecture on Architecture as Science Fiction
Literary critic Darko Suvin contends that science fiction is a ‘literature of cognitive estrangement’ expressing an ‘exclusive interest in a strange newness, a novum’; any survey of the most advanced architectural production of the last one hundred years reveals the existence of whole series of fictional ‘novum’ even if they are not explicitly labelled as…
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Debating London’s Skyline
The London skyline has evolved rapidly over the past 20 years, notably with The Shard, The Leadenhall Tower (‘the Cheese-grater’), St Marys Axe (the Gherkin) and 20 Fenchurch Street (the ‘Walkie Talkie Scorchie’) dominating the capital’s skyline. Sir Simon Jenkins has written about the capital becoming a ‘Gulf on Thames’. Current planning applications involve a…
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Iran and landscape architecture? Read Tom Turner’s latest post…
Tom Turner’s latest post on his popular Garden Visit website describes his optimism in Iran’s future. Read more about it.
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Wayward Plants at the University of Greenwich
On Wednesday 9th October at the University of Greenwich, 6:00pm at Avery Hill, Heather Ring will discus her unique approach to landscape architecture and urban growing through the creation of narrative environments and spaces of social exchange. Heather Ring CMLI is the founder and Creative Director of the London-based landscape architecture practice Wayward Plants. Their…
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What is on at Ecobuild in 2014?
From exhibits on the latest sustainable construction products to expert practical advice on how to create a rich biodiverse environment even in the grittiest urban environment, whatever your focus you’re bound to learn something new! Ecobuild, the UK’s largest exhibition of sustainable products, runs from Tuesday 4th until Thursday 6th March at London’s Exel. This article has been…
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Mid-century Modern wins gold
This summer two University of Greenwich students won an RHS Gold medal and best in category for a garden at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Mid-century Modern was designed by Adele Ford and Susan Willmott, and was inspired by a graphic image form the 1950s. The design is intended to capture the exuberance of…
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Wayward Plants presents…
Landscape Architect and Artist Heather Ring, the founder of Wayward Plants in London, is due to give the third lecture at the Open Lecture Series at the University of Greenwich. Check back for more details soon…
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