Category: London
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Rising tides and storm surges
Several interesting initiatives where landscape architects have been involved in addressing storm surges and rising tides in Europe and North America: – Facing up to Rising Sea Levels: Retreat, Defend, Attack? – Rising Currents – On the Palisade Bay – Mississippi Floods: Designing a Shifting Landscape Are there any other references anyone can offer? Image: Scape…
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Town evacuated due to expected storm surge
The town of Jaywick in Essex has been evacuated due to the potential storm surge later today. The seaside town was inundated with water during the North Sea flood of 1953 and has lived under the threat of flooding for decades. Earlier this year it was revealed that confidential plans had been discussed to…
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Teams announced for National History Museum competition
Last week the shortlist of teams was announced for redesigning the grounds of the National History Museum. They include: * BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) with Martha Schwartz Partners * Grant Associates with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios * Niall McLaughlin Architects with Kim Wilkie * Land Use Consultants (LUC) with Design Engine * Stanton Williams Architects…
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Landscape architects invited to design a new garden city
The organiser of the second Wolfson Economics Prize is inviting landscape architects to enter the competition to come up with the best proposal for a new garden city. The competition’s £250,000 first prize will be awarded to the entrant offering the best answer to the question: ‘How would you deliver a new Garden City…
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Wider than Metropolis – new city form
Last week new winds has shaken urbanism theory. Widely known urban geographer Edward W. Soja presented ‘The End of the Metropolis Era‘. Following Ed Wall’s overview I give more personal reflections on the lecture. Firstly, we should understand processes shaping the city. City is an agglomeration of people, who shear expenses, and being in close…
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Making Belief: Public Imaginaries and New Eutopias
Making Belief: Public Imaginaries and New Eutopias Tim Waterman Open Lecture 6:00pm, Wednesday 27 November Avery Hill, Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre University of Greenwich Tim Waterman, beginning with gastronomy and landscape, and through analysis of taste and media apparatuses of tastemaking, examines our urban future imaginaries to discuss how new beliefs can be nurtured that…
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Bespoke :: Richard Wilson lecture :: Tonight
Tonight Richard Wilson will talk about his architectural works from the past 20 years. Richard Wilson is one of UK’s most renowned sculptors. He is celebrated for his interventions in architectural space, which draw heavily for their inspiration from the worlds of engineering and construction.
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“99% of urbanists don’t see it” :: Edward W. Soja
Last night Edward W. Soja gave a lecture at the University of Greenwich on The End of the Metropolis Era. Speaking to over a hundred students, staff, guests, friends and alumni from Greenwich, Soja set out an argument for new forms of regional urbanism. In the two hour lecture Soja discussed the “urbanization of suburbia” and claimed that we should recognise that we…
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Royal Docks Ideas competition
The Landscape Institute and Ecobuild, with support from the Mayor of London and London Borough of Newham, have launched ‘The Royal Docks Ideas Competition’ to find innovative design proposals that would transform the Royal Docks into a multi-functional ‘liveable’ space. Comprising three docks in East London – Royal Albert Dock, Royal Victoria Dock and King…
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New Masters programme in Advanced Landscape and Urbanism
The University of Greenwich have launched a new Masters programme in Advanced Landscape and Urbanism. The programme encourages students to develop advanced and speculative approaches to the design of cities, landscape and territories. It promotes high design values and the integration of new and innovative technologies to address the challenges facing contemporary cities, such as: urban…
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