Category: Projects
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Try the Ecological Urbanism App
What did you think of the Ecological Urbanism book? If you need a reminder or never came across the big red book when it was published there is now an Ecological Urbanism App available. Check it out and let us know what you think.
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Banksy’s mobile garden follows Smithson’s land art
Street artist Banksy has created a mobile garden that is being driven around New York City. Is this a reinterpretation of Robert Smithson’s Floating Island?
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Did you win? Landscape Awards announced
The ASLA (the American Society of Landscape Architects) announces the winners of its 2013 Awards. Of particular interest was the winner of the research award for the Green Roof Innovation Technology (GRIT) Laboratory. Congratulations to our friends and colleagues at the University of Toronto.
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Heneghan Peng shortlisted for another school
After their success in designing the new Stockwell Street building (above), for the University of Greenwich, the architects Heneghan Peng have been shortlisted to design the Global Centre for Social Sciences at the London School of Economics. A shortlist of five teams have been selected for the building. Heneghan Peng’s new building for the School for Architecture Design…
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High Line founders ‘redefine public space’
The founders of the High Line, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, have been awarded the prestigious Vincent Scully Prize. Read about the ‘impossible park’ on Sustainable Cities Collective.
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New designs on Canterbury Cathedral
The shortlisted designs for the design of the landscape of Canterbury Cathedral have been released. The five teams included those led by Hyland Edgar Driver, Dutch practice Kossmann Dejong, Michael Lee Architects, Purcell and Todd Longstaffe-Gowan. James Fox, who teaches at the University of Greenwich, has been involved in the Todd Longstaffe-Gowan proposal. Next week…
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What should we think of London’s Garden Bridge?
Recent proposals for a new bridge across the Thames in London have been embraced by the Mayor. The design set out by Heatherwick Studio presents the city with a planted bridge connecting the South Bank with the Embankment. But as a concept design this proposal leaves many questions unanswered. What do you think of the…
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A mixed response to Hamburg’s HafenCity
HafenCity has been one of the most significant urban redevelopments in Europe in recent decades. Giacomo Guzzon gives his personal response. Located on the Elbe River in Hamburg, Germany, the HafenCity is a part of the district called Hamburg-Mitte. It is an urban development project that aims to transforms the old warehouses of Hamburg into…
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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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Planting the new Governors Island park
The new 30 acre park on Governors Island, New York, is taking shape. As reported in the New York Times this weekend, the design by Landscape Architects West 8 offers views across the bay while simultaneously playing with elevations and landforms. The island that sits just off the southern tip of Manhattan is managed by The Trust…
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