Category: Reblogged
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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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Designing for Free Speech: International Competition
Theatrum Mundi, in partnership with the American Institute of Architects, New York, has launched a “Designing for Free Speech” challenge. The challenge asks architects, designers, activists, artists — and anyone interested in imagining new spaces in the city for free expression — to identify public spaces in New York City and propose re-designs that transform
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Welcome to the Landscape
The Landscape is a platform for landscape, design, architecture and urbanism. It includes quick news on projects, exhibitions, lectures and events as well as longer articles and reviews. If you would like to join the team, contribute an article or publish a project please get in touch. The Landscape was launched in September 2013 and is published
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Living Maps seminar series: Map is not territory
Conventional cartographies are good at depicting the visible surface of the world but tend to obscure or exclude its deeper layers of meaning, especially those associated with natural and cultural histories whose material traces may be difficult to decode. This seminar will explore some recent ‘archaeological’ strategies designed to excavate and put these hidden histories
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Broken Edges: Cities and Other Ruins
Public lecture: Broken Edges: Cities and Other Ruins12 Feb 2014 | Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE 18.30 – 20.00LSE Cities is delighted to host an event on the role of ruins in the remaking of cultural as well as urban heritage, with a special focus on the restoration of Astley Castle. Our platform
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Dr Phil Askew lectures at University of Greenwich :: The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – Design & Delivery
Open Lecture Series 2013/2014 Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre / M055 Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus Wednesday 22nd January; 7PM The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is the largest new urban park built in this country for over a century. As the centrepiece for the London 2012 Olympic Games, it became one of the stars of the
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Project Manager for Living Walls and Green Roofs Centre – Job of the week
Project Manager – Living Walls and Green Roofs Centre School of Architecture, Design and Construction Location: Avery Hill campus Salary: £24,766 to £29,541 plus £3,337 London weighting per annum, pro rata Contract Type: Fixed Term – 16 weeks maximum up to 31 July 2014 Closing Date: Sunday 05 January 2014 Interview Date: To be confirmed
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Student wins Serjeant Award for Excellence in Drawing
It has been announced that Razna Begum, as Student of the Department of Architecture and Landscape, has won the Serjeant Award for Excellence in Drawing by the RIBA for her project Grunewald’s Athenaeum. Chris Kelly, another Greenwich Student, also had his work included in the RIBA Medals exhibition. The Department is obviously delighted by this
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Greenwich graduate shortlisted for Society of Garden Designers award
A Greenwich graduate has been named as one of just three finalists in a national competition to reward outstanding work in design. Matt Cairns, who graduated from the University of Greenwich this year, is one of only three finalists in the Student Award category. He was nominated for his redesign of the Calverley Grounds public
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Planting for the future: Dan Pearson on designing London’s Garden Bridge
The London Evening Standard describe Dan Pearson’s ambitions for London’s proposed Garden Bridge. For more…
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