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The Hawksmoor International Open Lecture Series – David Ryan; Drawing Towards Sound: Visualising the Sonic
The Hawksmoor International Open Lecture Series David Ryan Drawing Towards Sound: Visualising the Sonic Thursday 5th March 2015 > 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] David Ryan is a visual artist and musician. He is particularly interested in experimental music and has worked in various groups and ensembles as well as exhibiting visual work that…
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The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series > 2014 – 2015 > presents…
The University of Greenwich Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Humanities presents THE HAWKSMOOR INTERNATIONAL OPEN LECTURE SERIES > 2014 – 2015 > TERM 02 ALL FREE ENTRY > THURSDAYS FROM 6.30pm TESSA BLACKSTONE LECTURE THEATRE [11_0003] Thursday 29 January > Smout Allen > Lecture > Mark Smout and Laura Allen > Augmented Landscapes and Delicate…
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Beatriz Colomina :: University of Greenwich :: Architecture and Landscape :: The Hawksmoor International Open Lecture Series
Thursday 30 October 2014 > 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] Sex, architecture and design were inextricably intertwined in the pages of Playboy magazine from the very beginning. Architecture was not simply featured in the magazine but was its very mechanism. The sexual fantasies and the architectural fantasies were inseparable. Architecture turned out to be more…
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Greenwich host the annual Landscape Institute Jellicoe Lecture
Thursday 16th October 2014 > 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] The Landscape Institute (LI) and the Department of Architecture and Landscape at the University of Greenwich present the UK premier of a new film, Water Blues Green Solutions, recently released in the US. On Thursday the University hosts the LI’s Council Meeting, AGM and…
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A Poem with a difference
In life, there’s always something, may it be a song, a poem, an object, etc. whatever it maybe, that will make you look at life in a slightly different angle. What was the “thing” that made the change for you? For me, it was a poem called ‘Leisure’ by William Henry Davies. You see, I’ve always…
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ADD SUDS INTO BORING GREEN SPACES
I was thinking the other day how boring some parks are. Mostly in estates, you’ll find that you get a “square or rectangular” shaped green space and that’s it. And most of them are underused. I honestly don’t have anything against green squares but I do have an issue with those that are just there…
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REVIEW: Bernard Tschumi; The Manhattan Transcripts
University of Greenwich MA Landscape Architecture student, Blanche Crossley, reviews Tschumi’s The Manhattan Transcripts. Bernard Tschumi’s The Manhattan Transcripts are a collection of architectural drawings that do not act as a completed proposal. They hang between reality and fantasy. Tschumi uses the transcripts to make sense of an architectural reality that incorporates sequences, movement and functionality.…
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MY NEIGHBOURHOOD: CROYDON
Croydon is one of those areas where I find it really difficult to navigate. It’s a big town with a population of 52,00+ and It’s my local borough (though I wouldn’t like to admit it) In the two years that I’ve been living here, I have yet to fall in love with it. And since…
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Atomurbia: 1946
As proposals go, Atomurbia has to be perhaps one of the most farfetched I have ever come across. In the late 40s and early 50s, the world, and in particular the US, was in constant worry over the threat of nuclear war. Urban planners and architects alike, came up with many solutions for this perceived…
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Lovely sketches of London
London through the pen and pencil of David Gentleman He’s right, London is beautiful – as can be anywhere, seen through pen(cil) marks on paper. Carry both everywhere, and never lose the habit.
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