Tag: landscape architecture
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You are invited to a lecture by Christoph a. Kumpusch…
You are invited to a lecture by Christoph a. Kumpusch, The Theory of Everything – The Practice of One Thing Thursday 12th March 2015 > 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] The Hawksmoor International Open Lecture Series Christoph a. Kumpusch is a New York-based architect and the principal ofC.a.K LAB and Productions. He is the director…
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Smout Allen: Augmented Landscapes and Delicate Machinery
In their lecture last month Mark Smout and Laura Allen discussed their recent work where architectural representation and the iterative process of design (investigation, proposition, drawing, making, modeling) lead to highly visual and engaging pieces which establish an important relationship between the user, the viewer and the artist/designer/architect. Smout Allen are architectural designers, researchers and…
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William Hague MP opens Greenwich building with “biggest learning green roof in Europe”
First Secretary of State, the Rt Hon William Hague MP praised Britain’s universities as “one of our nation’s most distinctive contributions to the world” as he officially opened the university’s new Stockwell Street building on Tuesday 9 December. The former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs toured the building’s facilities, discussing the 24-Hour East of…
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The Observer reviews the new building
Rowan Moore, writing in The Observer, describes the confidence of the new Stockwell Street building at the University of Greenwich and the opportunities of the green roofs for the landscape architecture students: ‘A significant part of the school is its programme of landscape architecture, and these spaces are intended to be open-air laboratories for testing…
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Wish you were here? Our brand-new Stockwell Street opened today!
We have finally moved to our new home and we wish you were here with us! If you are not here already do get in touch for a tour of the amazing facilities and our 14 green roofs. The Stockwell Street building includes the UK’s largest landscape roofs dedicated to research and teaching. They have been designed…
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Invitation from the LI and the University of Greenwich: Jellicoe Lecture 2014 film screening
The Jellicoe Lecture and LI AGM will take place on 16th October 2014 The Landscape Institute 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. This collaboration brings together the LI’s annual Jellicoe Lecture with…
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The Royal Parks at University of Greenwich
The University of Greenwich is delighted to be collaborating with The Royal Parks and The Royal Parks Guild to host this year’s Royal Parks Apprenticeship Scheme Awards Celebration. On the 10th September The Royal Parks will come to Greenwich’s Maritime campus for their annual graduation ceremony. The Royal Parks Apprenticeship Scheme offers work-place learning in…
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Long Sleeve Skywalk – Jiangsu,China
The Long Sleeve Skywalk is a simple but graceful integration of complicated urban functions with poetic space. Straddling across several river systems and a express way （Xuning Road）, the Long Sleeve Skywalk is located on Xuning Road, Suining County, Jiangsu Province. It connects the focal point of the county, Harmony Square, to the Forest Plaza…
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Bosco Verticale Milan – The next step
About 20 years ago Patric Blanc left climbers behind and started to create highly designed and engineered green walls. Although intense in maintenance and not very sustainable they are fantastic if built at the right spot. Stefano Boeri took the vertical greening up another step. Two residential towers (80 m and 112 m) in the…
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Quarry Garden in Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China, 2010
At the stone pit east-west “eyes” have been dug out of the severely weathered surface of the mountain. The platform－a section left over from quarrying－and a terrace to its north are made up of layers of retaining wall construction to avoid landslides. The site has an overall difference in height of about 30m and a…
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