Tag: landscape architecture
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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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Knee-jerk reaction by Government towards flooding of the Somerset levels?
“Knee-jerk reaction by Government towards flooding of the Somerset levels?” asks Duncan Goodwin, Landscape Architect and University of Greenwich Senior Lecturer This was the tone of the strapline in the New Civil Engineer on 6th February. The NCE reported that the £3-4M required to dredge the Parrett and Tone rivers in this part of the West Country…
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Jason Bruges :: Landscape & Architecture International Lecture Series :: University of Greenwich
What happens when architecture and interaction design collide to create everyday performance? Playing to the individual and to crowds, and changing the performative repertoire in real-time can manifest itself through a diverse palette of kinetic, animated, time-based and sometimes smart materials. We can choreograph real and imagined spaces. This choreography is explored through different mechanisms…
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Working with floods: leading landscape architecture & urbanism approaches
As the South of England continues to be inundated with storms, The Landscape side-steps the political finger-pointing to present leading initiatives to working with water, projects led by Landscape Architects, Urbanists and Designers. 1. On the Water: Palisade Bay – This research project explores the patterns of storms on the East Coast of the US and their…
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Landscape Architecture Internship of the Week – Turenscape
Leading Chinese Landscape Architecture practice, Turenscape, seeks interns for summer programme. Turenscape International Student Internship Program Turenscape International Student Internship Program is looking for outstanding student from worldwide universities. It is aimed at setting up a diversified talent supply for Turenscape’s future development as well as providing international students with opportunities to develop themselves and…
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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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Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Internship of the Week – West 8
If you are looking for an internship or year-out position over the coming year don’t look beyond West 8. Check out their invitation below: West 8 urban design & landscape architects is continuously looking for trainees for minimum period of 6 months. In order to apply as a trainee at West 8, you have to be in…
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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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Landscape projects to mitigate future floods
Landscape architecture projects could be set to significantly reduce future flooding in the UK. SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) are expected to become a requirement of future developments across the UK, an approach advocated by the Landscape Institute and embraced through green infrastructure proposals developed by many landscape architects. The BBC reports that previous delays to…
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Landscape dressed as architecture
The Guardian newspaper has given landscape issues significant coverage over recent days. Look past the headlines and see some great Landscape Architects and other disciplines at work across London. 1. Exterior Architecture progress their proposals for London’s Skyride by including Normal Foster in their team. Although many questions remain, check out these links to how…
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