Tag: Landscape courses
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Winning Royal Docks Landscape Project – Congratulations to Bethany Gale and Sarah Tolley
Following our post yesterday that Bethany and Sarah, both gradates from the MA Landscape Architecture programme at Greenwich, were shortlisted for the Landscape Institute’s Royal Docks Competition, they have been announced as overall winners. They saw off strong international competition from professional practices and students. Studio Engleback, Baharash Architects and students Christos Diplas and James Hartwell
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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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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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Seeking Landscape Architecture Interns!
PWP Landscape Architecture invites applications for its summer intern programme: PWP Landscape Architecture will be selecting a small group of Landscape Architecture students for 2014 summer apprenticeships which will be held June 9 to August 15, 2014. We require that applicants have at least one semester of school left prior to graduation. PWP has a
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The myths and facts on infrastructure and growth
Big Picture Presents: Infrastructure and growth – myths and facts Presented by Stephen Joseph OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Campaign for Better Transport Wednesday 15th January 2014 Time: 5pm – 7pm (you must register for this seminar) It is a truth universally acknowledged that any economy is in want of more infrastructure, and providing it is
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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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New Exhibition shows Jellicoe’s ambitions for Soho
Almost Lost: London’s Buildings Loved and Loathed opened this month at Wellington Arch. The exhibition by English Heritage presents striking designs for London by leading designers and planners. Included in the exhibition is a 1954 scheme for Soho by the landscape architect and former lecturer at the University of Greenwich (then Thames Polytechnic), Geoffrey Jellicoe.
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Double Awards for Greenwich Landscape Graduate
Greenwich graduate Bethany Gale has been recognised in two prestigious awards this year. In November Bethany was highly commended in the 2013 Landscape Institute Awards for her outstanding design portfolio, while earlier in the year her project, Reclaiming the Canalside, was shortlisted for the RIBA Forgotten Spaces 2013 Competition. Bethany Gale graduated from the MA Landscape
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Unnatural Futures
From genetically modified foods to zombie apocalypse, concerns about the future are increasingly reflected in contemporary media, policy and culture. An unnatural future is being shaped by rapidly escalating anxieties about the social, cultural, environmental and technological risks that now pervade everyday life. This climate of fear and uncertainty about the future requires careful consideration
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Trenton wins appeal to remain in the UK
In April 2012 Trenton Oldfield stepped into the Thames to protest at elitism in British society. His protest in the public space of the river Thames disrupted the 158th annual university boat race. He was duly arrested, imprisoned and was due to be deported back to Australia. Today he won his appeal against the ruling by the home
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