Tag: Landscape programs
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Landscape Architects Take Centre Stage in Climate Crisis
Last week the website Sourceable published an article highlighting the increasing importance of landscape architects to addressing the issues of climate change. They claim that ‘Landscape architects are integral in climate change mitigation and work with regional and national planning departments to implement strategies and mitigation designs.’ Check out the full article for more.
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High Line founders ‘redefine public space’
The founders of the High Line, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, have been awarded the prestigious Vincent Scully Prize. Read about the ‘impossible park’ on Sustainable Cities Collective.
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Building the urban forest
Scenario Journal welcomes the submission of critical essays, provocations, and design projects that explore the topic of building the urban forest. The forest carries deep cultural significance. Within the urban landscape, this ecologically complex, spatially layered, dynamic system is also understood to perform a wide range of essential ecosystem services, from increasing property values to
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New designs on Canterbury Cathedral
The shortlisted designs for the design of the landscape of Canterbury Cathedral have been released. The five teams included those led by Hyland Edgar Driver, Dutch practice Kossmann Dejong, Michael Lee Architects, Purcell and Todd Longstaffe-Gowan. James Fox, who teaches at the University of Greenwich, has been involved in the Todd Longstaffe-Gowan proposal. Next week
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What should we think of London’s Garden Bridge?
Recent proposals for a new bridge across the Thames in London have been embraced by the Mayor. The design set out by Heatherwick Studio presents the city with a planted bridge connecting the South Bank with the Embankment. But as a concept design this proposal leaves many questions unanswered. What do you think of the
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A mixed response to Hamburg’s HafenCity
HafenCity has been one of the most significant urban redevelopments in Europe in recent decades. Giacomo Guzzon gives his personal response. Located on the Elbe River in Hamburg, Germany, the HafenCity is a part of the district called Hamburg-Mitte. It is an urban development project that aims to transforms the old warehouses of Hamburg into
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Making Cities Fairer
The School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London is holding a Public Lecture on Making Cities Fairer. The lecture will be given by Professor Susan Parnell, Professor of Geography University of Cape Town, on Thursday 28 November 2013 6.30pm This event is free to attend, but you must book tickets online in advance
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What is on at Ecobuild in 2014?
From exhibits on the latest sustainable construction products to expert practical advice on how to create a rich biodiverse environment even in the grittiest urban environment, whatever your focus you’re bound to learn something new! Ecobuild, the UK’s largest exhibition of sustainable products, runs from Tuesday 4th until Thursday 6th March at London’s Exel. This article has been
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Reflections on the Amsterdam Bos
In 1999 Anita Berrizbeita published an essay on the Amsterdam Bos park, ‘The Amsterdam Bos: The Modern Public Park and the Construction of Collective Experience’. Anna, a MA Landscape Architecture student at the University of Greenwich, reflects on the significance of this article today. Being an ecologist by training and new to the world of
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How do you shut down a National Park?
Since midnight last night the National Park Service in the US has been shut down. Due to the Federal shutdown caused by the latest budget impasse the parks themselves have been closed and even the website turned off. In accord with the Interior Department’s contingency plan: “All areas of the National Park and National Wildlife
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