Tag: landscape urbanism
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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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What are the ten best designed landscape projects in London?
What are the best contemporary landscape architecture projects in London? Well, let’s see… 10 – The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park designed by LDA Design and Hargreaves Associates. This park was built for the 2012 London Olympics and is being reconfigured following the games. The design incorporates the signature land forms that can be seen in much of
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Welcome to the Landscape
The Landscape is a platform for landscape, design, architecture and urbanism. It includes quick news on projects, exhibitions, lectures and events as well as longer articles and reviews. If you would like to join the team, contribute an article or publish a project please get in touch. The Landscape was launched in September 2013 and is published
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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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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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Manhattan Timeformations
For those of you who enjoyed yesterday’s post on ExtendedNY, check out the Manhattan Timeformations by Brian McGrath. The commission from the Skyscraper Museum in New York City demonstrates the multi-layered complexity of space and time across the Manhattan grid.
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The Manhattan Grid Expanded to Every Point on Earth
For those of you who miss the exactness of the New York City gridiron you can find your place relative to the grid on the Extended NY website. The website extends the New York City grid of streets across the planet, so you can be in New York while you are also in London. You
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Wider than Metropolis – new city form
Last week new winds has shaken urbanism theory. Widely known urban geographer Edward W. Soja presented ‘The End of the Metropolis Era‘. Following Ed Wall’s overview I give more personal reflections on the lecture. Firstly, we should understand processes shaping the city. City is an agglomeration of people, who shear expenses, and being in close
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Making Belief: Public Imaginaries and New Eutopias
Making Belief: Public Imaginaries and New Eutopias Tim Waterman Open Lecture 6:00pm, Wednesday 27 November Avery Hill, Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre University of Greenwich Tim Waterman, beginning with gastronomy and landscape, and through analysis of taste and media apparatuses of tastemaking, examines our urban future imaginaries to discuss how new beliefs can be nurtured that
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