Tag: landscape
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Creation / Reaction: Call for Papers
CREATION / REACTION: ECLAS 2017 CONFERENCE International Landscape Architecture Conference, September 10-13, London, UK Host Institution: The Advanced Landscape and Urbanism Research Group at the Department of Architecture and Landscape, University of Greenwich, London, UK Conference venue: University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell Street, London SE10 9BD, UK Contact: eclas2017@gre.ac.uk / www.eclas2017london.com Call for papers:…
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Christophe Girot & Charles Jencks in conversation at University of Greenwich
Professor Christophe Girot of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, will be speaking at the University of Greenwich on 24 November to launch his new book The Course of Landscape Architecture. Girot will be joined in a debate by cultural theorist Charles Jencks, moderated by writer Tim Richardson. The event takes place from 6.30pm–7.30pm (with drinks…
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Iain Sinclair to lecture at University of Greenwich
The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2016-2017 :: Iain Sinclair :: Nicholas Hawksmoor and ‘The Man of the Crowd’: Watchfulness and Agitation Around the Pattern of East London Churches Thursday 17th November 2016, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] Free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis A consideration of the presence of…
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New design and research journal published at University of Greenwich
A new design and research journal has been launched at the University of Greenwich. TESTING-GROUND, focuses on research, experimentation and design of landscapes, cities and territories. It provides a platform to critique established urban theories and a place to investigate emerging architectural, political and ecological concepts. The journal will feature completed projects, speculative ideas and unfinished works which…
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Hi-tech meets the historic: 3D scans to promote Painted Hall
State-of-the-art technology is being used by a University of Greenwich academic to bring the delights of an historic building to a whole new audience. Simon Withers, from the university’s Department of Architecture and Landscape, has carried out 3D modelling of the Painted Hall, at the Old Royal Naval College. Using laser scanning, he has captured the…
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“Out of this world” opportunity for landscape architects
Following publication of Ordnance Survey mapping for the surface of Mars in February, the Landscape Institute has been asked to assist with development of landscape character assessment of sections of the Mars landscape. Under the United Nation’s Outer Space Treaty, international law applies on Mars; however a regulatory framework for development does not exist. Following…
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Future Cities 5 -Surreal Mythologies
You are all invited to the coming AVATAR Conference [Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research] Friday 1st April 2016 10.30am > 5pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre 000311 Stockwell Street, Greenwich, London SE10 8EY The international conference is free and open to the public on a first-come first-served basis. Future Cities 5 Surreal Mythologies ALL WELCOME – FREE…
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Greenwich Landscape Architect wins International Competition
FFLO have won an international competition to design a transparent sauna in Toronto. Their design for the Winter Stations competition has been selected from 368 entries to be built this February. James Fox, director of FFLO and landscape architecture design tutor at the University of Greenwich, describes the project: “This transparent polycarbonate sauna for three offers a…
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Apply to be a Landscape Architect
Applications are open to study Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Greenwich, starting in September 2016. If you are interested to be a Landscape Architect contact us and we can arrange an informal visit, for you to meet other students and to see some of our great student work. For undergraduate studies the BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture programme…
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Gustafson Porter sponsor the MA / MSc Advanced Landscape Studio exhibition
University of Greenwich students on the MA Landscape Architecture and the MSc Advanced Landscape and Urbanism programmes are excited to invite you to the Practice Private View of our end-of-year exhibition. The evening opens at 17:00 on Tuesday 16th of June and will feature a variety of different landscape projects aiming to re-imagine South East London Sites for the…
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