Tag: london
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Designing, farming and cooking
An urban farm in South Africa is incorporating aquaponic farming systems to raise fish and vegetables that are then served in the restaurant. The Coolist reports on this initiative that is situated on the V&A Waterfrontin Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.thecoolist.com/moyo-waterfront-restaurant-and-urban-farm/
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Rebuild by Design – proposals released
This is a critical moment for the Rebuild by Design project as we share the teams’ thoughtful and unique visions to make the NY/NJ region more resilient. These proposals follow three months of in-depth analysis and public outreach, including both one-on-one conversations with people living in affected areas and robust guided conversations with Design Teams and
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The Human Scale
The Human Scale, a Danish documentary film released in November 2012, is focused on the quality of people’s lives in cities. The Danish architect and professor Jan Gehl has studied the human behaviour in cities for 40 years. He has documented how modern cities are not created for human interaction and he argues that we could
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One prize winner announced
Check out the winning and shortlisted submissions for the One Prize 2013, a design competition run by the design collective Terreform 1.
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What is the future of landscape?
I have not finished reading it yet, but I thought that I would share the recent Landscape Futures book written by BLDGBLOG author Geoff Manaugh. The book explores speculations on landscape that touch on how we read as well as intervene in our environment. The methods discussed represent an interest in landscape for measuring, recording
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The End of the Metropolis Era: Edward W. Soja, Open Lecture at the University of Greenwich
On Monday 18 November, 6:00pm, Edward W. Soja, one of the world’s leading urban geographers, will be speaking at the University of Greenwich, Maritime Campus, King William Building, KW315. Urban restructuring over the past thirty years has been leading to a sea change in the very nature of the urbanization process. Signs of this change
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Dan Pearson Exhibition at the Garden Museum
As the Dan Pearson exhibition at the Garden Museum, in London, nears its close, MA student Giacomo Guzzon reflects on the designers work. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the exhibition called ‘Green Fuse’: The work of Dan Pearson at the Garden Museum in London. Dan Pearson is a plants-man, garden
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Forgotten Spaces Exhibition at Somerset House
As the Forgotten Spaces competition enters its third year Ellen Orchard reviews the exhibition at Somerset House. With so much current emphasis on new projects and installations in the realm of landscape architecture, an exhibit like Forgotten Spaces is worth a studied look. Set in the crypt of Somerset House, the exhibit has an air
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Neil Denari to give public lecture: The Return to the Real
On Tuesday Neil M. Denari presents The Return to the Real as part of the University of Greenwich Open International Lecture. Come and join us at the Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre / M055, Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus, on Tuesday 29th October at 18:00hrs.
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Elsewhere: Escape and the Urban Landscape
Next month, the Van Alen Institute is launching Elsewhere: Escape and the Urban Landscape, a new, multi-year inquiry of competitions, public programs, and research to explore the experience of escape in the urban environment. Elsewhere will guide the Institute’s upcoming competitions, public programs, and research to investigate key questions of the contemporary urban experience: How and why do we
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