Tag: urban design
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Planting the new Governors Island park
The new 30 acre park on Governors Island, New York, is taking shape. As reported in the New York Times this weekend, the design by Landscape Architects West 8 offers views across the bay while simultaneously playing with elevations and landforms. The island that sits just off the southern tip of Manhattan is managed by The Trust
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New Capability Brown website launched
A new website has been launched for the Capability Brown 300 Celebration and Festival. The website is sponsored by many of the landowners and interest groups concerned with historic landscapes in England, including: English Heritage, the National Trust and the Landscape Institute.
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New Topos edition on Urban Strategies
The latest edition of Topos is on sale with the focus on urban strategy. The landscape architecture journal that follows different themes each issue includes articles by Chris Reed describing change in Detroit and Herbert Dreiseitl examining green and blue infrastructures. Check it out on the Topos website.
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Wayward Plants presents…
Landscape Architect and Artist Heather Ring, the founder of Wayward Plants in London, is due to give the third lecture at the Open Lecture Series at the University of Greenwich. Check back for more details soon…
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Maverick Deviations lecture by Neil Spiller
On Wednesday 2nd of October Neil Spiller will talk about his three decades of work, Drawing Drawings and pushing the architectural envelope. This will be the second in the 2013/14 Open Lecture Series at the School of Architecture, Design and Construction at the University of Greenwich. The series that presents a diversity of architecture, art
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Grand Theft Auto framed by extraordinary landscapes
The latest release of Grand Theft Auto, the fifth version of Rockstar’s computer game, is becoming as famous for its graphic landscapes as it is for its game play. Jonathan Jones, on the Guardian blog, explains more…
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New Kings Cross Square feels old
Kings Cross Square has officially opened today. The stone paved area on the doorstep of Kings Cross railway station in London is one of the key public spaces in the Kings Cross regeneration. The 75 000 square feet square was part of a competition that attracted entries from landscape architects like Gustafson Porter and Field Operations.
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Student Satisfaction at Greenwich Hits new Record
Student satisfaction at the University of Greenwich has again reached an all-time high. The Complete University Guide shows that The School of Architecture, Design and Construction is number one in the UK for student satisfaction in Land and Property management for the second year in a row and Law at The School of Law, Humanities
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Film London Urban Landscape Wandering
The Barbican presents Urban Wandering – Film and the London Landscape, a season of contemporary and archive feature films and documentaries including talks and panel discussions, an aural installation in the Barbican Conservatory by Iain Sinclair and Chris Petit and an exhibition by artist and Hackney resident Karen Russo. The season focuses on ideas related
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Alsop to give opening public lecture
On Wednesday Will Alsop will give the opening lecture for the public open lecture series at the University of Greenwich, Department of Architecture and Landscape. The lecture will be from 6-8pm in the Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre at the Avery Hill Campus. Everyone welcome.
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