Question: What policies should citie have for green roofs, living walls, roof gardens, skylines and skyscape landscape architecture? Short answer: Yes. Green roofs, living walls, roof gardens, skylines and skyscapes are key aspects of urban landscape architecture. Longer answer: London, …
London needs more green walls for all its residents. Living green walls, if you don’t know, are panels of plants grown vertically using hydroponics, on structures that can be either free-standing or attached to walls. They are also known as …
The two main types of living walls are: extensive: this is the traditional method. Climbers are planted at the foot of the wall and spread, extensively, over the surface of the wall intensive: this is a new method, particularly associated with …
The University of Greenwich Green Roofs and Living Wall Research Centre has installed a NEMEC Living Wall on the first floor of the building in which landscape architects and architects are taught. The Stockwell Street building has extensive and intensive …
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Balconies have a history of over 3000 years and many wonderful examples survive. But most modern balconies are awful: too small, too scary, too public, too barren, too little loved. You can call them ‘architectural’ balconies because their main role, …
The links below take you to pages which answer all the questions and by 2022 there should be video answers to the questions on all these pages Q&A Answers to questions about landscape architecture as a design discipline What is …
Podcast on climate change mitigation through landscape planning Landscape factors, both human and non-human, influence climate change and can be managed to mitigate adverse consequences. Human factors include agriculture, forestry, urbanisation, power generation and transport. Natural factors include changes in …
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The file-name of this depressing image is Riverside-day-overall-view-23032017-Final.jpg. The word ‘Final’ is ominous and, as anyone can see, the blocks are beside a disused dock and a busy runway: it is not a ‘riverside’ development. Suing the development team for …
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Plot 08 at Convoys Wharf has received outline planning permission and an application has been submitted for full permission. The current application deals with ‘reserved matters‘, which normally include the five points listed below. Objectors should address these issues rather …
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‘‘Concrete jungle’ is the classic criticism of Modernist cities. The phrase was first used in a Billy Wilder movie to describe a sterile leafless view from an apartment in New York City (image, above top). Instead, cities should be richly …
