Regent’s Park is a brilliant work of landscape composition. On what must have been an unremarkable site, buildings, land, water, trees, wildlife and gardens have been composed into a place that should by on many London visitors’ bucket lists. It …
Great to hear a landscape architect speaking about health, urban design, ecology and new towns. Graham Marshall sees essential connections between people & places are bonded mental health & physical health are inter-dependent He rightly criticises James Stirling’s now-demolished Southgate Estate …
Formerly known as Walthamstow Reservoirs, the Wetlands were opened to free access by members of the public on 17th October 2017. Its area is 211 hectares and the only 2 larger parks in London were formed by Henry VIII, who …
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Chess originated in India’s Gupta Empire (320 to 550 CE). Since Indian palace life centred on courtyards and gardens, it is likely that most games of chess were played in cool shade and green surroundings. The Hindu name for chess …
A Google.com search on Olmsted “father of landscape architecture” produces 153,000 returns. But, of course, he was not the father of landscape architecture. As Norman T Newton wrote (Design on the Land, 1971 p. xxi) ‘Landscape architecture: a profession only …
Was Frederick Law Olmsted or Gilgamesh the father of landscape architecture? Read more »
This sign was outside the building where I studied studied landscape architecture in a University of Edinburgh building in George Square. The typography showed ARCHITECTURE above and in a larger font size than LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. When the University destroyed the …
Should LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE be above, below or equal to ARCHITECTURE? Read more »
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: What, Why, When, How, Where, Who and What Next? Kindle Edition ebook from Amazon 2017 by Tom Turner In brief, here are my answers to some of the key questions about landscape architecture: 1. WHAT is landscape architecture? …
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Public open space needs to be assessed as a routine aspect of its planning, design and management. But how should it be done? This was the question Dr Ying Li took for her PhD research at the University of Greenwich …
Assessment of public open space POS squares piazzas parks SUPOS Read more »
