Landscape Institute in Crisis
This is the worst crisis in the 93-year history of the UK Landscape Institute. Please see this page for a set of Videos about the Landscape Institute Crisis and this page to see why 6 Past Presidents are so strongly …
Is landscape architecture a fine art or an applied art?
I’ve been making a set of 10+ videos to consider whether landscape architecture is a fine art and how it relates to land art, environmental art, ecological art etc. The videos will include debates, interviews, discussions and soliloquies. At least …
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Lambeth Cycling Strategy should be based on Strava Metro Data
Cycle network and route planning, as discussed, should be based on supply and demand. Cycle planners need to know where cyclists want to ride and they need to know what routes are feasible. The best available data on actual usage, …
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Landscape Institute 2021 Elections – please vote for President, Vice President and LI Council Members
I’m really pleased that the UK Landscape Institute has arranged for each of the 2021 election candidates to record a manifesto, as a video. See links to election manifesto videos on the LI website. It’s not so long since the …
GLVIA Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
The Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (GLVIA) are published by the UK Landscape Institute LI and used by landscape architects to assess the impact of development projects on the visual landscape and on the natural environment. This expert …
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UK Forestry and the work of the landscape architecture profession
UK landscape architect’s interest in forestry is centuries old. John Evelyn did not use the term ‘landscape architect’ but he published a famous book Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in 1664, advocating and supporting …
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Diana Armstrong Bell: eLecture on Sculpting the Land – Friday 26 March
Get free ticket from Eventbrite Diana founded her award-winning practice, Armstrong Bell Landscape Design in 1984 and works across the Middle East, Europe and the UK, with a focus on large scale public landscapes.Distinctive designs for urban parks and spaces …
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Madness in Greenwich Park
The granite setts below below the Royal Observatory and on the heavily used visitor route to the Maritime Museum have been replaced by bitumen macadam. Chris Churchman was the landscape architect for the walk and platform. He designed it as …
20 ANSWERS to 20 questions about landscape architecture Q&A
This video asks AND ANSWERS, over 20 fundamental questions about landscape architecture, as an art and a profession. You can read them an outline for a Theory of Landscape Architecture. For more Q&A, please click the tab (top right, above) …
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Landscape Matters: a new quarterly journal about landscape architecture
The inaugural edition of a new electronic magazine called LANDSCAPEmatters is now available. It aims to promote the study and general advancement of the arts and science of landscape and to serve as a medium for friendly intercourse between members …
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