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Geoffrey Jellicoe lecture on the relationship of landscape architecture to architecture

By Tom Turner Posted on July 4, 2016 Posted in landscape architecture

Lecturing on the relationship of landscape architecture to architecture, Jellicoe explains why these arts are ‘interlocked’. He describes Landscape Architecture as ‘the most comprehensive of the arts’ and Architecture as ‘the noblest of the arts’. ‘Noble’ is an interesting adjective. Jellicoe probably used it …

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Who was the most important landscape architect of the 20th century?

By Tom Turner Posted on July 4, 2016 Posted in landscape architecture

For me, the choice is between four great landscape architects: Ian McHarg (1920-2001) had a major influence on landscape and environmental planning through his book Design with nature and through the innovative projects described in the book. He continues to inspire …

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The world’s richest landscape architect

By Tom Turner Posted on February 16, 2016 Posted in landscape urbanism

Forbes Magazine is running an article on, so far as I know, the only landscape architect to have joined the billionaire club. Describing him as The Godfather of Digital Maps, Forbes reports that ‘Dangermond was raised in Redlands, Calif., a town of …

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Eelco Hooftman landscape architect GROSS. MAX Edinburgh

By Tom Turner Posted on December 21, 2015 Posted in landscape architecture Tagged with Edinburgh, Interviews and lectures

Eelco Hooftman studied landscape architecture at Wageningen and runs his practice GROSS. MAX from Edinburgh. Eelco is said to combine a Dutch sense of experimentation with a British sense of humour and German rigour. This lecture, delivered at the Walker Art Center …

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Theory in landscape architecture

By Tom Turner Posted on November 8, 2015 Posted in landscape urbanism

I use the word theory, in one of the senses defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, to mean ‘A conception of something to be done, or the method of doing it’. Landscape architecture theory is therefore concerned with what to …

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Tom Turner discusses landscape architecture with University of Greenwich students March 2015

By Tom Turner Posted on November 8, 2015 Posted in landscape architecture

Tom Turner was interviewed by Lalla Hussain on 24th March 2015. She was a first year BA Landscape Architecture student at the University of Greenwich in London and had qustions about about: the definition of landscape architecture, the theory of landscape …

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The origins of landscape architecture a professional title and an art

By Tom Turner Posted on November 4, 2015 Posted in landscape urbanism

I really enjoyed Charles Waldheim’s lecture, above, and it inspired me to reconsider our profession’s name. I plan to review Waldheim’s book on Landscape as Urbanism – a general theory when it appears and will comment here on the section of the lecture in …

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Landscape architects appointed for Ebbsfleet Garden City in Kent

By Tom Turner Posted on October 17, 2015 Posted in landscape urbanism, urban design

Congratulations to Spacehub on being appointed as landscape architects for Ebbsfleet Garden City. I hope they will be able to follow the landscape urbanism principle, that urban design should be led by landscape architects. A possible problem with this is …

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Jordan Peterson: God, post-Postmodernism and Metamodernism

By Tom Turner Posted on October 17, 2020 Posted in landscape architecture, landscape design theory, landscape urbanism

Is Jordan Peterson’s philosophical position Modern, Postmodern, post-Postmodern or Metamodern? Politically, the left castigates Jordan Peterson as ‘right-wing’ and even ‘alt-right’1. Sections of the right do admire him. But Peterson sees himself, reasonably in my view , as a classical …

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How to integrate cycling with urban design: Copenhagenize

By Tom Turner Posted on January 15, 2019 Posted in cycleways, landscape urbanism, London cycle network, urban design

Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism by Mikael Colville-Andersen, Island Press, 2018, review by Tom Turner The great strength of this book is its focus on bicycle planning being an aspect of urban design. Illustrations support this point: the …

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