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CITY as LANDSCAPE architecture

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Seven artists and landscape architects outline their views of environmental art and landscape architecture: Brodie McAllister, Andrew Stonyer, Catherine Dee, Ian Thompson, Trudi Entwhistle, Scott Farlow and Edward Hutchison. The debate was orga
There is a very fully illustrated version of this podcast on YouTube.Edward Hutchison is a London artist, landscape architect, architect and author of a very popular book on Landscape Drawing (published by Thames and Hudson). In this podcast h
Here's a summary of what came out of the LANDSCAPEmatters debate on environmental art and landscape architecture (held by LANDSCAPEmatters on 15th June 2021) with a comment on the historical context for the issues (in the design theory of Vitru
Though published out of sequence, this is is the first of nine or ten podcasts about the relationship between the Environment, Art and Landscape Architecture. I’ve also done a short YouTube video about this -  with rather a long title. It was c
Brodie McAllister gives an outline of land art, environmental art and their relationship to landscape architecture. The debate was organised by LANDSCAPEmatters and held on 15th June 2021. Brodie became the Landscape Institute’s President Elect
"Environmental Art" can be seen to have originated in the early 20th century, with Picasso, collage, Duchamp, readymade artworks, Cubism and Minimalism.  Or it can be seen to derive from the ancient world, including the Pyramids, Stonehenge and
Landscape architecture is a very good job and a very satisfying career. The work is creative, exciting and a great way to solve environmental problems and contribute to the mitigation of climate change.  See illustrated version of this podcast
The UK Landscape Institute election, in May 2021, is a good opportunity to think about the future of the landscape profession, the art of landscape architecture and the UK Landscape Foundation.  The LI dates from 1929 and the LF from 1992. Sir
Landscape Institute (LI) Past President Merrick Denton-Thompson OBE looks to the future in a wide-ranging  debate with Past LI Vice President Brodie McAllister. They see many ways in which landscape architects contribute to the adaptation of pr
There's an illustrated version of this podcast on Youtube https://youtu.be/qdZIVBRGIec It takes an overview of how and why cities could, and surely will, come to have vegetated rooftops with a profusion of roof gardens.The text is from an onli
Does the landscape profession need professional societies? Yes. Institutes, societies and similar bodies have a vital role: in promoting landscape architecture, in maintaining standards - and in raising standards.  This podcast is about the pa
An illustrated version of this podcast is available on Youtube.A reasonable case exists for seeing John Claudius Loudon as Landscape Architecture's Giant. He lived from 1783-1843. More research is necessary but it is evident that:(1) Loudon  
No surprise if half of you hate Jordan Peterson and the other half love him. That's how it goes. But I guess we all love Geoffrey Jellicoe.The theme of the podcast is that just as Modernism and Postmodernism were cultural trends with a powerfu
This podcast is a critique of a competition winning design for converting a romantic public garden beside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster into a UK Holocaust Memorial. The small and much-loved greenspace would become a wide verge for a
Ideas lie at the heart of landscape architecture and should have the same place in  the design process. This includes ideas about the natural world, about society, about culture and about the traditions of making cities, gardens and landscapes.
This is the third part of a  podcast, based on Tom Turner's book on City as landscape. A design method is proposed which draws upon Christopher Alexander's Pattern language and other types of structuralist thinking. The method uses types of pat
This is the second part of a podcast, based on Tom Turner's book on City as landscape. It reviews the ways in which different types of structuralist thinking are important in landscape architecture theory. The structuralist ideas are  found in
This is the first part of a  podcast, based on Chapter 3 of Tom Turner's book on City as landscape. It's about the importance of ideas in the landscape architectural design process and supports the case for Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Langu
There is a fully illustrated version of this podcast on Youtube. It's about the most influential landscape architect of the 20th century. Well known to planners and environmental campaigners, Patrick Geddes is less well-known to landscape archi
Far too many buildings are covered with dead skin. Concrete, steel, wood, metal, brick, bitumen, rubber and vinyl are lifeless materials which can and should have a vegetated outer cladding.  Here's an illustrated version of the podcast.The ex
Global warming is influenced by the way humans plan, design and manage their cities and landscapes. Climate-unfriendly practices are the norm. But climate-friendly landscape planning policies can and should be developed and adopted. Urban desi
This podcast is based on the first chapter of a book by Tom Turner published in 1996: City as landscape.  The chapter's title was post-Postmodernism but  if the term Landscape Urbanism had had its present use in 1995 it would have been included
Designers are puzzled, sometimes, about whether their work is Modern, Postmodern or something else. This podcast is based on the Preface to Tom Turner's book, published in 1996, on City as Landscape: a post-Postmodern view of design and plannin
Tom Turner takes an overview of landscape architecture, urban design and garden design - their history, theory, position and prospects.  As an art, landscape architecture dates back over 12,000 years and the earliest written record over 4000 ye
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