| Landscape Architecture
| Landscape Architecture
The latest visit of the professional practice module was to the recently restored walled garden within the Museum in the Park, Stroud. We were met by Ann Taylor of the museum and Rachael Austin who was responsible for the design…
Allan Mitchell, undergraduate Course Leader for Landscape Architecture, recently visited THEI in Hong Kong to sign a collaborative partnership – see photo above. This encourages and develops the relationship between the courses with exciting opportunities for students and staff in the…
Last Friday (10th) the group visited the Illman Young practice in Cheltenham. Sue Illman is a former student of ours and a recent president of the Landscape Institute. Her practice embraces all kinds of work but they have a particular…
The City of London Corporation has launched an ideas competition to explore how smart technologies might enhance its green spaces. ‘Smart Green Spaces’ is the first competition of a three-part A Smarter City programme, aimed at maintaining the Square Mile’s global…
Most sessions of the module Professional Practice (AD5000) involve either a talk from an invited speaker or a visit to a local landscape practice. The aim is to give the students an insight into actual work practices in the 21st…
The IFLA Student Landscape Architecture Design Competition 2017 is now open. Titled “LANDSCAPES OF POWER: DESIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE” the deadline for entries is 12. September 2017. More details on their website here.
The gloscape blog now contains galleries showing student work from different years – the 3rd year/degree level images are now up here
Allan Mitchell, Course Leader for the undergraduate programme in Landscape Architecture here at UoG, visited Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University to meet their Landscape Architecture department and give a presentation to their students last year. Allan described it as an inspirational trip, and…
An important component of the Appraising Landscape module is learning about hydrology and the hydrologic cycle, not simply for an understanding of the science but to see how it can be applied in landscape architecture. It is well known that…