{"id":1610,"date":"2015-02-23T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T11:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/landscapearchitecture\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2015-02-23T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T11:07:25","slug":"graduate-news-gethin-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/2015\/02\/23\/graduate-news-gethin-owens\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate News: Gethin Owens"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gethin<\/a><\/p>\n

My name is Gethin Owens and graduated from the Landscape Architecture course in 2007. I am currently a Principal Landscape Architect at Groundwork.<\/p>\n

I started on the Landscape architecture conversion course following completing a design degree and Ph.D in engineering. What attracted me to Landscape Architecture was the combination of design and the ability to enhance peoples environment for the better.<\/p>\n

My time at the university was fantastic and delivered everything I was looking for in a Landscape Architecture course. It was important to me that the course allowed a blend of creative freedom and exploration of design philosophies but also that the course aligned itself with the core skills required to successfully enter and progress in professional practice.<\/p>\n

It was exactly these skills and great tutorship provided at the University that I believe equipped me to progress in my career to date. Since leaving University I joined a practice in Cardiff and worked on a wide range of projects such as public realm design, healthcare, education, and LVIA calling on the skills and lessons learnt at University. During this time I also spent a period working for the Thames Gateway Executive in London as part of an award I was encouraged to enter whilst at University. Shortly after I gained chartered status and joined Groundwork in the North West of England. This has been a fantastic experience and development of my career through refining design skills, client relationship management, business development, contract administration and project implementation experience.<\/p>\n

I now manage a design and build programme with a team of Landscape Architects alongside a construction team.\u00a0\u00a0A small example of some of the projects we are currently working on include a heritage restoration scheme for a Georgian Square in Preston, the design and implementation of a new public realm scheme at Wigan Pier, a landscape masterplan for Liverpool Women\u2019s Hospital, a sculpture project in Liverpool, and a fantastic heritage project at Rivington Gardens (Lord Levers summer house and gardens originally designed by Thomas Mawson).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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