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Landscape PING!: May 2011
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Wednesday, 4 May 2011. Who wants to be the Mayor of Leicester? This post gives me a great excuse to indulge my inner school boy and repost the story of former Mayor of Leicester, Colin Hall, whose trousers fell down whilst giving a talk to a primary school. See below:. Http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/10465457. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Who wants to be the Mayor of Leicester? View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. How Can Louisiana Build Back Smarter? The Dea...
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Landscape PING!: July 2010
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Tuesday, 6 July 2010. For those not familiar with the ‘Building Schools for the Future’ programme, it’s going to be pretty hard to explain the significance of the decision by education minister Michael Gove to scrap the scheme. I’m not sure what the consequences of this policy will be, but you can be pretty sure that it will be very painful and lead to significant job losses in the wider construction industry. Finally, there’s no plan for an alternative. THE BLAD...
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Landscape PING!: November 2011
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Wednesday, 16 November 2011. Landscape Urbanism as a model for post-industrial regeneration in austerity England. It seemed appropriate that in the absence of any recent blog posts, that I should post a little bit about what I’ve been up to instead. Below is the abstract of my recent planning MSc dissertation. If you’d like any further information, please give me a shout, but fingers crossed there will something published from it soon. A Literature Review investi...
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Landscape PING!: July 2011
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Wednesday, 13 July 2011. Phoenix Park, Wolverhampton. Phoenix Park, in Wolverhampton, was given a new lease of life by my former colleagues at Pincke. 8217;s Leamington Studio. It’s just a really good little scheme and for me strikes a nice balance between traditional park, and some more contemporary features. Definitely worth a visit. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Phoenix Park, Wolverhampton. View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. More from L U.
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Landscape PING!: May 2010
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Wednesday, 12 May 2010. War Memorial Park, Coventry. One of the main reasons for my lack of recent blog activity has been War Memorial Park. More specifically, I've been putting together tender and construction proposals for the renewal and restoration of the park. Quite aside from any work that I'm involved in, I think it's worth drawing to people's attention to. I'd guess that outside of Coventry (maybe even within Coventry). Interest, check's it out. There was...
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Landscape PING!: November 2010
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Friday, 12 November 2010. De Montfort University Business School, Leicester. As I read the book, it was schemes like the new, De Montfort University Business School, that sprang to mind. Owen describes how many recent buildings have much in common with the “Googie” architecture of 1950’s America; burger joints and giant advertising hoardings, designed to catch the eye of speeding motorists. I REALLY hate the way, granite blocks meet a chamfered precast concrete b...
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Landscape PING!: February 2011
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Wednesday, 2 February 2011. The Landscape Urbanism Reader, edited by Charles Waldheim, begins with a short statement:. 8220;Landscape Urbanism is explicitly against density and vehemently pro-automobile.”. I’m sorry, but where did this come from? For what it’s worth, I think the landscape urbanism and new urbanism have some quite profound differences (I also suspect that people are confusing landscape urbanism, with the similar but not the same, ecological ...
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Landscape PING!: January 2011
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Wednesday, 26 January 2011. Yorkshire Sculpture Park #4. This is the last post featuring photographs of my recent visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The majority of pictures show the parkland at YSP, with a few of Sophie Ryder’s sexy rabbits! Labels: Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Thursday, 20 January 2011. Stirling and Gowan's Department of Engineering, Leicester University. Are they doing rebuilding work? I sincerely hope I’m wrong. I can appreciate that i...I do ho...
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Landscape PING!: June 2011
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Wednesday, 29 June 2011. Public Art Corner #1. This quite outstanding example of public art, is taken from Leicester's "Creative Quarter", and is I'm told, part of a children's art trail. It's actually pretty difficult to work out what it is, hidden behind it's shield of iron railings. My initial thought was that it was the candle from Disney's Beauty and the Beast (see below with his friend the clock). Labels: Crap Public Art. Sunday, 12 June 2011. I’m dis...
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Landscape PING!: September 2010
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Landscape . urbanism . planning . design. Friday, 10 September 2010. Free Schools, Unnecessary Design and Aesthetics. My eye was caught this morning by an article in Building Design which quoted renowned education expert, Toby Young, (I believe his “How to lose friends and alienate people” is a standard textbook for all PGCE students) as saying that “design is not necessary.”. Http:/ www.bdonline.co.uk/news/free-school-pioneer-says-design-not-necessary/5005341.article. But design is also about functional...
