CITY as LANDSCAPE architecture

Vegan landscape architecture

Veganism is a set of principles, as well as being a diet, and relates to Green Buddhism. The design principles include: - vegetated ground, roofs and walls, - rainwate

Best-ever poem about a landscape architect

This moving Elegy on John Claudius Loudon was written by John Robertson, his assistant for 9 years. A fascinating aspect of the poem is the twin themes of 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

The work and adventures of two brilliant early 19th century cousins from the west of Scotland.

Claudius Buchanan’s promotion of higher education in India led to the foundation of its first degree-awarding university, at Serampore. He also had a significant influenc

New biography of landscape architecture's grandfather: John Claudius Loudon

This update on the City as Landscape podcast channel explains why it has been neglected for a few years: the reason is because Tom Turner has been writing a fictionalised

Landscape Institute UK: Past, Present and Future

Robert Holden and Tom Turner discus the Landscape Institute's aims and its achievements. Landscape Institute Members for 111 years (half each), they discuss the foundatio

Environmental Art & Landscape Architecture - LANDSCAPEmatters Debate

Seven artists and landscape architects outline their views of environmental art and landscape architecture: Brodie McAllister, Andrew Stonyer, Catherine Dee, Ian Thompson

Interview with Edward Hutchison landscape architect, artist, draughtsman, author and watercolour painter

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 bo

Environmental Art Debate - reflection by Tom Turner

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 comme

Environment, Art and Landscape Architecture

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 d

Debate on Environmental Art and Landscape Architecture - intro by Brodie McAllister

Brodie McAllister gives an outline of land art, environmental art and their relationship to landscape architecture. The debate was organised by LANDSCAPEmatters and held

The History of Land Art, Ecological and Environmental Art in relation to Landscape Architecture

"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 see

Is landscape architecture a good job and career?

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 t

The Landscape Institute, the Landscape Foundation, the May 2021 LI Elections - and the future

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 U

The future of landscape architecture in the Age of Climate Change: a debate

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

Future vision for 21st century cities blanketed with roof gardens and green rooftops

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 veg

Why does the landscape architecture profession need professional institutes?

Does the landscape profession need professional societies? Yes. Institutes, societies and similar bodies have a vital role: in promoting landscape architecture, in mainta

John Claudius Loudon: landscape architecture's giant brain

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

Geoffrey Jellicoe, Jordan Peterson, God and post-Postmodernism

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 t

Musical critique of the proposal for Victoria Tower Garden to be the UK National Holocaust Memorial

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 Memo

Ideas in landscape architecture | S1 E7

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