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What was it like working the office of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe in the 1960s? Hal was there & Tom interviews him. Geoffrey was #IFLA founder. #LandscapeArchitecture Full video here → youtu.be/og9E52GRYxE
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The Modern British City 1945-2000 is out on November 28th, and is available for pre-order from @LHArtBooks: lundhumphries.com/products/t….
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Moggridge Masterclass - great introduction in Pro Landscaper July p10-11, to an inspiring event (11 Sept 2025) for aspiring landscape architects +the established and busy! All welcome to hear and learn about an exceptionally talented thinker + designer we have amongst our midst
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Unbuilt design for East Acton Underground Station
1938
Brian Lewis
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Is there anything marshes can’t do?
The recent heatwaves have shown the cooling properties provided by urban wetlands. I live in a tidal marsh on the River Roding & on hot days the temperatures have been noticeably cooler, not just in the marsh itself but also in the built up areas around it. The dark, wet ground (especially in tidal marshes where the water gets replenished twice a day) create huge areas of evaporation which effectively act as giant air conditioners for the city, helping to counteract the urban heat island effect. This is in addition to all their other benefits; providing flood reduction, carbon sequestration, rich & diverse habitats for ecology, birds & wildlife & human enjoyment & beauty etc etc.
As our cities heat up, we desperately need to restore & create as many wetlands, ponds & marshes as possible, weaving these hard-working habitats into our urban fabric is not just a nice thing to have, but a necessity for both nature and human beings.
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#NewJerusalems Really enjoyed the Birmingham conference yesterday which was the culmination of this New Town archive project but also the chance to catch up with so many people and meet some new ones. Also an unexpected bonus -to see Kenneth Budd's JFK mosaic mural in the flesh.
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Book your tickets here - folar.uk/events/hal-moggridg… for this exciting event celebrating the 90th year of Hal Moggridge youtu.be/lvtH8KMMHTI?si=LRHi…
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A FOLAR special celebration of Hal Moggridge's life and works 11 Sept, 2025. Tom Turner will speak on Hal's approach to landscape architecture and the evolution of his design style. Book here folar.uk/events/hal-moggridg… youtube.com/watch?v=xhJ5Ybvu… #HalMoggridgeSymposium
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Book here folar.uk/events/hal-moggridg… 11 Sept 2025. Government plans for new reservoirs means LAs needs to gen up & here's how. Great CPD! youtu.be/z7aueyieJw0?si=wLTB… Full lecture Landscape architecture of reservoirs by Hal Moggridge at FOLAR #HalMoggridgeSymposium
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Trip today to St Crispin’s Wokingham, (1950-3) an important post war school by the Ministry of Education (Mary & David Medd and Michael Ventris worked on it), applying the Herts system to a secondary modern; the integrated murals by Fred Millet recently uncovered, & glorious.
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Another William Mitchell pilgrimage, this time to the tremendous 40ft bronzed fibreglass mural on East Sussex County Hall, Lewes (1965-8). Stonking.
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The wonderful Henrion Street map sculpture (1961) stands at the entrance to The Elms estate Beckenham.
It is featured in the new issue of C20 Magazine, as part of a profile on the fantastic work that @HOLTofLondon does to restore the capital's historic buildings, public art and monuments.
Look at this beautiful estate map for The Elms in Bickley - perhaps one for listing @C20Society @EwanMHarrison?
Love to see a map in the wild!
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We are pleased to be offering a part-time fees only bursary for PhD study relating to the history of making and material culture. Historical or biographical approaches from arts, design, humanities perspectives all welcome to apply. Please spread the word! shorturl.at/qO9GE
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BBC archival footage of the unveiling of Thorp's 1959 model of Motopia!
#OnThisDay 1959: Motopia is to be a town of the future. Its groundbreaking plan for elevated roads and neighbourhood hubs will revolutionise urban living. It will be near Staines.
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Dahlias becoming a hotel for frogs.
Allison Lamb raises around 200 dahlias on her property and was delighted to discover that the blooms serve as a perfectly sized house for frogs.
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Bill Mitchell mural(?) on a former postal sorting office in Longfield, Kent.
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"I never know who my ideal reader is, but I know that she / he / they exist, and lucid writing is in dialogue with her / him / them. . . Writing is boring when it's too clever . . ."
@emmaZbolland w/ Elizabeth Brogden, from this week's Full Stop interview: full-stop.net/2024/07/09/rev…
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Harold St George Gray's excavations in the 1920’s of the ditch at @AveburyN
from the @Pitt_Rivers archive
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This article suggests that libraries and archives take their users more seriously if they have a university email rather than a personal one. If that is the case then the said archive is missing out on opportunities and failing to give equitable access. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
