Motopia was a visionary urban design project, sponsored by Pilkington Glass and published in a 1959 book. As explained in the book’s Acknowledgements, the project team comprised Ove Arup, as engineer, Edward Mills as architect and Geoffrey Jellicoe as landscape architect …
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Lecturing on the relationship of landscape architecture to architecture, Jellicoe explains why these arts are ‘interlocked’. He describes Landscape Architecture as ‘the most comprehensive of the arts’ and Architecture as ‘the noblest of the arts’. ‘Noble’ is an interesting adjective. Jellicoe probably used it …
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Jellicoe remembers learning to draw at the AA in the 1920s. As he explains in this video, he then went to Italy with Jock Shepherd to study, survey and draw its renaissance gardens. Intimidated by his friend’s graphic talent Jellicoe gave …
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The Howard Doris Oil Rig Yard on the north shore of Loch Kishorn operated from 1975 to 1987. After seeing an earlier planning application for a yard at Drumbuie fail, the developers appointed Geoffrey Jellicoe as their landscape architect. The yard was …
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For me, the choice is between four great landscape architects: Ian McHarg (1920-2001) had a major influence on landscape and environmental planning through his book Design with nature and through the innovative projects described in the book. He continues to inspire …
Who was the most important landscape architect of the 20th century? Read more »
I first came across the term Environmental Impact Assessment in 1974. Bill Gillespie had been part of a four-firm consortium which won a UNDP contract to produce a plan for the Suez Canal Zone. He sent me (with Paul Taylor) …
The San Francisco Examiner reports that ‘Beginning January [2017], new commercial and residential buildings of up to 10 stories in height will have to install rooftop solar systems for heat or electricity under legislation unanimously approved by the Board of …
Thank you to FOLAR for holding a seminar on the landscape architecture of Britain’s New Towns. The above video, which was my contribution to the event, celebrates the contributions of the Four Landscape Knights (Sir Patrick Abercrombie, Sir Frederick Gibberd, Sir …
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The LAA is preparing three videos for publication to remind everyone of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe. The 20th anniversary of his death will be on 17 July 2016. Jellicoe made six key contributions to the landscape architecture profession: Jellicoe helped found the Institute of …
Forbes Magazine is running an article on, so far as I know, the only landscape architect to have joined the billionaire club. Describing him as The Godfather of Digital Maps, Forbes reports that ‘Dangermond was raised in Redlands, Calif., a town of …
