Category: criticism
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Goodbye, Landscape Urbanism BS Generator
Sad news… I got an email that the Landscape Urbanism Bullshit Generator (and the entire ruderal site for that matter) is no longer . One of my first posts mentioned what I think is a great, tongue-in-cheek reference for the overly wordy, obfuscatorily verbose – particularly in terms of the word bank of the early…
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Earth Day Humor
As a staunch advocate of Earth Day Every Day – the actual date of the big historic 40th anniversary is somewhat unimportant. Much like volunteers rushing to soup kitchens on Thanksgiving – then leaving them abandoned the remainder of the year – the day (or week) offers myriad opportunities for getting out to do service…
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Packaged Vertical Garden
The ‘Garden for a not too distant future‘ is an installation that is part vertical garden, part statement about the lack of green space in cities and the preponderance of overpriced, difficult to maintain vertical walls. :: image via luzininterruptus Via luzininterruptus: ” With the installation Packaged vertical garden, we wanted to promote the preservation…
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New Blogs
It’s been ages since I’ve posted about some of the recent blog additions. To maintain my sanity, I’ve decided that for each new blog I add to my personal RSS feed, I take another off (the total hovers around 120 or so, which is a lot of input). I keep all of them in the…
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On Landscape Criticism 3
The final essay ‘On Criticism 6: On Bias in Criticism’ comes from Stephen Rustow and completes what has been a really fun, if quick, review of the status and possibilities of landscape criticism inspired by Urban Omnibus. The concept of criticism is laid out as a ‘revealing’ to the larger public what the intentions and…
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On Landscape Criticism 2
Following up on the previous review of editorials from Urban Omnibus in the post ‘On Landscape Criticism‘, I wanted to continue with the next three essays. The continuation of thinking delves into some more specifics. In ‘On Criticism 4’, William Bostick warns of the perils of the broad focus in terms of minimizing the impact…
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On Landscape Criticism
A great ongoing series of posts on Urban Omnibus delves into one of those topics that seems missing from the dialogue in landscape architecture — that of real criticism regarding the profession. I don’t mean the type of mindless carping that happens based on polarities of viewpoint or in response to the profession being declared…