You are in your final year of university, about to submit your last deadline, print all your drawings, and present your project to the tutors. Then you prepare for your degree show display and set off to the opening night to meet potential employers. You start to think who do I want to work for? […]
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In this blog, I am sharing with you stationery items that you as a landscape architect student will definitely need. I will also be sharing tips on when to use what and why. For some of you, this might not be new, but for others, it might be new information. This could be useful for
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One of the most crucial part of a landscape architecture degree is the placement year. I will be sharing my own experience here, what I did and how I applied. I did a 4-year masters course so I only had 9 months available for placement instead of a year. Nowadays the placement is usually a
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In the last blog post, I spoke about how I discovered landscape architecture. In this one let’s talk about studying it at a UK university. I studied at the University of Edinburgh, in the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) which is part of Edinburgh College of Art (ECA). I did the 4
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My discovery of landscape architecture was a bit accidental… just like this image of the ‘Surprise View’ at Studley Royal, North Yorkshire. Wandering through the woods this sudden view takes you by surprise, the hidden gem is stunning and impressive! Choosing my university subject From a young age, until I was about 15, I was
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What is landscape architecture? A common dialogue between myself and the people I first meet. Person: “What do you do?” Me: “I’m a landscape architect.“ Person: (Usually mishear me and say) “Oh, an architect?“ Me: “No… *landscape* architect…“ Person: “Oh you must be very good with gardens then, you should come look at mine.” Or
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