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5 unusual facts about Patrick Geddes


Cebrià de Montoliu

He was also a follower of great town planners such as Ebenezer Howard and Patrick Geddes and met Geddes at the Civic Building Exhibition in Ghent, Belgium in 1913.

Collège des Écossais, Montpellier

College Des Ecossais (Scots College) was an international teaching establishment located in Montpellier, France and founded by Patrick Geddes in 1924.

Geodesign

The theory underpinning Geodesign derives from the work of Patrick Geddes in the first half of the twentieth century and Ian McHarg in its second half.

History of landscape architecture

Olmsted's project for the Emerald Necklace in Boston was widely admired and led to the use of 'landscape architecture' as a professional title in Europe, initially by Patrick Geddes and Thomas Mawson.

Outlook Tower

It was purchased and refurbished by Patrick Geddes in 1892, who transformed it into a "place of outlook and a type-museum as a key to a better understanding of Edinburgh and its region, but also to help people get a clear idea of its relation to the world at large".



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