Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
John MacCleary
Course Director
John has practiced as a landscape architect for most of his professional life and is a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. He is Course Director for landscape architecture on the undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Leeds Beckett.
About
John has practiced as a landscape architect for most of his professional life and is a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. He is Course Director for landscape architecture on the undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Leeds Beckett.
John started at Leeds Beckett as Course Director for Landscape Architecture in 2018. He joined after over almost 30 years practice experience, most recently with Gillespies in Leeds and before that in private practice in Glasgow. He brings his experience in practice and passion for design to the Landscape courses at Leeds Beckett.
John's work has ranged from urban design strategy work to the implementation of large public realm projects and urban forestry. In 2008 he joined Gillespies to deliver the multi-award winning City Park in Bradford. This £17million regeneration project was a highly collaborative piece of work between the disciplines of landscape, engineering, architecture and art. As well his practice based work, he completed a Masters in Design at Glasgow School of Art specialising in landscape design and outdoor furniture and has been visiting lecturer to a number of universities over the last 20 years.
John's key interests are the implementation of sustainable design solutions in contemporary landscape architecture practice.
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Research interests
Sustainable landscape design practice with a focus on retrofitting, nature based solutions, nature recovery and re-wilding.
Current teaching
- BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture and Design
- MA Landscape Architecture
