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Luca Csepely-Knorr

Professor Luca Csepely-Knorr
PhD, MPhil, MA, MSc, MEd, PgCert

Contact

L.Csepely-Knorr@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 (0)151 794 0478 Ext. 40478

Publications

Selected publications

  1. 'Conditions in landscape which the public as a whole wishes to see and enjoy' - electricity generation, amenity and welfare in post-war Britain (Journal article - 2022)
  2. Nuclear Power Stations in Post-War Britain: Picturesque Landscapes for the Masses (Chapter - 2022)
  3. You Love Me Really: Journeys Through Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure (Book - 2021)
  4. The artistic and social role of public gardens: Bela Rerrich and the renewal of public park design in early twentieth-century Hungary (Journal article - 2020)
  5. Barren Places to Public Spaces A History of Public Park Design in Budapest 1867-1914 (Book - 2016)
  6. From Social Spaces to Training Fields: Evolution of Design Theory of the Children’s Public Sphere in Hungary in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (Journal article - 2020)
  7. 'To Broaden the Outlook of Training' (Chapter - 2022)
  8. Budapest közparképítészetének története a kiegyezéstől az első világháborúig (Book - 2016)
  9. Urban landscape approaches for a deindustrialized town: City Beautiful and modernist restructure in the case study of Bolton, Manchester (Journal article - 2017)
  10. Salgótarján. The city of the future or a ’retropolis’ The utopian experiment of socialist modernist architecture in Salgótarján (Chapter - 2018)
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2024

Archiving Landscape: A European Network to Address the Current Challenges Facing Landscape Architecture Archives

Tusch, R., Brinkhuijsen, M., Csepely-Knorr, L., Hopstock, L., Krippner, U., & Sorsa-Sautet, H. (n.d.). Archiving Landscape: A European Network to Address the Current Challenges Facing Landscape Architecture Archives. Architectural Histories, 12(1). doi:10.16995/ah.10354

DOI
10.16995/ah.10354
Journal article

2023

Women of the Welfare Landscape Travelling Exhibition

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Allen, C. (2023, November 1). Women of the Welfare Landscape Travelling Exhibition [Exhibition]. East Kilbride Library, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, University of Sheffield, University of Lancaster, Manchester School of Architecture, Birmingham City University, University of Reading, Quarry Bank Mill (National Trust), Coleshill Estate (National Trust).

Exhibition

To Enhance the Fine Quality of the Landscape: Trimpley Reservoir

Csepely-Knorr, L. (n.d.). To Enhance the Fine Quality of the Landscape: Trimpley Reservoir. (Vol. the modernist magazine issue #45 MUNICIPAL).

Other

‘Drakelow: A Natural Concern’

Csepely-Knorr, L. (n.d.). ‘Drakelow: A Natural Concern’. (Vol. The Modernist Magazine Issue #41: Landscape).

Other

Developing capable women: Coloniality, landscape and post-war reconstruction in Britain and abroad

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Allen, C. (2023). Developing capable women: Coloniality, landscape and post-war reconstruction in Britain and abroad. In Constructing Coloniality; History, Heritage and the Built Environment in British Imperialism. UCL Bartlett London.

Conference Paper

Women of the Welfare Landscape

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Allen, C. (2023). Women of the Welfare Landscape. Manchester: The Modernist Society. Retrieved from https://the-modernist.org/products/women-of-the-welfare-landscape

Book

2022

Celebrating the 'not seen'

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2022). Celebrating the 'not seen'. P. Lincoln (Ed.), (Autumn 2022 ed.). London: Landscape Institute.

Other

Environment, Landscape, and Education:The Legacy of Brenda Colvin's East Kilbride Landscapes

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2022). Environment, Landscape, and Education:The Legacy of Brenda Colvin's East Kilbride Landscapes. In SACRPH 2022 CONFERENCE. New York.

Conference Paper

'To Broaden the Outlook of Training'

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2022). 'To Broaden the Outlook of Training'. In The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Architecture Education (pp. 164-175). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003212645-19

DOI
10.4324/9781003212645-19
Chapter

Building Up Historical Continuity

Lička, L., Blanchon, B., Csepely-Knorr, L., Dietze-Schirdewahn, A., Krippner, U., von Schwerin, S., . . . Tusch, R. (2022). Building Up Historical Continuity. In The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Architecture Education (pp. 54-61). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003212645-7

DOI
10.4324/9781003212645-7
Chapter

Developing an Education for the Post-War: Brenda Colvin, Jacqueline Tyrwhitt and the School of Planning and Research for National Development (SPRND)

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2022). Developing an Education for the Post-War: Brenda Colvin, Jacqueline Tyrwhitt and the School of Planning and Research for National Development (SPRND). In https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/iphs/issue/view/916. Delft (Hybrid).

Conference Paper

'Conditions in landscape which the public as a whole wishes to see and enjoy' - electricity generation, amenity and welfare in post-war Britain

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2022). 'Conditions in landscape which the public as a whole wishes to see and enjoy' - electricity generation, amenity and welfare in post-war Britain. GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES B-HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 104(3), 192-208. doi:10.1080/04353684.2022.2065646

DOI
10.1080/04353684.2022.2065646
Journal article

The Institute acknowledging its heavy debt – the election of the first female president of the Institute of Landscape Architects in the United Kingdom.

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2022). The Institute acknowledging its heavy debt – the election of the first female president of the Institute of Landscape Architects in the United Kingdom.. In IAWA 2022 Symposium: Breaking Through. International Archive of Women in Architecture, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States.

Conference Paper

Nuclear Power Stations in Post-War Britain: Picturesque Landscapes for the Masses

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Coucill, L. (2022). Nuclear Power Stations in Post-War Britain: Picturesque Landscapes for the Masses. In J. Heathcott (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Infrastructure Design Global Perspectives from Architectural History (pp. 246-257). London: Routledge.

Chapter

2021

You Love Me Really: Journeys Through Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Brook, R. (2021). You Love Me Really: Journeys Through Landscapes of Post-War Infrastructure. Manchester: Bauprint.

Book

Environmental Crisis, Ecology and Oakwood Warrington New Town

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2021). Environmental Crisis, Ecology and Oakwood Warrington New Town. In Histories of Urban Design: Global Trajectories and Local Realities. ETH Zurich.

Conference Paper

Landscape Legacies of Power Generation. Drakelow and the Central Electricity Generating Board

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2021). Landscape Legacies of Power Generation. Drakelow and the Central Electricity Generating Board. In SAHGB Annual Symposium 2021 Architectural History + Climate Emergency. Online.

Conference Paper

Landscapes in support of “the growing demand for an improved quality of life’” – Electricity generation, welfare and environment in post-war Britain

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2021). Landscapes in support of “the growing demand for an improved quality of life’” – Electricity generation, welfare and environment in post-war Britain. In EAHN 2021 Edinburgh. Online / Edinburgh.

Conference Paper

2020

The ’Public Relation Value’. Welfare Landscapes of Post-War British Power Stations

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2020). The ’Public Relation Value’. Welfare Landscapes of Post-War British Power Stations. In Building Welfare States: New Approaches to Architecture, Community & Planning in Twentieth Century Britain,. University of Warwick / online.

Conference Paper

From Social Spaces to Training Fields: Evolution of Design Theory of the Children’s Public Sphere in Hungary in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Klagyivik, M. (2020). From Social Spaces to Training Fields: Evolution of Design Theory of the Children’s Public Sphere in Hungary in the First Half of the Twentieth Century. Childhood in the Past, 13(2), 93-108. doi:10.1080/17585716.2020.1791495

DOI
10.1080/17585716.2020.1791495
Journal article

Electric Landscapes: The work of the CEGB

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2020). Electric Landscapes: The work of the CEGB. In Landscape of State Financed Industry - FOLAR Annual Symposium. University of Reading.

Conference Paper

The artistic and social role of public gardens: Bela Rerrich and the renewal of public park design in early twentieth-century Hungary

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2020). The artistic and social role of public gardens: Bela Rerrich and the renewal of public park design in early twentieth-century Hungary. JOURNAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, 15(1), 54-67. doi:10.1080/18626033.2020.1792654

DOI
10.1080/18626033.2020.1792654
Journal article

2019

Towards a ‘total environment’ for children. Michael Brown’s landscapes for play

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Roberts, A. (2019). Towards a ‘total environment’ for children. Michael Brown’s landscapes for play. In Landscape and Children: design for children’s play. University of Reading.

Conference Paper

Female landscape architects and the independent Landscape Institute

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2019). Female landscape architects and the independent Landscape Institute. In Women’s History Network Annual Conference Professional Women: the public, the private, and the political. LSE, London.

Conference Paper

Landscapes of Coal as a Third Nature

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2019). Landscapes of Coal as a Third Nature. In The Landscape and Architecture of Post War Infrastructure Conference. Manchester School of Architecture.

Conference Paper

Tervezéselméleti irányvonalak a két világháború közötti magyar közparképítészetben

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2019). Tervezéselméleti irányvonalak a két világháború közötti magyar közparképítészetben. In URBS. Magyar Várostörténeti Évkönyv XIII. (pp. 11-34). Budapest: Budapest Főváros Levéltára.

Chapter

‘To broaden the outlook of training’ - The first landscape course in Manchester, UK

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2019). ‘To broaden the outlook of training’ - The first landscape course in Manchester, UK. In ECLAS UNISCAPE Conference 2019 ‘Lessons from the past, visions for the future: Celebrating one hundred years of landscape architecture education in Europe’. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås.

Conference Paper

2018

Mawson’s ‘Volksparks’?

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2018). Mawson’s ‘Volksparks’?. In SAHGB Annual Symposium: Architecture, the Built Environment, and the Aftermath of the First World War. Institute of Historical Research, London.

Conference Paper

Salgótarján. The city of the future or a ’retropolis’ The utopian experiment of socialist modernist architecture in Salgótarján

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Fatsar, K. (2018). Salgótarján. The city of the future or a ’retropolis’ The utopian experiment of socialist modernist architecture in Salgótarján. In E. Rhead (Ed.), Adventures in the Land of Modernism. Manchester: The Modernist Society.

Chapter

Territories of Power: Landscapes for Public Amenity

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Council, L. (2018). Territories of Power: Landscapes for Public Amenity. In From Building to Continent: How Architecture makes Territories. Canterbury.

Conference Paper

‘Power and the countryside’: power stations, amenity and rural Britain’

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Coucill, L. (2018). ‘Power and the countryside’: power stations, amenity and rural Britain’. In Modernism, Modernisation and the Rural Landscape, MODSCAPES 2018. Tartu.

Conference Paper

2017

Urban landscape approaches for a deindustrialized town: City Beautiful and modernist restructure in the case study of Bolton, Manchester

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Roberts, A. (2017). Urban landscape approaches for a deindustrialized town: City Beautiful and modernist restructure in the case study of Bolton, Manchester. JOURNAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, 12(3), 32-45. doi:10.1080/18626033.2017.1425316

DOI
10.1080/18626033.2017.1425316
Journal article

’Bridging the Gap: Theory and Practice, Architecture and Landscape

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Roberts, A. (2017). ’Bridging the Gap: Theory and Practice, Architecture and Landscape. In Society of Architectural Historians 2017 Annual International Conference. Glasgow.

Conference Paper

2016

Barren Places to Public Spaces A History of Public Park Design in Budapest 1867-1914

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2016). Barren Places to Public Spaces A History of Public Park Design in Budapest 1867-1914.

Book

Budapest közparképítészetének története a kiegyezéstől az első világháborúig

Luca, C. -K. (2016). Budapest közparképítészetének története a kiegyezéstől az első világháborúig.

Book

’The Architectural vs. the Natural: The Birth of Modernist Landscape Design Theory in Hungary

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2016). ’The Architectural vs. the Natural: The Birth of Modernist Landscape Design Theory in Hungary. In European Architectural History Network: Fourth International Meeting. Dublin.

Conference Paper

2015

‘Following the example of the British’ – Influence of Sir Joseph Paxton’s public parks in Budapest

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2015). ‘Following the example of the British’ – Influence of Sir Joseph Paxton’s public parks in Budapest. In PAXTON 150: Histories and Futures of Public Parks. University of Sheffield.

Conference Paper

2012

Public parks: Reflections of social and cultural transitions in the urban environment

Csepely-Knorr, L. (2012). Public parks: Reflections of social and cultural transitions in the urban environment. In 49th World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects, IFLA 2012 (pp. 113-127).

Conference Paper

2011

'From England to Hungary. Correspondence between Thomas H. Mawson and Bela Rerrich concerning aesthetic principles

Csepely-Knorr, L., & Szabo, G. (2011). 'From England to Hungary. Correspondence between Thomas H. Mawson and Bela Rerrich concerning aesthetic principles. In ECLAS 2011 Conference Ethics/Aesthetics. University of Sheffield.

Conference Paper