Tag: Robert Holden
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New landscape architecture publication
I was delighted last week to visit the AA Bookshop and find five books by the landscape team at the University of Greenwich. Books written and co-authored by Tom Turner, Jamie Liversedge and myself were available within the landscape and urbanism sections of the bookshop. The most recent is Landscape Architecture: An Introduction, by Jamie Liversedge […]
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Debating London’s Skyline
The London skyline has evolved rapidly over the past 20 years, notably with The Shard, The Leadenhall Tower (‘the Cheese-grater’), St Marys Axe (the Gherkin) and 20 Fenchurch Street (the ‘Walkie Talkie Scorchie’) dominating the capital’s skyline. Sir Simon Jenkins has written about the capital becoming a ‘Gulf on Thames’. Current planning applications involve a […]