Jeremy Vine tells the truth about London cycle infrastructure, to the GLA London Assembly Transport Committee
London transport policy favours motor-power transport and discriminates against human-powered travel. This may be compared with …
Author: Tom Turner
Tom Turner
Which is the older art: Landscape or Architecture?
Short history of the word ‘landscape’ The word ‘landscape’ was formed by adding ‘-scape’ (or ‘-skip’ …
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Cycling in the 2018 New London Plan
Consultation on the New London Plan Friday ends 5pm on 2 March 2018. All comments will then go …
Greenway definition
As with the term ‘landscape architecture’, you can define the meaning of the term ‘greenway’ either …
IS landscape architecture one of the ten most important professions?
Is landscape architecture one of the world’s most important professions? Yes. There is an immense public …
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Carl Steinitz: On the Future of Landscape Architecture
Steinitz has worked at the intellectual heart of landscape architecture for half a century. In this …
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Sustrans greenways for cycling and walking
Sustrans first project (the Bath-Bristol Path, National Route 4) was a great success. I see it …
The brilliant landscape architecture of Edinburgh New Town
Was Edinburgh’s new town planned by a landscape architect? Yes. One could argue that the term …
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Ian McHarg’s legacy to landscape architecture & landscape urbanism
Ian McHarg’s legacy to the landscape architecture profession was threefold: He wrote a brilliant book, on Design …
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Bad landscape architecture 1: Creekside non-village in Deptford, London
Inspired by James Kunstler’s Ted talk How bad architecture wrecked cities (video above) I am planning some blog …
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