London requires a Comprehensive Greenway Network for green transport and active leisure journeys
Greenways are a key aspect of landscape planning for London’s green infrastructure and the city has …
Author: Tom Turner
Tom Turner
You’ve got to hand it to the Grand Canal in Venice
‘Giant Hands’ at the Ca’ Sagredo Hotel on the Grand Canal during Venice Biennale 2017. The …
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Cambridge greenway cycleway planning, review by Tom Turner
Cambridge tops the lists for UK economic growth and cycle commuting. It is near the bottom …
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Greenway and cycleway landscape architecture
These paths are all cycleways. They are not all greenways. Sustrans National Cycle Route NCN1 on …
Save Victoria Tower Gardens from London’s Second Holocaust Memorial
However good the design, Victoria Tower Gardens is the wrong place for London’s Second Holocaust …
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A day in the life of Regent’s Park
Regent’s Park is a brilliant work of landscape composition. On what must have been an unremarkable …
The landscape architecture of the London Holocaust Memorial
The winning entry has, in Kathryn Gustafson, a very good landscape architect who worked with winning …
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The landscape architecture of healthy cities
Great to hear a landscape architect speaking about health, urban design, ecology and new towns. Graham …
London parks, open space, landscape and green infrastructure planning 1943-2017
The term ‘green infrastructure’ was introduced to London landscape planning in the 21st century (in the …
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Quaggy River reclamation in Sutcliffe Park for flood detention and habitat creation
When I first visited Sutcliffe Park in 1992 it was a paradigm of dullness in parks, …
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