London’s Green Infrastructure Plan for 2050
The London Branch of the UK Landscape Institute made these London_2050_green_infrastructure_2014_landscape_comment.pdf recommendations: SUMMARY of LI London …
Author: Tom Turner
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Simon Jenkins on London’s skyline landscape and architecture
Simon Jenkis argues that ‘London today has the only skyline in the western world that is …
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Garden streets in London
Garden streets are a very special type of green street. They are effectively traffic calmed by …
Landscape architecture, Ian McHarg and green environmental ethics
Ian McHarg included a chapter ‘On Values’ in Design with nature. It sets out his views …
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The landscape architecture of tall buildings in London
When the Walkie Talkie (20 Fenchurch Street) was nearing completion it attracted publicity for its capacity …
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London needs an integrated network of green streets
Streets are said to be green when they are dominated by vegetation and/or when they are …
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Greenwich Peninsula skyline landscape architecture London
This witty and perceptive cutting is from the Friends of Greenwich Park Newsletter (No. 70 Summer …
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All London Green Grid – landscape and open space planning
Creating networks of long-distance walks, like the London Loop, the Capital Ring and the Jubilee Greenway …
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Public access to green roofs and roof gardens
Cities are becoming denser and busier and higher and more polluted. This tends to make ground …
Patrick Geddes and the origin of UK landscape architecture
Wikipedia (2015) describes Sir Patrick Geddes FRSE (2 October 1854 – 17 April 1932) as a …
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