The UK’s population expected to rise by 10 million in 25 years. This will take it from 64.6 million to 74.3 million in 2039. As Ebenezer Howard asked ‘Where will the people go?’. Birmingham’s population is 1.074m so that’s another …
Where should Britain’s new housing be built? London? Read more »
Corbusier visited Pinjore’s Mughal Garden when working on the design of Chandigarh – and it is a pity he did not learn more from the experience. Corbusier could also have read Constance Villiers-Stuart’s account of the Pinjore garden (in The …
Chandigarh 4 (of 4): Pinjore Yadavindra Mughal garden design Read more »
Renzo Piano has designed a Skyscraper for Paddington. Simon Jenkins calls it the Paddington Pole and comments that ‘Unlike the Shard, the Pole appears to have all the subtlety of a cigarette.’ I see it as the Paddington Pepperpot and …
Robert Holden and Tom Turner discuss the landscape architecture of Tooley Street with reference to its history and to the ideas of Jane Jacobs and Jan Gehl. The name Tooley Street is a corruption of ‘St Olave’s Street’ – and …
A landscape architects’ approach to greening Tooley Street in London Read more »
Richard J Williams (born in Washington DC and Professor of Contemporary Visual Cultures at Edinburgh University College of Art) is right about the redevelopment of Edinburgh’s Waterfront . He wrote in the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine that ‘It starts promisingly …
Edinburgh’s Waterfront Redevelopment – the need for landscape urbanism Read more »
Congratulations to Spacehub on being appointed as landscape architects for Ebbsfleet Garden City. I hope they will be able to follow the landscape urbanism principle, that urban design should be led by landscape architects. A possible problem with this is …
Landscape architects appointed for Ebbsfleet Garden City in Kent Read more »
Demographia have an interesting website. which is an annual world-wide listing of urban areas by Largest Urban Areas in the World, Urban Areas by Geography (Including Selected under 500,000 Population), Urban Areas by Land Area (Urban Footprint) 84 Urban Areas by Urban …
May I underline Tom’s page on pro bono landscape architecture by referring to the example of the American Bar Association whose ethical rules require members to contribute 50 hours of pro bono work each year, to quote their website: ” …
No tillage means avoiding ploughing and the consequent disruption of soil structure, increased run-off and soil erosion. It raises albedo and retains soil water. No till farming involves direct drilling of seed without disturbing the soil, at small scale it …
This year’s installation at the Tate Modern is an exercise in geometric natural regeneration. The Tate Modern is 1 of the 3 galleries you must see and this new exquisite piece of art really embellishes this fact. 23 tonnes of …
