Book cover for Design for London: Experiments in urban thinking by Peter Bishop and Lesley Williams

Design for London

Experiments in urban thinking

2021 Released
282 Pages
4-6 Hours
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UCL PressISBN 9781787358959

Design for London critically examines Design for London, the unique experiment in urban planning, design and strategic thinking set up in 2006 by Mayor Ken Livingstone and his Architectural Advisor, Richard Rogers.

Peter Bishop

Peter Bishop is a native Londoner who has lived in New York since the mid-1990s. Hawking himself around as "an Englishman in New York", he's managed to get himself known as a go-to guy if anyone wants a Brit in a US time zone.

Lesley Williams

Lesley Williams is a librarian, writing instructor, book reviewer, and discussion facilitator based in Evanston, Illinois. As a public librarian, she led community discussions on intimidating classics, as well as African American and LGBTQ+ literature. She leads local book discussions about racial and environmental justice, and reviews books for Booklist magazine. Her writing has appeared in Truthout, Mondoweiss, and AWBC Magazine. Her hobbies include clumsy but enthusiastic folk dancing and spotting historical inaccuracies in Jane Austen adaptations and other historical dramas.

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