mental health

July 24, 2019

Kate Swade and I were recently treated to an ‘urban green space’ visit at the invitation of colleagues from the Landscape Architecture Depart at the University of Sheffield and the public health and parks and open spaces teams in the city council.  We’ve captured some of the highlights here, and are keen to hear your

October 16, 2018

It may be the circles I move in, but there’s been quite a lot of noise about the seemingly random infilling of the Rill which used to run the length of More Street near London Bridge. Designed by The Fountain Workshop, this 260 metre ground level, low key but elegant water feature formed a trinity with the Tooley

March 9, 2018

Space, peace and quiet are luxuries if you live in a city, and anywhere if resources are tight. But while we all need to get away from time to time, I’m resistant to the idea that tranquility has to be separate from rather than integral to urban life. Designed right, a city can offer places