London Festival of Architecture Sky Ride Podcasts

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Six bicycle tours by leading experts in architecture, design and the built environment, part of the 2010 London Festival of Architecture. Maps are available for self-guided tours.

Episodes

  1. 08/13/2010

    Biodiversity in the City with Sarah Price

    Led by landscape and planting designer Sarah Price of Sarah Price Landscapes, celebrates how gardens and parks have kept biodiversity alive in cities, providing rich experiences for wildlife and people. Not only can naturalistic city planting be environmentally sound but, … Continue reading →

  2. 08/13/2010

    Remodelling Old Housing Estates with Wayne Hemingway

    Ideas about city housing schemes have changed almost beyond recognition over the last 100 years. This tour of some of London’s iconic housing estates shows how they have been remodelled and updated for a new century and a new way … Continue reading →

  3. 08/12/2010

    The Best of France in London with Stephen Bayley

    Led by Stephen Bayley, design guru and architecture and design correspondent of The Observer newspaper. He is a former Chief Executive of the Design Museum and in 1989 was awarded France's top cultural accolade, and made a Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Continue reading →

  4. 08/11/2010

    Places, Spaces and Squares with Roger Madelin

    Roger Madelin is joint chief executive of Argent property developers. This ride sets out to see some new public spaces being formed on the railway lands at King’s Cross. From there it heads into Islington to look at small and … Continue reading →

  5. 08/11/2010

    The Linear City with Cany Ash

    Cany Ash of Ash Sakula Architects leads this tour of recent developments hugging viaducts, canals & roads. The ride starts under the Green Bridge in Mile End Park, just off the Mile End Road. Travelling east along the canal adjacent … Continue reading →

  6. 08/11/2010

    Wren and Hawksmoor Churches with Fergus Connolly

    Fergus Connolly is a specialist in historic architecture and conservation at Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. This ride visits several churches built in the wake of the Great Fire of London, in particular those of Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor. The … Continue reading →

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Six bicycle tours by leading experts in architecture, design and the built environment, part of the 2010 London Festival of Architecture. Maps are available for self-guided tours.

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