London Architecture Biennale Below and Above Guided Walks

Just come out of very busy period. Last week I organised 3 guided walks for the London Architecture Biennale. Each one was led by an archaeologist and an architect and we went around London discussing what was below ground and above ground.

The walks were very successful - well attended and lots of great information and insights into the City.

The architects were Ken Greig of Greig Stephenson, Terry Brown of GMW Ltd and Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects.

The archaeologists were Julian Bowsher and Gorden Malcom of the Museum of London Archaeological Service and Gustav Milne of UCL, Institute of Archaeology.

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