Tavernor, Robert


Professor Emeritus Robert Tavernor  

Department

Position held

Cities Programme

Department of Sociology

Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design

Experience keywords:

architecture and urban design; environment; architecture and the built environment; architecture; relationship of body and architecture; Palladianism in Britain and America; built environment; design and location of tall buildings; theory and practice of architecture; relationship of modern buildings to historic architecture; urban planning; classical tradition of European architecture; urban design and masterplanning

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Professor Tavernor is an architect, urban designer and architectural historian with an active London-based consultancy which advises on major building and urban design projects. He has acted as chairman of international design juries and as a consultant architect and historian he provides architectural, heritage and urban planning advice to institutions, developers and architects in London.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Consultancy

Countries and regions to which research relates:

London; UK

Languages:

Italian [Spoken: Basic]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

Alt email:

robert@tavernorconsultancy.co.uk

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2011

Tavernor, Robert (2011) One Hyde Park by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners. Architecture today , 216 pp. 52-61. ISSN 0958-6407

2010

Tavernor, Robert (2010) Foreword. In: Williams, Kim and March , Lionel and Wassell, Stephen R., (eds.) The mathematical works of Leon Battista Alberti . Springer Basel, Basel, Switzerland. ISBN 9783034604734

Tavernor, Robert and Gassner, Gunter (2010) Visual consequences of the plan: managing London’s changing skyline. City, culture and society, 1 (2). pp. 99-108. ISSN 1877-9166

Tavernor, Robert (2010) Heritage strategy. In: Hosper, H. and Poyry, V., (eds.) Transforming the city: Perm strategic masterplan. unspecified, pp. 388-417.

Tavernor, Robert (2010) Heritage. In: Hosper, H. and Poyry, V., (eds.) Transforming the city: Perm strategic masterplan. unspecified, pp. 1-72.

2009

Tavernor, Robert (2009) Introduction. In: On architecture. Penguin Classics, London, UK. ISBN 9780141441689

2008

Tavernor, Robert (2008) The pursuit of virtue. The georgian, (2). pp. 4-8. ISSN 0963-1070

Tavernor, Robert (2008) Architectural conservation. In: Cane, Peter and Conagh, Joanne, (eds.) The new oxford companion to law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 46-47. ISBN 9780199290543

Tavernor, Robert (2008) Composing London visually. In: Neumann, Dietrich and Marcus, Alan, (eds.) Visualizing the city. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 159-178. ISBN 9780415419703

2007

Tavernor, Robert (2007) Smoot’s ear : the measure of humanity. Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 9780300124927

2006

Tavernor, Robert (2006) Sobre alberti e a arte edificatória. Desígnio: revista de história da arquitetura e do urbanismo, 5 pp. 47-59. ISSN 1806-2741

Tavernor, Robert (2006) Robert Tavernor interviewed: Robert Tavernor. Planning and policy (Korean), (6). pp. 81-93. ISSN 1739-3450

Tavernor, Robert (2006) La transformation de San Francesco de Rimini en 'Tempio Malatestiano', par Alberti. In: Choay, Francois and Paoli, Michel, (eds.) Alberti, humaniste, architecte. Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, pp. 145-168. ISBN 9782840562115

2005

Tavernor, Robert (2005) London is a laboratory for the future city. Iconeye, (28). pp. 48-51. ISSN 1479-9456

2004

Tavernor, Robert (2004) From townscape to skyscape. The architectural review, pp. 78-83. ISSN 0003-861X

Tavernor, Robert (2004) On the art of urban design. Designio: revista de historia da arquitetura e do urbanism, 1 pp. 35-58. ISSN 1806-2741

2003

Tavernor, Robert (2003) Brevity without obscurity: text and image in the architectural treatises of Daniele Barbaro and Andrea Palladio. In: Palmer, Rodney and Frangenberg, Thomas, (eds.) The rise of the image: essays on the history of the illustrated art book. Ashgate Press, Aldershot, pp. 105-134. ISBN 9780754605591

2002

Tavernor, Robert (2002) Book review: Venice and the east. The international history review, 24 (2). pp. 391-393. ISSN 0707-5332

Tavernor, Robert (2002) Measure, metre, irony: reuniting pure mathematics with architecture. Arq: architectural research quarterly, 6 (1). pp. 67-75. ISSN 1359-1355

Tavernor, Robert and Dodds, George, (eds.) (2002) Body and Building. essays on the changing relation of body and architecture. MIT Press, London, UK. ISBN 0262041952

Tavernor, Robert (2002) Contemplating perfection through Piero's eyes. In: Dodds, George and Tavernor, Robert, (eds.) Body and building: essays on the changing relation of body and architecture. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, pp. 78-93. ISBN 9780262041959

2001

Tavernor, Robert (2001) Leon Battista Alberti: master builder of the Italian renaissance. Arq: architectural research quarterly, 5 (2). pp. 187-188. ISSN 1359-1355

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