In Pictures: ‘Transformative’ designs for Grosvenor Square create ‘a global blueprint for shared urban spaces’
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In Pictures: Plans submitted to transform Grosvenor Square into an ‘extraordinary urban garden’
Architecture practice Tonkin Liu and horticulturalists Nigel Dunnett and Gary Grant have designed an "extraordinary urban garden" in the heart of Mayfair, at the behest of landowner Grosvenor Britain &…
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