Robert Holden

Robert Holden is a London-based landscape architect. On graduating from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1971 he worked for the Dutch Staatsbosbeheer (State Forestry Service) in Lelystad and for Allain Provost in Paris in 1976. Since the 1970s he has also worked in London with Derek Lovejoy and Ptnrs. (1971-75) and Brian Clouston and Ptnrs (1976-89). In the 1980s he was known for work on business park masterplanning such as Aztec West near Bristol and Capability Green Luton. Later he was involved in smaller practices, Clifton Design (1990-91), Holden Liversedge (1991-99) and Cracknells (2000-2009).

Projects have involved work in France, Germany, Kuwait, Libya, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UAE, and Russia. A former member of the Landscape Institute Council (1983-86 and 2013-17). he was Education Vice President of the European Foundation for Landscape Architecture (2001-4) and from 2005-2008 was EFLA Secretary General promoting landscape architecture throughout Europe and to the European Commission. Until early 2013 he was Head of the Landscape at the University of Greenwich where he taught from 1992. In 2014 he was a Tübitak funded visiting scholar at Istanbul Technical University. His latest publication, with Jamie Liversedge, is "Landscape Architecture: an introduction", (February 2014).

Interests include sustainability and landscape architecture, post industrial landscapes, the history of the European landscape architecture profession and aspects of English landscape garden history, notably the ferme ornée. He is keen on concrete in all its forms and is a great believer in the importance of site and seasonal change, one enthusiasm is for walking cities. A website he is involved in developing with Tom Turner is http://www.landscapearchitecture.org.uk/