Dr John Parker

Career: Nat Serv 2 Lt RE served Canal Zone Cyprus 1952-54, TA (Lt) 1954-64; private commercial architects firms 1954-59, architect LCC 1961-64, gp leader urban design London Borough of Lambeth 1964-70, head central area team GLC 1970-86; fndr and dir Greater London Consultants (urban design and planning conslts) 1986-, princ John Parker Associates (architectural and planning conslts) 1990-; originator of devpt nr tport interchanges related to pedestrian movement 1967-77, project mangr Piccadilly Circus redevpt 1972-86, originator London's Canal Way Parks and Walk 1978-86, planning conslt for Addis Ababa 1986, vol advsr VSO (formerly BESO (Br Exec Servs Overseas)) China and Bulgaria 1997-2008, conslt to Cncl of Europe 2003-08, advsr Br Consultancy Ltd 2004-09; author of various pubns on subjects incl urban design, environmental planning, pedestrians and security; memb: Urban Design Gp 1978-, Living Streets (formerly Pedestrians' Assoc) 1983-, Soc of Expert Witnesses 1996-2004, Int Devpt Forum 1990-2004 (chm 2000-04), RTPI Int Devpt Network 2004- (leader 2004-); tstee Jubilee Walkway Tst 2002-, memb Catenian Assoc 1977-; Winston Churchill fell 1967, RIBA Pearce Edwards Award 1969, Br Cncl Anglo-Soviet Award 1988; ARIBA, FRTPI, FRSA

Books and Publications: Piccadilly Circus: From Controversy to Reconstruction (1980)