Posts Tagged ‘The Guardian’

Something for the planners: Japanese makeover for London’s Oxford Circus

This is an update of a post I did way back in April on a new diagonal Japanese style pedestrian crossing at Oxford Circus.  This area is held close to the hearts of HOK Londoners as we were resident in the the floor above Topshop, just above Oxford Circus tube state, for a wonderful ten years (my bank balance is now thanking me that we have moved, as I did have a good daily routine of taking the ’short cut’ through Topshop to ‘browse’ on my way home…).

Oxford Circus, with HOK's old home centre in the photo, courtesy of Architect's Journal

So back to the topic – the pedestrian crossing. This may seem a topic …