John Thompson obituary

Founding chair of the Academy of Urbanism determined to involve local people in architectural decisions about their neighbourhoodsThe urban planner and architect John Thompson, who has died aged 78 after a long illness, was a leading proponent of “community architecture” and the founding chairman of the Academy of Urbanism. He was one of the most prominent advocates of involving local people in architectural decisions about their neighbourhoods and estates.One of his best known ventu