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Cannon Ivers

Director

LDA Design

Cannon Ivers
Cannon Ivers (CMLI) is a Director at LDA Design in London. He holds a master of landscape architecture degree with distinction from Harvard. Cannon is a teaching fellow at the Bartlett School of Landscape Architecture and the author of the books Staging Urban Landscapes:The Activation and Curation of Flexible Public Spaces and 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know, both published by Birkhauser. His professional work includes urban parks and public spaces and he frequently contributes to design discourse through publications examining 3D design and digital fabrication, spatial programmability, intelligent water design and high impact, low maintenance planting design. Cannon is on the design review panel for the London Borough of Southwark and Newham and is a member of the NLA Expert Panel on Public Realm. 

Latest contributions

Pedestrian-Friendly London: Paving the Way to Healthier Streets

Placemaking

17 June 2025

Pedestrian-Friendly London: Paving the Way to Healthier Streets

This breakfast talk, as part of the London Festival of Architecture, puts a spotlight on London’s car-free zones and explores the future of our streets.

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NYLON: Activating public spaces in New York and London

City Dialogues

11 November 2024

NYLON: Activating public spaces in New York and London

Watch the discussion between New York and London on rethinking streetscapes to prioritise people, create dynamic and sustainable environments, and enhance the public realm.

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Cannon Ivers