A Westminster view from St James' Park, photo: Gavin Kingcome/ICOMOS-UK

Over the last decade, London’s skyline has been changing. Many new, tall buildings have been appearing across the heart of London irrevocably changing the historic skyscape of the capital city. In 2006, the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Landscape and Historic Gardens Committee decided to commission a photographic record of these views with particular reference to the two World Heritage sites of Tower of London and Westminster.

A project was initiated in mid-2007 to make a photographic record of the appearance of these World Heritage sites. The London Views Project feature describes some of the background to the project and makes a selection of the photographic record available and geo-referenced via ICOMOS-UK’s photographic website on Flickr. You can also browse the selection of images on ICOMOS-UK’s photo map.

See London Views Project