Revealing the City: Exchange Square

Deborah Saunt, co-founder; Tom Greenall, associate director of the architecture, urban design and spatial research studio DSDHA; and James Fox, partner of landscape architects FFLO, discuss the emerging design of Exchange Square, Broadgate in the City of London.

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