The Spring Line
David KnightThe Spring Line is a collection of illustrated writings by David Knight. It mixes fiction and non-fiction to explore the built environment and how it is made.
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Other Plans #6: Briggate Burgages
Briggate in the 1840s, with inns and gateways highlighted. Drawing by David Knight, 2026.
Other Plans is an occasional series of essays, each of which explores a particular alternative method of ‘doing’ spatial planning drawn from history....
Sidcup Storyteller
Originally written for The Architects’ Journal and published in March 2024.
The train from London Bridge to Sidcup runs between the allotments and back gardens of suburban London. Along the way there are occasional glimpses of suburban tow...
Marianne in Cheiron’s Cave
Greenwood Camp, Godchild - a Cheiron’s Cave in the New Forest. Drawing by David Knight.
There are persistent, recurring motifs and beliefs haunting our alternative cultures. One is a deep commitment to nature, the parameters of which shift...
The Hand in the Wall
I have a short essay in For the Love of People, a collection of writings edited by painter Bella Bacon celebrating the significance of art to the human experience. Bella’s paintings are also a testament to this.
My piece - illustrated with...
The Wenlock Bollard
I returned to the School of Architecture and Landscape at Kingston University yesterday to attend Bernd Schmutz’s guest lecture, Long Time Exposures. Bernd, myself and Adam Khan taught postgraduate architecture Unit 2 at Kingston between 20...
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Designer, teacher and writer. DK-CM/London School of Architecture. Co-editor 'Public House: A social & cultural history of the London pub' (2021).
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