Sylvia Crowe published the Landscape of Power in 1958. Publicity for the US edition stated: ‘The impact of industrialization on the world's landscape has hardly begun. Only in close-coupled nations such as Great Britain can we see the world's future pattern: a landscape increasingly punctuated and criss-crossed by power grids, giant new structures...’ The summer edition of the Landscape Journal pays tribute to Crowe’s legacy and, as the UK government struggles to meet its obligation on carbon targets ahead of COP26, considers the current impact on the landscape of the infrastructure of power generation.
The journal celebrates the work of Brenda Colvin as well as Sylvia Crowe; highlights the impact of the Central Electricity Generating Board not only on the landscape but on the development of the landscape profession; addresses the view that as wind turbines become larger, their relationship with the landscape requires a new aesthetic; looks at the safety implications of how turbines are lit; and more