Colin Thom

Colin Thom is Director of the Survey of London, where for many years now he has contributed to the research, writing, editing and production of the Survey’s renowned series of volumes on London’s history and architecture. He edited te landmark 50th volume, Battersea: Houses and Housing (2013) and co-edited the two-volume set on South-East Marylebone, (2017), which was awarded the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain’s prestigious Colvin Prize for 2018 as the leading work of reference on an architectural subject. An MA Honours graduate of Glasgow University, Colin worked in the photo and film archive of London Transport Museum before joining the Survey. As well as his main interest in London’s built environment, Colin is also an expert on the eighteenth-century architect Robert Adam. He edited a collection of new research on Adam, Robert Adam and his Brothers (2019), and is currently working on a new edition of Adam’s Grand Tour correspondence.