Robert Tavernor (born 1954) is an English Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),[1] and founding director of the Tavernor Consultancy in London.[2] He is an architecture historian and urbanist, who has published widely on architecture and urban design, including the impact of tall buildings on historic cities.[3] His academic career includes being appointed to the Forbes Chair in Architecture at the University of Edinburgh at age 36.