Equipping placemakers to shape a thriving and equitable city
We Made That and PRD did a health check of the city’s cultural production spaces for the Greater London Authority. They found the culture sector is under pressure but adapting with ingenuity, says EVE AVDOULOS, while AMANDA ROBINSON highlights the importance of neighbourhood-level data. Cultural production spaces in London such … Read more
How can we harness the experience economy to boost London’s growth? Our City Makers’ Forum discussed what this fast-growing sector means for placemaking and regeneration. Here are the takeaways. The recently published London Growth Plan identifies the experience economy as a key pillar for the city’s long-term, sustainable growth. As the … Read more
From music and sport to street life and shared spaces, culture shapes how we live, connect, and belong. Find out how our Future London Leaders would make culture more inclusive and embedded in everyday places. Culture is the DNA of London — shaping identity, fostering inclusion, and driving economic growth. … Read more
Creative industries and the experience economy are big growth sectors. We worked with Futurecity and Opportunity London on a cultural placemaking toolkit to help boroughs take advantage of the opportunities. In a highly competitive global market, London’s boroughs need to draw out distinctive and authentic narratives for their places undergoing … Read more
It’s Black History Month with an excellent programme of events across London in October, several with an obvious interest to urbanists. At Future of London, we think a walking tour is a great way to see – and start to understand – a place. So how about The Tooting Black … Read more
This post is from sister organisation Future of Greater Manchester (hence introducing LLDC in some detail). If you’d like to have a hosted field trip like this, get in touch! Future of Greater Manchester’s first intercity exchange hosted 37 people – and a dog! – from London Legacy Development Corporation, … Read more
We brought our Future London Leaders 30 cohort together for a live graduation event, hosted by Trowers & Hamlins, where they presented their Proposals for London on the theme of community engagement.
We brought our Future London Leaders 30 cohort together for a live graduation event, hosted by Trowers & Hamlins, where they presented their Proposals for London on the theme of community engagement.
Check out this summary of Leader Plus 9’s fascinating tour of what’s happening at Royal Albert Wharf, where tenure-blind housing, waterfront living and meaningful arts integration with residents are forming a vibrant new community.
We brought our Future London Leaders 29 cohort together for our first live graduation event in two years, where they shared their Proposals for London on the theme of heritage and culture.
How much of central Manchester do you attempt with just over two hours and a very knowledgeable group? All of it, of course! We didn’t get everywhere but certainly gave it a shot with this fascinating GM Leaders Plus field trip.
Hear about the shifting connections between culture and place in this lively conversation with cultural strategist Aida Esposito, Southbank Centre’s Gillian Moore CBE and placemaking strategist and FoL alum Paul Augarde.