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Talk: In AHMM’s good offices…

Wednesday, 29 July 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

AHMM , 5-23 Old Street, London, EC1V 9HL

Join Simon Allford (AHMM) at Clerkenwell for a talk on the future of office design in the City, plus The Dovetail Building case study.

Join Simon Allford PPRIBA, co-founder of AHMM and one of the UK’s most influential architects, for an evening exploring how office design is responding to changing patterns of work, evolving occupier expectations and the continuing reinvention of the City of London.

Hosted at AHMM’s Clerkenwell studio, this special event will consider the changing role of the workplace and the ideas shaping the next generation of office buildings.

The evening will also feature a presentation of Brockton Everlast’s proposed new office tower, The Dovetail Building at 115-123 Houndsditch, offering an insight into one of the City’s major…

Insights

City Architecture Forum – Mid Year Review 2026

By David Magyar

For those who are unaware, this year marks the 35th anniversary of the City Architecture Forum. This is, of course, a significant milestone and is not only a mark of how well the Forum has endured but also how well it is regarded by both members and guests. This doesn’t...

Tour de force from City’s Planners

By Lee Mallett

CAF’s inaugural planning tour of the intense development activity around Holborn and the Fleet Valley, led by Planning and Development Director Gwyn Richards with Assistant Director (Design) Tom Nancollas, was a sell-out success, evading rain until the last moment. Weaving south from Make Architects’ Holborn Gate scheme for Hoi Hup...

Three-into-one at Angel Square

By Lee Mallett

Architect AHMM’s reimagining of Angel Square in Islington for US developer Tishman Speyer has quickly attracted tech and social media tenants since its completion in November 2025. It offers a hotel-like welcome in an elegant, animated lobby that includes a new public café and a more direct visual relationship with...

Over the tracks at One Liverpool Street

By David Lawrence, MD of Architects Flanagan Lawrence

CAF members were very pleased to be able to visit the nearly completed project at 1 Liverpool Street this week. Robert Kennett, Lee Higson and Rupert Willard from Eric Parry Architects together with Ben Stallward from Aviva Investors and Jonathan Emmines, Martin Bailey and Levan Sichinava from Mace gave an...

2 Aldermanbury Square

By Christopher Breiner

We are sincerely grateful to our hosts and guides, Piers Blewitt, Director of Development Management at Great Portland Estates (GPE), and Artur Carulla, Partner at Allies and Morrison Architects. CAF members and their guests were afforded a rare privilege: visiting the project shortly after practical completion, just days before the...

Refurbishing retrofit as ‘FutureFit’

By Lee Mallett

Rebranding retrofit as ‘FutureFit’ to generate a more positive, forward-looking image and removing or reducing VAT on refurb projects, with developers incentivised to pursue retrofit first through a reward based planning approach, were suggestions at CAF’s Retrofit at Scale event, hosted by architect and design firm Gensler. Gensler’s Co-Managing Director...

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