Gwyn Richards Chief Planning Officer and Development Director in the Department of the Built Environment at the City of London, and Ender Ozkan Vice President of RWDI discuss how the 2 organisations worked together to produce the new guidelines for the next generation of post COVID developments in the City where the very crafting of a more nuanced mix of new office space and outdoor amenity will be fundamental to the next generation for the City of London.
The circular economy seeks to decouple economic growth from resource consumption by creating value in new ways. This directly address’ issues of resource scarcity, productivity and climate footprint through new business models and customer experiences. Organisations such as the World Economic Forum, OECD and the EU have recognised the importance...
The draft City Plan 2040 is at its Examination in Public. The Corporation has abandoned plans to move Billingsgate and Smithfield fish and meat markets to Barking and to close them, with traders to be compensated and presumably freed to fend for themselves. Michael Cassidy, an ‘architect’ of today’s Square...
As I pondered possible themes and topics for this half year report, I cast an eye over the events we have held in the first six months of 2025 and began to think about what linked them, and how they characterise what the Forum aims to do. The roster –...
