Revealing the City: Thermal Comfort – a ground breaking initiative

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.

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Behind the Scenes: One Fen Court

By Etain Fitzpatrick

Monday, 30 September 2019 One Fen Court is a new building located in the heart of the City of London designed by Eric Parry Architect (EPA) and owned by Generali. You’ve probably already seen its colourful iridescent top the peaking put atop the City’s winding streets. We had the rare...

A New Museum for London pt I

By Roy McGowan

Friday, 7th February 2020 On Friday, a group of City Architecture Forum (CAF) Members were fortunate enough to tour the Museum of London’s new home at the historic West Smithfield. A planning application to support the relocation from the Museum’s current site at London Wall was submitted during December 2019...