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Image: contributors to our 'Science Cities' discussion event at The Oxford Science Park - with Ylva Williams of Stockholm Science City Foundation on screen In the second part of Future Cities Forum's 'Global science Cities' report, from our discussion event held at The Oxford Science Park, contributors spoke on the topics of best practice and the use of data in the design of science hubs, retrofitting older buildings for science use and the diversification of Oxford city cent

Image courtesy: Peter Freeman, CBE, Chair of The Cambridge Growth Company Future Cities Forum welcomes back Peter Freeman, CBE, Chair of the Cambridge Growth Company, to our New model innovation districts and the future of Cambridge' discussion event this month hosted by the Wellcome Genome Campus at Hinxton. This past week the UK government announced its decision to establish a centrally led Development Corporation for Greater Cambridge. You can read the full government res

Image: Ed Watson - courtesy of Cambridge Biomedical Campus Future Cities Forum is delighted that Ed Watson, interim Managing Director of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus Ltd will be speaking at our 'New model science and innovation districts' forum this month, hosted by the Wellcome Genome Campus. Cambridge Biomedical Campus Ltd represents some of the major businesses located on the campus. including AstraZeneca, the University of Cambridge, Abcam (Danaher), the MRC Laboratory

Image: The Horniman Museum, London - courtesy Horniman Museum Museums around the world have been upgrading their buildings to meet net zero targets while trying to preserve their collections for the next generation. The Director of the Horniman Museum in south London, Gordon Seabright, joined Gavin Miller and other contributors to our 'Cultural Cities' discussion event, hosted by Historic Royal Palaces at the Tower of London last month to talk about meeting the needs of new m

Image:courtesy of Braaksma & Roos Future Cities Forum's entries to its cultural category - Summer Awards 2026 - are all inspired by the sea. They include Amsterdam's 'The Drift Museum', Hull Maritime Museum and the Larrakia Cultural Centre, Darwin, Australia The Drift Museum, Amsterdam, set to open in 2026 in Amsterdam’s historic Van Gendt Hallen industrial complex, renovated by architecture firm Braaksma & Roos, is dedicated to the Dutch artist duo Studio Drift, renowned wor

Image: CGI Bristol cityscape with Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus right foreground - courtesy Buro Happold Future Cities Forum will be at the Bristol Innovations Zone, next to Temple Meads Station for its 'Innovation Cities' discussion event this October. The forum will discuss how Bristol and the City Region is powering its science and innovation offer and how it can provide the environment for social inclusion, housing and better connected transport. The University of Bris

Image: courtesy of Manchester City Council Manchester City Council is looking to appoint a multidisciplinary team to shape a coordinated public realm and movement strategy for the St Mary’s Parsonage neighbourhood. A strategic regeneration framework (SRF) for the St Mary’s Parsonage area, the Council reports, was agreed in August 2020 to help guide the principles for development in the area, which is bound by Bridge Street, Deansgate, The River Irwell and Blackfriars Road. A

Image: Blackpool Council. Blackpool Council has been invited by the Department for Transport’s £1bn Structures Fund to submit plans to repair and refurbish the historic Grade II listed North Promenade colonnades between the Metropole Hotel and Gynn Square. Almost one kilometre in length, the colonnades include three sections: Lower Walk at Gynn Square Crescent, Middle Walk from Warley Road to Pleasant Street and Princess Parade by the Metropole. Built between 1910 and 1925,

Image: Sainsbury Centre, East Anglia, photo courtesy of Peter Couch. The Sainsbury Centre has secured a £91.2m donation that will be used to refurbish the building, which is part of the University of East Anglia (UEA) campus in Norwich, writes the Museums Association. The money has come from Gatsby, a charitable foundation created by David Sainsbury, the son of Robert Sainsbury. The art museum was opened in 1978 after Robert Sainsbury and his wife Lisa Sainsbury donated their

Image: Rotterdam skyline courtesy Robin Utrecht Following Future Cities Forum's discussion event, hosted by EY at More London Place, on 'Tall buildings and sustainable cities' in the UK, two further discussions were carried out to gain a European perspective. Contributing to these interviews were Emiel Arends, the City of Rotterdam's Urban Designer, who has worked on several masterplans in the city (Wilhelminapier and RCD), co-authored the inner-city plan and who works on str