Our Future High Streets forum report
Natural history pop-up exhibition (by Portsmouth Museums) in empty store in the Cascades Shopping Centre, Portsmouth Future Cities Forum held an important 'Future of High Streets' discussion this week with Sunderland City Council, Portsmouth City Council, Historic England, developer Igloo Regeneration, National Museum of the Royal Navy and the British Retail Consortium. Questions were asked about the work of protecting historic shop fronts while towns and cities try to regene
Director of National Museums Liverpool at our March Cultural Cities forum
Laura Pye, Director, National Museums Liverpool (Gareth Jones) How will museums attract visitors back post Covid-19? Laura Pye, Director of National Museums Liverpool, will take part in our March forum on 'Cultural Cities' to talk about the public realm master plan being put in place for visitors linking the city's NML museums. This is the second discussion in our 'Cultural Cities' series which began with a debate led by Gus Casely-Hayford, Director of the V&A East in Januar
Mayor calls on London's innovators to support city's recovery
Tower Bridge and City Hall, More London Riverside As Future Cities Forum prepares for the next in its 'Science Cities' discussion series, where technology and innovation are central to reviving economies, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called on the capital's innovators to help drive forward the city's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Our series of debates has looked at the way planning can help alleviate the over-heating economies of our future technology and scien
Line-up for Future of High Streets debate
Whitechapel High Street (pre-pandemic), East London - with Whitechapel Art Gallery (1901) and mix of building ages and types Acting as Director of Historic England's High Street Heritage Action Zone Programme, Louise Brennan will be speaking at our 'Future of High Streets' discussion this week. She is joined at the forum by Sunderland City Council's Chief Executive, Patrick Melia, Portsmouth City Council's Member for Economic Regeneration, Cllr Steve Pitts, developer Igloo Re
The Wallace Collection joins Future Cities Forum's cultural cities debate in March
Dr Xavier Bray, Director of the Wallace Collection Future Cities Forum is delighted that Dr Xavier Bray, Director of the Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, London, is to speak at Future Cities Forum's 'Cutlural Cities' in March. Dr Bray is an art historian specialising in Spanish art and became director of The Wallace Collection in 2016. Previously, he was Chief Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Bilbao as well as Assistant Curator at
Future Cities Forum infrastructure debate - Part Two
Station Hill, Reading development (CallisonRTKL / Gensler / LDA Design for MGT Investment Management) The importance of well planned public realm and retail around stations was a vital part of our infrastructure and transport forum discussion last week. Both architects Chapman Taylor and master-planning and landscape design firm LDA Design spoke about St Pancras International and Station Hill Reading. Chapman Taylor's Head of Transportation, Peter Farmer, said it was true th
Lord Mendoza to speak at Future Cities Forum's summer 'Cultural Cities'
Neil Mendoza by John Cairns Future Cities Forum is delighted that Lord Mendoza will lead our June 'Cultural Cities' debate. This is part of a series which started in January with Gus Casely-Hayford, Director of V&A East. These discussions look at the challenges and opportunities for the cultural sector including both traditional and emerging cultural districts in London post-pandemic. Our January discussions have had input from Somerset House Trust, Historic England, the dev
Portsmouth City Council at Future Cities Forum
Commercial Road, Portsmouth (Courtesy Visit Portsmouth) We are delighted that Portsmouth City Councillor Steve Pitt, executive member for economic development will be joining Future Cities Forum's high streets event this month. The forum discussion will look at the recovery of high streets, town and city centre development post pandemic. Portsmouth City Council has secured almost £7 million for the transformation of high streets across the city. The £6.9 million from two bids
Our infrastructure rail and station-led regeneration report (part 1)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Station by John Dobson and John Wilkinson Carmichael 1850 (from The Chronicle) We were delighted that Stephen Dance, Head of the Commercial Adviser Team at the I&PA led our infrastructure and station-led regeneration debate this week with Newcastle City Council's Director of Place, Michelle Percy, Costain Group's Head of Digital Nathan Marsh, the Leader of Milton Keynes Council, Peter Marland, and the Northern Powerhouse Partnership's Director, Hen
The future of high streets - next forum debate
National Glass Centre Museum at Sunderland, on banks of the River Wear We are delighted that the Chief Executive of Sunderland City Council, Patrick Melia, is joining our 'Future of high streets' forum this month. Patrick is driving a major regeneration of Sunderland City Centre. Over £100 million of investment by L&G in new office accommodation has been secured with the employment zone set to create 6,000 jobs. He is also leading a significant multi-million pound seafront re