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Image: Department at Carnival Parade, Ryde, Isle of Wight - winner in the Retrofit & Restoration category (Photo courtesy Tim Crocker Photography for Turner Works) Future Cities Forum is releasing its Summer Awards 2026 awards winners and runners-up across six categories with a selection of comments from the judges. The judging took place on 7 July 2026. The judges were: Hazel Edwards, Area Director (Senior Director) South East at Arts Council England, Alice Barrois, Principa

Image: St Peter's Square Manchester - view to Town Hall annexe building where Future Cities Forum was hosted in April 2025. Future Cities Forum is holding a discussion this week looking at the vision for the economic regeneration of the UK announced by Andy Burnham, who is hoping to become the next Prime Minister. He has spoken of his ambition to allow UK regions greater control over infrastructure such as water and energy, and to create the biggest council house building pr

Image: Kanal in Brussels - one of the short-listed cultural entries in the cultural category. Future Cities Forum is releasing the names of its all-female judging panel, who will assess projects across six categories in this summer's awards. The short-list of projects has already been released Future Cities Forum's 2026 Summer Awards entries short list The judging panel is composed of Hazel Edwards - Arts Council England Hazel leads the delivery of the Let’s Create 10-year st

Image: CGI of Melbourn Science Park in South Cambridgeshire with new village green, courtesy of Sheppard Robson Future Cities Forum invited Sheppard Robson and Ridge and Partners to speak at its 'New Model Innovation Districts' discussion event, hosted by the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire, about best practice for the design of science, technology and engineering campuses in the UK. Eugene Sayers, Partner at Sheppard Robson began by describing how the design of scie

Image: the city of Cambridge - looking beyond to the wider region (courtesy Webb Aviation) Future Cities Forum held a panel discussion on the issues affecting innovation, district and housing development across Cambridge and the region - at its recent event, hosted by the Wellcome Genome Campus.. Those contributing included Bethany Dugdale, Deputy Chief Executive, Cambridge Growth Company, Dr Geoff Darch, Head of Strategic Asset Planning, Anglian Water, Cllr Bridget Smith, L

Image: Oxford City Centre - Cornmarket, looking towards Carfax, Christchuch, and Oxford Town Hall Oxford City Council has expressed its disappointment at Oxfordshire County Council for scrapping a devolution deal that would have brought billions of pounds of investment to the Thames Valley. It states: 'Councils across Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Swindon had been working collaboratively on a proposal for a Strategic Authority, linking together councils across the Thames Valley

Image: exterior of Pall Mall Court Manchester - courtesy Sheppard Robson Future Cities Forum is releasing its Summer Awards 2026 awards categories and entries. The categories are workplace, tall buildings, airport design, retrofit with two separate cultural sector categories. WORKSPACE 1) Pall Mall Court - Manchester (image above, courtesy of Sheppard Robson) Sheppard Robson says: '85,000sqft Grade II-listed development transformed from a stranded asset into a modern workplac

Image: view from Holborn Viaduct to Smithfield Market's General Market Building which will be the first element of the new London Museum to be opened this November after a major transformation. A City of London griffin, 'with the head of an eagle and body of a lion' according to the London Museum, stands guard - courtesy Future Cities Forum Future Cities Forum is holding another of its 'Cultural Cities' discussion events in Smithfield, London, around the opening of the new Lo

Image: Cohen Quad, Alison Brooks Architects Future Cities Forum will be holding its next Oxford 'Science Cities' forum this September at Exeter College Oxford's Cohen Quad in Walton Street, Oxford, re-designed as new premises with state-of-the-art facilities in 2017 by award-winning architect, Alison Brooks. Exeter College Oxford is at the forefront of developing new science facilities for the city and the Bursar spoke at our recent forum about plans for EXOq, a newly propose

Image: courtesy AMB Sports and Entertainment With the World Cup 2026 currently in progress, Buro Happold has been writing about its stadium project in Atlanta, USA. Future Cities Forum is highlighting its exceptional design. Buro Happold states: 'Beneath the vast steel roof at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a natural grass pitch – grown, installed and meticulously maintained for the World Cup – sets the stage. Then the building begins to move. High above, eight triangular steel petal