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  • Cultural Cramps

    Are we experiencing an unease amongst the creative classes? Are lines being blurred as new pastimes emerge and influence London’s evolving cultural identity?

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  • Retail Therapy?

    We need more new experiences of the city and affordable opportunities for small businesses. A retail Line unites these ideas, creating a dense, mixed-use infrastructure that opens up this world beneath the city’s feet. Is this the future of repurposing London’s abandoned spaces giving opportunities to underground grass-roots creativity?

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  • Cultural Cues?

    What does culture mean? Is there such thing as a new cultural currency? Are traditional definitions of culture sufficient to capture the modern ways in which we consume information, engage in leisure pursuits and use the spaces of our cities?

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  • Creative Boom or Crash?

    How do we fund cultural activity? What does this say about the importance of cultural capital to Londoners?


    Source:

    DCMS Annual Report (published 2016)



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  • Screentime v. Realtime?

    Are we consuming too much electronically? Can we still enjoy things in real life?


    Source:

    Freetime Activities (published 2015)


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  • ‘High’ v. ‘Low’?

    What qualifies as culture? Does the consumption of one type of event over another make London any less or more of a great place to live? Has the way we consume devalued traditional cultural activities while boosting others?


    Sources:

    Box Office Figures (published 2015)


    More of Everyone (published 2015)



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  • Pub The New Hub?

    Is a space that facilitates the coming together of people to share ideas and experiences a cultural space?


    Sources:

    Taking Part (published 2016)

    Consumer Insights Report (published 2016)



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  • A Retail Religion?

    If people travel from all over the world (retail tourism) to visit a place, is this a cultural space? Even if more people visit here than all the cultural institutions in London combined?


    Sources:

    Retail Footprint (published 2015)


    The Tourism Review (published 2015)


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  • Pride or Prejudice?

    The Stirling Prize takes place every year and is an opportunity to recognise the most important building of the year. Are the nominations a true reflection of the building that are used by our population each day?

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  • Breadth + Depth

    As architects do we need to focus on spaces that support a wider range of activities when we think about the idea of culture

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  • Useful City?

    When you look at what we build versus what we value culturally are we having the right debate about architecture in London? If London’s buildings are a framework for the social life of our city it is surely our responsibility as architects to design in a way that serves the perpetuation of this society.

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  • Architecturally Aware

    Ben Derbyshire, the new president of RIBA shares his thoughts on the future of the architectural industry.

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