Play in the City: in praise of indiscipline architecture
Many cityscapes are humdrum to the point of deadening banality. Identikit (often dying) high streets, underused public spaces, unimaginative landscaping and public realm.
Leamouth Peninsula Cultural Strategy
Futurecity were commissioned by major developers, Ballymore, to create a cultural strategy for the quirky riverside East London peninsula that’s home to Trinity Buoy Wharf. Our solution was London’s first cross-river creative quarter….
NZ versus the rest of the world
I’ve been in the City of Sails in the land of the long white cloud just three weeks. Time enough to note a few cultural differences
Battersea Power Station Cultural Strategy
Futurecity were commissioned by Battersea Power Station’s current owners, Treasury Holdings, to create a cultural strategy for one of the most distinctive buildings in the UK. This . Click on the image below…
Sabbatical – Week 2 (an epilogue)
One last note – You can’t buy DVDs of the films anywhere here. Fridge magnets, themed watches, clothing, pretty much anything else.
Sabbatical – Week 2
Yes. This is me and Chip on the fourth of four days at Disneyland Anaheim. Looking at this grinning fool (the less furry one), you’ll guess I’ve drunk Walt’s Kool Aid.
Regeneration through music & the creative industries
Hi Alberto, And greetings to you, Francesco! The most interesting sectoral trend for me at the moment is cultural placemaking – i.e. working with property developers to inject culture into the process from…
Al Jaffee’s Fold-Ins and shrinking cities
I’m working on a project for a large-scale new transport connection that’s going to have the effect of shrinking a major city. They’re looking for ways to communicate this idea. I first thought…
Braga
Hi Luís, Lovely to hear from you. To be honest, I really enjoyed Braga. I think it’s got massive potential to be a really creative small city. The things that particularly caught my eye as…
My first blog for Futurecity…
…is as sneak peek at the the upcoming Run Dem Crew project Charlie and I are doing with Holler, Nike & Channel 4
