NY-LON: What Does ‘Affordable’ Mean?
October 9, 2015
8:30 – 10:30 AM
Kohn Pedersen Fox
11 West 42nd Street
Join the Forum + Institute for Urban Design, Kohn Pedersen Fox, and New London Architecture for our eighth New York – London Exchange discussing innovative approaches to affordable and supportive housing. (more…)
Vision Zero: Safer Streets, Better Places
May 20, 2015
8:30 – 10:30 AM
Kohn Pedersen Fox
11 West 42nd Street
Join the Forum + Institute for Urban Design, Kohn Pedersen Fox, and New London Architecture for our seventh New York – London Exchange discussing best practices in safe streets and cycling infrastructure. (more…)
Smart Industries
October 1, 2014
8:30 – 10:30AM
Kohn Pedersen Fox
11 West 42nd Street
Join us for the sixth live video seminar taking place simultaneously in London and New York, focusing on how both cities are driving growth in the science, technology, and research industries. (more…)
October 25, 2013
8:30 – 10:30AM
Kohn Pedersen Fox
11 West 42nd Street, New York
The continual renewal of London and New York’s skyline, architecture, and city planning have contributed to their status as two of the most dynamic cities in the world, able to quickly adapt to changing economic, environmental and social circumstances.
But with recent debates around the redevelopment of historic assets, including Smithfield Market and the Southbank Centre in London and the East Midtown rezoning in New York, how can both cities achieve the right balance between historic preservation and city renewal?
This special seminar is the fourth in an NLA series supported by KPF, and in association with the Forum for Urban Design, and takes place simultaneously in New York and London to share knowledge and explore the key issues facing the built environment in both cities.
Breakfast will be served at 8:30AM, with the seminar beginning promptly at 9:00AM. This live video seminar is taking place simultaneously in New York and London so that audiences from both cities will be able to participate in the debate.
On October 12, Forum Fellows met with New London Architecture members to confront the challenge of balancing investment in the city and its suburbs.
Alex Garvin, President of the Forum, argued that New York contains not only Manhattan, with its dense urban core, but also as a series of diverse and dynamic neighborhoods with newly minted public spaces and a range of housing types. Andrew Altman, former Chief Executive of London’s Olympic Park Legacy Company, discussed the success of the Olympic site and its bright future as a new mixed-use core as London looks east.
Respondents from both cities immediately questioned how equitably investment was being distributed between the urban core and its edge. New Yorkers questioned whether their city had dedicated substantial public investment in infrastructure, and whether the city’s newly minted bike lanes and new tunnel from the airport into Grand Central Terminal would suffice. Londoners questioned whether the Olympic investment would pay off and create a new mixed-use core for the already poly-centric metropolis. Overwhelmingly, denizens of both cities questioned whether cities should be provided a greater share of their tax revenues now dedicated to state and national governments, which could in turn be used to promote public investment and develop new infrastructure.
