Archinect - Features2024-12-22T01:50:36-05:00https://archinect.com/features/article/139482631/in-tempestuous-london-design-leads-the-evolution-archinect-s-report-from-the-front-lines-of-the-london-design-festival
In tempestuous London, design leads the evolution: Archinect's report from the front lines of the London Design Festival Robert Urquhart2015-11-03T13:20:00-05:00>2015-12-23T13:07:32-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8j/8jlmkkvd6m1t95h8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>London may currently be undergoing a regenerative process akin to heavyweight cosmetic surgery, but under its shiny new surface remains a cranky old soul. The surgery is not without complications: the lack of affordable housing makes mainstream news on a regular basis. <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/130714691/london-is-eating-itself" target="_blank">Gentrification</a>, displacement of communities and encroaching globalization where one size fits all, has brought about an identity crisis to this brisk and confident city. But despite this crisis, the creative industries that form the largely unwitting infantry for property developers march on. <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/event/the_london_design_festival_2015/" target="_blank">The London Design Festival</a> is at the vanguard of this march.</p>