Starchitects and emerging designers make it on the 2018 list of London's most influential people

2018-10-12T19:46:00-04:00

The 2018 edition of the annual The Progress 1000: London's most influential people list has been released, and among the myriad of categories from the worlds of politics, entertainment, art, philanthropy, sports, technology, or science, there is (phew) also a list of architects who made the most significant impact on London.

Donning the cover pic, and listed first, is Eva Franch i Gilabert, the new, and first female, director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture, immediately followed by some of the (expected) biggest names in British architecture, such as David Chipperfield, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, David Adjaye, Amanda Levete, Thomas Heatherwick, and Patrik Schumacher.

Refreshing to see are names of architects who have been consistently putting out solid work and are now getting the wider recognition they deserve, including Frida Escobedo, the youngest architect yet to be invited to design the Serpentine Gallery’s summer pavilion, Deborah Saunt and David ...

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Starchitects and emerging designers make it on the 2018 list of London's most influential people