In the new report from New London Architecture (NLA), the KPF Principal reflects on how global perspectives shape the evolution of cities and architectural practice.
“With talent drawn from around the world and working across cultures, architects are able to absorb and translate many influences,” said John. “Taking the best elements of one place and understanding how those ideas can be translated to another.”
Published by NLA, Connected Capital: London and the World’s Built Environment highlighted London as a hub for city-making expertise, connecting talent, capital and knowledge to projects across the world and made the case for recognizing the built environment as a strategic national growth sector.
As a global firm, KPF brings experience from around the world and adapts it to local needs – both importing and exporting best practice to London. The firm has a long connection with Canary Wharf – from its earliest days as a financial district to supporting its transformation into a mixed-use destination through projects such as 40 Charter Street, a build-to-rent development in Wood Wharf, the new residential district, and One North Quay, the first phase of a new life science district.
Connected Capital: London and the World’s Built Environment was the third report in NLA’s recent research trilogy exploring the future of the built environment sector.
