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B2: Club of Leaders committed to Architecture

Meeting n°1 - London - 17 June 2002

Architectural Policies: learning from the European experience

The objective of the Leaders’ Club is to hold meetings on a regular basis bringing together political and economic leaders who have decided to make architecture an integral part of their urban policy or corporate policy. The program of this topic foresees annual meetings during the 3-year funding period.

The Architecture Foundation hosted the first pilot meeting of the Leaders’ Club - co-ordinated by Istituto di Cultura Architettonica promosso dal Consiglio Nazionale degli Architetti (ICAR) in Rome - to coincide with an international conference held in London on 18-19 June 2002 titled The Value of Architecture Centres: Uniting People and Places.

This high profile event discussed architecture centres and their role in promoting forward-thinking architecture and urban design in their cities.

Leaders Club meeting

Architectural Policies: learning from the European experience

England currently does not have a national architecture policy. In the discussions around the Government’s Planning Green Paper, Public Procurement and in the run up to the ODPM’s Urban Summit conference in November 2002, it would be timely to present to key English policy makers the European experience of Architectural Policies.

Although the conclusion may be that England does not need a policy, hopefully by demonstrating to key English policy makers how much further advanced other parts of Europe are we can influence future policy development.

Three presentations from key individuals from 3 European countries (France, the Netherlands, and Finland) addressed the following issues:

  • Why did they decide to have a policy?
  • What format does it take – land use planning, procurement guideline etc.?
  • What real impact has it had?
  • What have they learned from their experience?

Leaders Club meeting

Participating personalities

UK Leaders
Joyce Bridges Urban Policy Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Peter Ellis Planning Directorate, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Simon Lait Land and Property Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Peter Stanton-Ife Chairman, Project Review Group, Office of Government Commerce
Stephen King Policy Officer, CABE
Bruce McVean Programme Officer, CABE
Sophie Andreae, CABE Commissioner
Robin Nicholson Edward Cullinan Architects, CABE Commissioner
Sunand Prasad Penoyre & Prasad Architects, CABE Commissioner
Emily Lauder Strategy & Policy Officer, Royal Town Planning Institute
Terry Robinson Department of Planning & Sustainability, Countryside Agency
Ian Ritchie Ian Ritchie Architects
Barry Shaw Chief Executive, Kent Architecture Centre
Colin James Royal Institute of British Architects

The GAUDI network
Jean-Louis Cohen Director, Institut français d’architecture, Paris, France
Pierre Bourlier GAUDI Co-ordinator, Institut Français d’Architecture, Paris, France
Haruo Morishima Acting Director, The Architecture Foundation, London, UK
Rowan Moore Director Designate, The Architecture Foundation, London, UK
Justine Graham Project Co-ordinator, The Architecture Foundation, London, UK
Fabrizio Mangoni Istituto di Cultura Architettonica Rome, Italy
Corine Veysselier Istituto di Cultura Architettonica Rome, Italy
Christophe Pourtois Director, Centre International pour la Ville, l’Architecture et le Paysage Brussels, Belgium
Maija Kärkkäinen Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, Finland
Lilian Perier European Affairs Officer, Direction de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine Paris, France
Orane Proisy Direction de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine Paris, France
Rob Docter Director, The Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Judit Carrera Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Ciro Llueca Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Lluis Hortet Director, Fundació Mies van der Rohe Barcelona, Spain

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