Catch all the discussions from Cannes with Architecture Today editor Isabel Allen.
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Every March, the global residential or commercial property industry descends on the French Riviera for MIPIM, an event that brings together developers, investors, designers, policymakers and city leaders to discuss the future of the built environment. Amid the pavilions, conference stages and waterfront networking balconies, Architecture Today editor Isabel Allen has been satisfying figures from throughout the industry to explore the ideas forming modern placemaking.
This year’s conversations reveal a shared issue that the constructed environment should provide more than financial investment returns and development pipelines. From the cultural identity of areas to the long-lasting efficiency of landscapes and buildings, the discussions repeatedly return to a central question: what does it imply to produce places that withstand?
I believe it is probably a result of my marketing and trying to be a political voice in the profession. We will see. Who would choose me?”
Political mover and shaker and Bell Phillips Director Jay Morton discusses podcasting, campaigning and placemaking– and responds to rumours that she might be in the running to be President of the RIBA.
Read our interview with Jay Morton here.