The City Architecture Forum is a membership group for anyone interested in the architecture, urban design, public realm and planning of the City of London.

Next Event

Tour: Timber Square

Wednesday, 25 November 2026, 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Timber Square , 25 Lavington Street, London, SE1 0NZ

Join CAF for a guided tour of Timber Square with Landsec and Bennetts Associates, exploring its 365,000 sq ft Bankside campus.

An ambitious new workplace campus in the heart of Bankside. Set across two buildings with a central urban square the development.

Print is a 1950s printworks transformed into a 10-storey building honouring heritage and retaining the best parts of its past, and Ink, at 15 storeys is the tallest hybrid building using steel and CLT in Europe.

Our hosts will give an overview of the project, talking to the project brief and aspirations, and challenges of delivering the campus.

Insights

In memory of our past Chairman Roger Kallman

By Andrew Reynolds

Show & Tell: 75 London Wall – Evolution of a City HQ

By Leila Gray, Sheppard Robson

CAF members and guests assembled at Temple Bar to hear about one of the City’s upcoming next-generation workplaces. One that provides 450,000 sqft of grade A office space, whilst retaining almost 90% of the existing structure. The site: 75 London Wall. Henry Richardson of Castleforge Investors outlined the attraction; the...

1 Poultry: retrofit as the new benchmark

By Xavier Aguilo

The recent CAF tour of 1 Poultry with Fore and MORE was a masterclass in what serious reuse looks like. James Stirling's Grade II * listed 1997 landmark is being reimagined rather than replaced — and the numbers tell the story: EPC G to EPC A, BREEAM Outstanding, and NABERS...

The Evolving City – architecture in the Square Mile 2012-2026

By Andrew Reynolds

CAF is producing a book to celebrate its 35th anniversary that will be published in February 2027. The Evolving City – architecture in the Square Mile 2012-2026- will be a high-quality hardback, a study of the Square Mile at the opening of a new era, reflecting the ambitions of the...

Stage-set for a cocktail of users

By Alex Thorpe, Associate Director, CO-RE

What's a CAF event without cocktails and canapés? Thankfully, this one didn't disappoint. An evening at AHMM’s Clerkenwell studio, looking at the future of offices and in particular, Brockton Everlast’s The Dovetail building in Houndsditch, brought together three distinct perspectives on the workplace of tomorrow: the planner, the architect and...

Something in the City – a model for mayors everywhere

By Lee Mallett

Something in the City – CAF’s founder Michael Cassidy, CBE, with his new memoir, celebrating the Forum’s 35th anniversary Had Michael Cassidy been Mayor of London rather than ‘Something in the City’, we might now be living in a different city. This became clear at the City Architecture Forum’s sold-out inaugural...

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