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: 2 Aldermanbury Square

Monday, 16 March 2026, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

2 Aldermanbury Square , 2 Aldermanbury Square, London, EC2V 5AU

Join the City Architecture Forum for a tour of 2 Aldermanbury Square an office building deigned by Allies & Morrison and built by Bovis.

2 Aldermanbury Square is a new 320,000 sq ft office building deigned by Allies & Morrison and built by Bovis. It has been fully pre-let to magic circle law firm, Clifford Chance.

The building is almost double the size of City Place House that it replaces which has been achieved through more efficient design of structure, increased height, oversail of public highway and narrowing the space between City Tower.

The building is steel framed and incorporates striking architectural and engineering design with triple height inclined columns supporting the oversail of the public highway. The cladding has…

Insights

‘CAF 2.0’ forges ahead

By Andrew Reynolds

2025 was the first year of ‘CAF 2.0’ – an evolution of the Forum responding to the new era opening up in the City of London, and to look ahead to 2026, our 35th anniversary since we were founded in 1991. So, what has changed? Our new Operations Director Jenny...

New embodied-carbon contender for Farringdon

By Lee Mallett

The City may have a contender for best-in-class when it comes to the lowest levels of embodied carbon for a new building....

One Leadenhall Street Event Review

By Xavier Aguilo

Yesterday's journey through One Leadenhall Street was nothing short of architectural poetry in motion....

City Architecture Forum: Annual Dinner 5 November 2025

By Lee Mallett

Read the report on our Annual Dinner 2025 with guest speaker Tom Sleigh, Chair of the City’s Planning and Transportation Committee, and Robin Dobson, CEO of Platform4...

Reflections on the Talk: 85 Gracechurch Street

By Matthew Thomas

Architecture is at its most compelling when it not only responds to context but actively reshapes it, carrying the past into the present while opening doors to the future. Last Tuesday’s talk on 85 Gracechurch Street delivered on this, offering an inspiring glimpse into a landmark scheme that sits at...

TBC . London: going for green and social impact

By Lee Mallett

What is probably the best view of the City core’s cluster, CAF members agreed on their recent tour, is now available from the northern roof terrace of TBC.London – an environmentally and socially impactful remodelling of an unlovely 1980s building at 224-226 Tower Bridge Road, south-east of Tower Bridge that...

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