London | November 2005

Can London cope with its future growth? Is it really Europe’s only global city? What is the impact of massive regeneration projects? These are some of the questions that civic leaders, city-builders, architects and academics from around the world asked when they met in London in 2005. The Mayors of Washington DC, Sao Paulo, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Edinburgh joined world-renowned urbanists Richard Rogers, Rem Koolhaas and Saskia Sassen to debate the future of a city facing momentous growth.

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The London newspaper includes expert essays on the core themes of the first six Urban Age conferences, asking questions about public space, transport, housing and labour in the city. In addition, the central spread compares four key areas in transition that made up key debates during the conference. These include in the north, King’s Cross; south, Elephant and Castle; east, the Lower Lea Valley and the Olympics; and in the west, White City.