Designing for tomorrow

• Building to extremes: Developing architecture that fits life as we want to live it no matter the climate - Kai Uwe Bergman, Principal, BIG
• The future of food: Radical approaches that preserve ecological sustainability - Michael Sorkin and Rachel Belatchew, Principal, Belatchew Arkitekter
• Designing for age: From 1965 to 2065: how should architecture respond to changes in life expectancy? Niall McLaughlin, Principal, Niall McLaughlin Architects and Stephen Pimbley, Principal, SPARK

Plus: Future proof design and the future of height.

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Imagining the future...

• Building worlds: future reality, not science fiction - Alex McDowell, Creative Director, 5D Global Studio; Director, USC World Building Media Lab, USC World Building Institute
• Mapping the future: Michael Kokora, Principal, OMA
• The way we thought then, the way we think now: Charles Jencks

Plus: Material innovation: bamboo, glass and coatings; lightweight structures and future technologies in design and manufacture

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Cities and urbanism

• Singapore 50:50: Liu Thai-Ker, Director, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers
• Paris reconsidered: Manuelle Gautrand, Principal, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
• Shanghai: imagining the next 50 years: Alan Balfour, former dean of the Georgia Tech College of Architecture
• Cooler Calmer Singapore: Gerhard Schmitt, Future Cities Lab, ETH Global
• The evolution of public space: David Green, Urban Design Leader, Principal, Perkins+Will
• Reflections on 50 years of city evolution: Sir Peter Cook, Director CRAB Studio and Kerry Hill, Principal, Kerry Hill Architects

Plus: City updates on Chandigarh, Rio, Shenzen, Berlin, Sydney and Johannesburg

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