Now in its fourth year, Citymakers returns in 2022 with a series of talks at cultural venues around London.

This year’s Citymakers – What we leave behind: Urban legacies – will explore the architectural legacies of the late 20th and early 21st centuries and how we might adapt them in the context of the climate emergency.

Our time is one of urgency. It demands that we retain more of our existing built fabric rather than demolish and build anew. It is easy to celebrate Georgian or Victorian legacies, but what do we do with awkward 20th century pieces of city? Sometimes sprawling, seemingly inefficient and inflexible, we live today with much of this inherited fabric. Should we always retain and adapt this inheritance or is it sometimes best to demolish and rebuild? And what about what we are building today? Will future generations be able to adapt what we are designing to the needs of their time?

We hope you can join us at one, two or three of this year’s events.

Day 1: Inheritance // Urban legacies

11th Oct 2022, 6:00 – 8:00pm

The Barbican, City of London

Julia Okatz, SYSTEMIQ

Smith Mordak, Buro Happold

Artur Carulla, Allies and Morrison

**Followed by a drinks reception**

Day 2: Hereafter // Modernist estates and post-war suburbia

27th Oct 2022, 5:30 – 7:30pm

London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle

Verity-Jane Keefe, artist

Claire Bennie, Municipal

Selina Mason, Lendlease

Jonny Anstead, TOWN

David Knight, DK-CM

Alfredo Caraballo, Allies and Morrison

**Followed by a drinks reception**

Day 3: Future // What we leave behind

10th Nov 2022, 5:30 – 7:30pm

The WestWorks, White City Place

Kath Scanlon, London School of Economics

Regina Myer, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Mel Allwood, Arup

John Dales, Urban Movement

Paul Eaton, Allies and Morrison

**Followed by a drinks reception**