Manifestos: Architecture for a New Generation 2024

Laing is an Architectural Designer, Activist, and Consultant. As the founder of Signstrokes and Deaf Architecture Front (DAF), launched in June 2023, he pioneers initiatives bridging the gap between the Deaf community and the architectural industry. He is passionate about fostering greater inclusivity and understanding in spatial design, advocating for the integration of Deaf perspectives. His ongoing work with DAF focuses on producing resources to facilitate dialogue and understanding within the architectural community.

Mortimer began in architecture and has now pivoted to an interdisciplinary approach to addressing climate resilience. Having recently achieved his MASc in Interdisciplinary Practice at the London Interdisciplinary School, he now applies his architectural and interdisciplinary skillset to reduce the impacts of resource scarcity, over urbanisation and displacement brought about or worsened by climate change.

Summers is an architect and artist living and working in London, where they have designed a number of spaces for queer, trans and feminist communities. Martha is the architect of the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre on the Southbank, the 2022 exhibition "Out & About!", showcasing LGBTQ+ ephemera from the Bishopsgate Institute in the Barbican's Curve Gallery, and in 2023, a re-usable fundraising exhibition for Camp Trans. Martha was recently named a RIBA Rising Star.

Kinneir is an Associate Professor at the London Interdisciplinary School, having trained in architecture and spatial design in Glasgow, Madrid and London. She has worked in academia, city regeneration, government policy, design studios, think tanks and global organisations that are focused on the bettering of people and planetary life. Her focus is on creating new interdisciplinary evidence bases to demonstrate the impact that well designed spaces can have on social, economic, environmental, and cultural wellbeing.

Marshall is an urban researcher at The Bartlett (UCL). Their interdisciplinary and intersectional research addresses themes of belonging, care, inequity, and accessibility in relation to LGBTQIA+ people’s lives and spaces in the UK. In 2023, Lo co-founded Queer Community College, a collective offering accessible queer education with QueerCircle. Lo’s work has featured in exhibitions at The Whitechapel Gallery (Queer Spaces, 2019), The Design Museum (Electronic, 2020-21), and UQÀM, Montreal (Scènes de Nuit, 2024).

Zetteler is a communications specialist who has been immersed in London’s creative community for two decades. She founded creative-sector agency Zetteler in 2012, to champion the creative people, progressive brands and community-driven initiatives that make a positive impact on the world. A committed charity worker, Sabine also helped launch the design-industry equity campaign Design Can in 2019 and she sits on the board of Action on Empty Homes and human rights charity Standing Voice.

Patel is a creative producer with a passion for supporting those who are underrepresented in the creative industries. She has produced theatre, podcasts, exhibitions, events and learning programmes. Having worked with the Museum of London, the Royal Academy of Arts and Bloomsbury Festival, she currently works at Design Can as Programme Manager, advocating for representation and equity in design and leads the Ardagh Young Creatives Programme at the Design Museum. She has nominated Space black.

The London Festival of Architecture, 1 – 30 June, is a month long celebration of architecture and city-making, taking place across London. The Festival’s mission is to open up discussions around architecture, test new ideas and uncover and promote new talent.

Celebrate London Festival of Architecture 2024 and discover the fascinating story of the museum building, in this group tour for blind and visually impaired visitors and their companions, led by guide Poppy Levison.