Q&A: London Festival of Architecture boss sets out new vision

摘要

It's all change at the London Festival of Architecture (LFA). For the first time since the financial crisis, the annual celebration of the capital's built environment, which takes place in June, has a full-time executive director in the form of Tamsie Thomson. Thomson (pictured) spent the past 11 years at RIBA, first running think tank Building Futures and then for the past seven years as director for London. She previously worked for Shelter and before that the Civic Trust. Last week Thomson announced the theme for next year's festival -memory and the impact of time on architecture - and with preparations now under way the LFA is seeking the involvement of architects, developers, contractors and local authorities.