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The Built World Cup 2025

The Built World Cup 2025

Festival of Place 2025

Festival of Place 2025

Previous Events

Previous Events

Festival of Place 2019 with Stoop by Vestre
Festival of Place 2019 with Stoop by Vestre

Festival of Place - Contact Us

Festival of Place breaks down silos and brings professionals together in a fun and relaxed environment to learn, challenge their thinking and gain insight from experts on the big issues facing place-based development

 

Gain frank insight from experts, including authors, scientists, cultural leaders, developers, investors, scientists, designers, community workers and city leaders at an event that’s ideal for the whole placemaking team, from developer to designer, investor to local government.

 

Get involved and meet new collaborators with hands-on learning and experiences, from walking tours to engagement workshops, as you roll your sleeves up around the table.

 


“Genuinely vibrant, exciting and thought-provoking”

Nigel Brewer, planning and design director, Places for People


 

 

Become a member

 

The following businesses are Organisation Members of the Festival of Place and Proud Supporters of The Developer. They receive membership benefits such as tickets to our digital events for all staff and access to a library of talks. If you’re interested in becoming a member, please contact james@thedeveloper.live

 

 

 


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Contact us

The Festival of Place is powered by The Developer, a magazine and podcast created by award-winning Editor-in-Chief Christine Murray, former editor of the Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review, working in partnership with former colleague James Macleod, its Director. The Developer and the Festival of Place are about how to build communities that thrive, where people want to live, work, play and learn. We bring together developers, investors, local government, architects, urban designers and the wider project and placemaking team through inspiring events and media channels. We give free and subsidised tickets away to charities, community groups and those who need them. If you’re interested in contributing, please contact Editor-in-chief Christine Murray at christine@thedeveloper.live  If you would like to connect with our audience through our events and publications online and in print, contact Director James Macleod at james@thedeveloper.live


The Developer and Festival of Place

020 3326 7238

 

Editor-in-chief and Director Christine Murray - christine@thedeveloper.live

 

Director James Macleod - james@thedeveloper.live - 020 3326 7238

 

Publishing and Events Assistant Yustina Baltrusyte juste@thedeveloper.live - 020 3326 7239

 

Marketing Bethany Allen bethany@thedeveloper.live

 

Creative Director Micha Weidmann 

 

Anthropologist and Placetester Nitasha Kapoor

 

Filmmaker and Podcast Producer Simon Mercer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner with us

You can promote your contribution to making better places and align with our values by advertising or sponsoring The Developer, our podcast, weekly email, the Festival of Place events and our magazine, hand-delivered to leaders in private and public-sector development, investors, local government and key influencers. We carry partner content, supported by or sponsored by practices or consultants who seek to promote their initiative, approach or service. Under our editorial guidelines, an article is considered partner content if it covers a service, a single building or product, or the general approach of a single practice, consultant or manufacturer. To connect with our audience through our events and publications, contact Director James Macleod at james@thedeveloper.live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker guidelines

We are looking to amplify a diverse range of voices sharing fresh perspectives about the design and development of places and how to make them worth living in. We bring fresh thinking and host challenging conversations. If you have ideas, expertise, independent research or something to say, please get in touch. Contact Festival Director Christine Murray at christine@thedeveloper.live Please note, under our guidelines, content that profiles the service or approach of a single practice or consultant is considered advertising, supported by or sponsored content. 

To connect with our audience through our events and publications as a sponsor or supporter, contact Director James Macleod at james@thedeveloper.live

 

 

Sponsor our events

Align and support a community of property professionals driven to make a positive social and environmental impact through their work and create places where people thrive.

 

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EVENTS

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  • Festival of Pineapples, 25-27 February 2025
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  • Social Impact, 24-25 March 2025
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  • Festival of Place, 2 July 2025
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  • Climate Resilience,  November 2025

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