City of London post-COVID design competition 2021, Phil Freelon Contest News
City of London post-COVID design competition Winners
8 Jun 2021
Perkins&Will?s global studios join forces to reimagine the City of London post-COVID in concept design competition

Design concepts for three prominent sites in the City of London, including one in the Barbican earmarked for development, emphasize social equity and sustainability.
Creative visions are part of the firm?s annual international Phil Freelon Design Competition, which encourages innovative placemaking through a ?Living Design? framework.

City of London post-COVID concept design competition Winners
Architects and designers from multiple Perkins&Will studios worldwide have designed bold visions for transforming parts of the City of London into healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive places for a design concept competition. These visions, prompted by the firm?s annual Phil Freelon Design Competition, carefully evaluated by a high-profile panel of external jurors. The Phil Freelon Design Competition honours the eponymous late architect and Perkins&Will design director who championed design for humanity. Launched firmwide in 2004 as the Design Leadership Council (DLC) Design Competition and renamed in 2019 in Freelon?s memory, the annual contest is part of the firm?s culture of curiosity, creativity, and innovation.
For this year?s competition, international design teams were tasked with reimagining one of three e...