The capital’s population is growing faster than any other major European City, with an estimated increase of 700,000 people over the next 15 years.

How do we provide affordable, well-designed and well-built homes? How can we meet the need for high-density sustainable housing? How do we make communities which work? What effect does public realm have on where we want to live? What role will residential development play in regenerating areas in mixed use schemes and who will build London’s homes?

Since the 17th Century, development in London has taken place in what John Summerson described as "distinct waves of activity at intervals of about 50 years." The London of George III created a capital for the burgeoning British Empire with the creation of new roads, bridges and a model of city housing that has yet to be bettered. The London of the Prince Regent left us the grand stuccoed terraces of Belgravia, Pimlico and Baywater. The massive suburban expansion of the 1930s gave us sprawl, low density and the semi-detached house. The development of local authority housing in the post war period left a mixed legacy, the worst of which have already been, or are in the process of being, replaced.

These are the legacies of their generation. We are currently on the crest of the latest wave of development. How will the housing heritage of the London of Livingstone compare to that ofGeorge Ill? This exhibition shows a wide range of recently completed and planned projects which provides a picture of the London of tomorrow and highlights the issues faced by the providers of new housing. London's population is growing faster than any other European city. More homes at higher densities are needed to meet the increased demand and changing demographics ofLondon's residents. This creates new problems for designers.

Introduction
A brief overview of housing in London throughout the years.

Conference series
Hosted by NLA to reflect the complexand enormous range of issues relating to the capital's housing.

An analysis of new housing is also provided in the the following areas:

Projects review
Recently completed and planned projects proving a picture of the London of tomorrow and highlighting the issues faced by the providers of new housing.

Post-war housing
By Andrew Mead

Published April 2008
136 Pages