PJA is backing the London Collective – a new collaborative approach to city making which enables built environment experts and creatives to work together. Set up by Max Farrell, former partner at international design firm Farrells, the Collective provides a platform for self-employed and SME built environment entrepreneurs to join forces, whilst also working on their own projects.

Since its establishment in November 2019, the organisation already has 28 members and is involved in several and commissions for UK and international clients. Max explained: “Our members have knowledge, experience and contacts covering politics, property and placemaking. As  entrepreneurs we can tailor-make teams without the overheads, enabling us to convene and disband teams for place-based campaigns, like a film’s cast and crew. “

PJA chairman and Collective member Phil Jones added: “The London Collective is a hugely powerful idea. Cities are enormously complex places but making them successful and sustainable is of vital importance. The range of skills on offer and the agility with which it can work means the Collective can play its part in achieving that goal.”