Projects: Dudley House, London

By Ike Ijeh2019-11-28T14:14:00

Dudley House is a £104m council-led mixed-use development that aims to encourage a more diverse community in central London

Between 2002 and 2015, the population of city centres across the UK ballooned. In this urban renaissance, the city-centre population of Manchester and Leeds increased by about 150%; in Birmingham numbers rose by 163% and in Liverpool the step-up was a staggering 181%.

While the population of London rose to its highest historic level during this period and its city-centre population also increased accordingly, it did so by a relatively paltry 22%. Why? Central London’s stunted figure is clearly connected to the fact the district harbours some of the highest land and property values in the world. The capital as a whole is suffering from a lack of affordable housing provision, with this problem at its most acute in London’s hyper-expensive middle.

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