We are delighted to announce the UK practices and International Architects that will be participating in the international residency programme we are organising in Poplar, East London during the London Festival of Architecture 2014. 

Each UK practice has been teamed with an International Architect who they will host for two weeks and will collaborate with on an idea for Poplar. The teams will be tackling key themes for the area - Culture, Housing, Nature, Town Centres and Transition. They will share their ideas with the public on 21 June through a presentation and series of activities at the Balfron Tower.

The teams are:

Culture

muf architecture and Paula Velasco, MoVe from Chile

Delvendahl Martin and Arnita Melzoba, GAISS from Latvia 

Housing

DK:CM and Aet Ader, b210 from Estonia 

Duggan Morris and Hossein Hejrat, ZAV Architects from Iran

Karakusevic Carson Architects and Rune Veile, BCVA from Denmark

Nature

Friend & Company and Jonathan Nsubuga, J.E. Nsubuga & Associates (Uganda)

Town Centres

The Decorators and Stephan Schwarz and Ingrid Sabatier, ISSSresearch from Austria 

Studio TILT and Papa Omotayo, MOE+ from Nigeria

Transition

Natasha Reid  and Thireshen Govender, UrbanWorks from South Africa 

Sarah Wigglesworth and Kane Yanagawa, studio_KaneYanagawa from Taiwan

We are looking forward to working with this diverse and exciting group in June and to seeing the ideas that they generate for the area. Do join us at New Perspective: A Celebration at Balfron on 21 June to find out what they have been up to.