Max Farrell

Max is Founder & CEO of the LDN Collective, a network of built environment specialists fighting to improve people’s lives and the planet’s prospects. Members are experts in placemaking & urban design; social value & co-design; branding & communications. Current projects include a new ‘eventscape’ in the Royal Docks; a garden community in Huntingdonshire and urban regeneration projects in the UK and beyond. Thought leadership includes #ParkPower - a crowdsourced vision for London’s green spaces and the Wolfson prize award-winning #FastForward.

Max’s expertise lies in urban planning & strategic communications. He is Immediate Past President of LAI Land Economics Society (London chapter); Chair of Built Environment Policy for West London Business; Lead Judge for the Healthy City Design Awards and a Fellow of the RSA. Max was Project Lead and Author of the Farrell Review of Architecture and the Built Environment, commissioned by the UK Government, which made 60 recommendations many of which have been implemented. He is an adviser to Demos, Urban Design London, the Place Alliance, the Urban Room Network, Healthy City Design Congress and the Quality of Life Foundation.