Listen: Vincent Lacovara on Croydon

8 March 2016

Near the end of 2015, the Government backed Croydon Council’s plans to compulsorily purchase the land needed for the £1bn redevelopment of the Whitgift Shopping Centre in the heart of the town. This huge development is a key part of the reinvention and reinvigoration of Croydon. Very many years in the planning, it is now finally coming to fruition through myriad projects and initiatives, according to Vincent Lacovara. Vincent Lacovara was a co-founder of architecture design and research agency AOC, and since 2003 has been working with Croydon Council, where he is now the placemaking team leader