Frederik Weissenborn

Frederik specialises in culture-led placemaking, values-based economic regeneration, and strategic design. Working with public and private sector clients, as well as communities, he helps stakeholders envision and deliver better places to support thriving, inclusive futures.

Frederik has led public sector innovation, capability building, and place-shaping initiatives in roles at Public Practice, the Royal Institute of British Architects, and the Design Council, working with more than 150 councils across England as well as several government departments and agencies.

He is an Associate Lecturer on the MA Cities programme at Central Saint Martins, and routinely lectures at other built environment faculties, including the AA, the Bartlett, the London Met, and the LSA. His academic research on cultural memory, situated protest, and urban governance was awarded the 2022 RIBA Research Award, and complements his practice-based work to create resilient, people-centred places in the UK.