Kate Dundas, Simon Robinson and Professor Marcus White - Living Cities Forum 2026

There is an underlying assumption that growth depends on continuous expansion, demolition and replacement. What other paths are possible? Are we overlooking the value embedded in our existing places? How might investing differently in what we already have create more liveable, sustainable and connected cities? In conversation with Kate Dundas, CEO, UN Global Compact Network Australia, Simon Robinson, Director, OFFICE and Professor Marcus White, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology – responding to the provocation: What if the city of the future is already built?