David Chipperfield and Farshid Moussavi are among the high-profile architects appointed to serve as part of the latest cohort of design advocates to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.

The 42-strong list of Mayoral Design Advocates revealed today also includes AHMM co-founder Paul Monaghan, Manijeh Verghese, who co-curated the British Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale, Grimshaw principal Angela Dapper, and structural engineer Hanif Kara, of AKT II. Around a dozen members of the previous cohort of advisers have been reappointed, including David Adjaye, Fiona Scott and Adam Khan.

MDAs help to scrutinise proposals earmarked for the capital with a view to supporting quality, sustainability and inclusion in the built environment, typically offering a minimum of three days of their time a year.

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