Contact
tom@spaceplusplus.co.uk

About
I am a writer, researcher, educator and creative producer. I work collaboratively to tell stories through exhibitions, installations, film and editorial projects. Areas of interest include foresight, critical heritage, and urban identity.

I have worked with a variety of cultural and commercial organisations, including Arup Foresight, London & Partners, the National Trust, the V&A, and the Museum of London. I am based in London, and have lived and worked in Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

I am currently an AHRC-funded Doctoral Researcher with Brunel University and the Museum of London. My research investigates the impact of culture-led development on sense of place. I also teach as an Associate Lecturer and Tutor on MA Narrative Environments, part of the Spatial Practices programme at Central Saint Martins.

Articles and publications:

New Museum Resolutions (2023), Museum of London
Reimagining Uxbridge High Street (2021), Brunel University
Revisiting Florence’s Duomo (2021), RIBA
It’s Alive: A Vision for Tall Buildings in 2050 (2021), co-author, Arup
Future of Labs (2020), editor, Arup
Rethinking Timber Buildings (2019), editor, Arup
‘LGBTQ Heritage and its Contemporary Relevance’ in Prejudice and Pride: LGBTQ Heritage and its Contemporary Relevance (2018), co-author, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries
Campus of the Future (2018), co-author, Arup
Rethinking Urban Mobility (2018), co-author, Arup
London Short Fiction: The City Inside (2014), The Londonist

Film projects:

Capital Culture (2021), Brunel University / Museum of London / UCL Urban Laboratory
The Unfinished Portrait (2017), National Trust / Research Centre for Museums and Galleries

Lectures, seminars and speaking engagements:

Museums, Cities, Cultural Power symposium, 2021
MA Narrative Environments, University of the Arts London, 2018-present
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, 2021
University of Southern California, 2019
Creativity World Forum, Aarhus, 2017

Tom Butler