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Reimagining 60s London

Friday 20 April, Breakfast talk

A project-focussed session, giving insight into the recent adaptations of two London icons – the Smithsons’ Economist Building and Seifert’s Centre Point.

Part of Conservation & Retrofit programme

Don’t Move, Improve! Winners present…

Friday 20 April, Lunchtime talk

Friend and Company Architects present their award-winning Pop Up Ute project - an up-cycled addition to an industrial heritage site, made from a kit of lightweight parts that showcases the latest circular economy techniques.

Tall Buildings in London - Debate

Friday 27 April, Breakfast talk

A breakfast talk to analyse the findings of the latest NLA Annual London Tall Buildings Survey with leading experts, debating the role of tall buildings in the capital’s growth.

Part of Tall Buildings programme

New London Model Talks

Every Friday Lunchtime

Don’t Move, Improve! Design Surgeries

Saturday 28 April, Public Day

A day of free home extension advice and inspiration, with one-to-one expert consultation sessions and family activities.

VeloCity: connecting Cambridge and Oxford

Friday 11 May, Lunchtime Talk

Re-imagining places to live and work in the 21st century along the Oxford to Cambridge knowledge corridor. The National Infrastructure Commission’s winning team VeloCity talk about their vision.

Part of Education & Health programme

Future Retail

Wednesday 30 May, PechaKucha

This lively exchange of ideas will showcase innovative projects, strategies, and technologies that seek to improve and safeguard retail provision around the capital.

Part of Retail programme

Knowledge Capital project showcase

Friday 22 June, Lunchtime Talk

Free lunchtime talk exploring in detail a selection of schemes and topics featured in the Knowledge Capital research and project showcase.


Don’t Move, Improve! Design Surgeries

Saturday 23 June, Public Day

A day of free home extension advice and inspiration, with one-to-one expert consultation sessions and family activities.

Part of Don’t Move, Improve! programme

FREE EVENTSPriority access for members

Bankside

Saturday 14 April

Elephant & Castle

Wednesday 25 April

Olympic Park

Saturday 12 May

Holborn

Wednesday 30 May

Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia

Saturday 9 June

Canary Wharf

Wednesday 27 June

London History Day

Thursday 31 May

Visit NLA on London History Day to see our incredible scale model of the city past, present and future and hear some of the most famous stories from our city.

Open House Families

Saturday 9 June

Start your Open House Families adventure at NLA where you can view our unique interactive scale model of central London and take the Walking tour, discovering incredible sights and stories across the West End.

Under 5s Morning

Monday 11 June & 25 June

Attend one of our special creative, hands-on and sensory sessions to introduce your little ones to the inspiring buildings all around them. Suitable for families with children aged 2-5 years.

WALKING TOURS

LEARNING

Explore London’s streets and investigate how the capital’s buildings and places are changing

Clean Air for London

June

This exhibition will showcase the ways in which individuals and businesses can work for a London’s Clean Air future.

Exhibition by Cross river partnership

New London Model – Permanent

NLA’s giant interactive model of central London brings the story of London’s historical and physical development to life through a sophisticated projection system integrated with films.

Transforming the Boroughs – Permanent

Find out what’s happening in your local borough and city-wide in this exhibition examining key strategies and growth areas within each London borough.

Don’t Move, Improve! 2018

25 January – 30 April

Celebrating London’s best-designed and most innovative home extensions across the capital, this exhibition displays a wealth of inspiration for those looking to embark on their own home improvements.

Programme Champions: Clippings Programme Supporters: Architects’ Republic Partners: Dezeen, Dezeen Jobs, RIBA London

Women’s Literacy and Healthcare Centre in Bangladesh

3 March – 29 April

Celebrating a community-led project in a remote village in Bangladesh, this exhibition illustrates the collective effort of the professionals living and working in London who kindly volunteered for this charity project.

Exhibition by The Rajapur Centre, delivered by Mannan Foundation Trust

Knowledge Capital: making places for education, innovation and health

4 May – 7 July

This exhibition examines development in the education, research and health sectors, identifying the key districts of growth and the factors influencing and supporting their location.

Programme Champion: British Land Programme Supporters: nbbj, Knowledge Quarter Part of the Education and Health programme

21 years of evolution in architectural visualisation

May

This month-long exhibition will showcase how the technological advances of the past few decades have helped our understanding of new designs and how they embed into the city’s fabric.

Exhibition by m3fx

EXHIBITIONS Free to visit Monday to Saturday

Free activities for schools, young people and families

TICKETED EVENTSFree and discounted tickets available to members

Knowledge Capital: London’s health and education estates

10 May, Conference

Half-day conference exploring the transformation of London’s education and health estate, major campus expansions, relocations and reconfigurations.


Charity Quiz

10 May, Evening Quiz

As NLA’s Lucie Murray prepares for her cycle from Copenhagen to Berlin, we host a charity quiz night to raise fun ds for her chosen charity, Coram, who support children and young people from birth to independence.

Ticketed All proceeds go to Coram

Housing conference

Thursday 24 May, Half-day conference

The first of NLA’s biannual housing conferences takes place in May, bringing together the Deputy Mayor with housing experts to address the targets put forward in the London Plan. The discussion will focus on smaller sites and rental accommodation for all ages.

Part of Housing programme

New York / London - NYLON

May TBC, International Dialogue

For the 13th NYLON in the series, we bring together speakers and audiences in these global cities to discuss security and how good design can safeguard our streets and public spaces. How can these two cities learn from one another’s approaches?

Part of the International Dialogues programme

NLA Annual Lecture 2018 by Amanda Levete CBE

Wednesday 6 June, Lecture

Amanda Levete CBE will give the NLA Annual Lecture 2018, a headline event of the London Festival of Architecture.

London Real Estate Forum

Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 June, Conference, exhibition and networking

LREF is the leading conference and exhibition focused on the London property and investment market. NLA curates an extensive conference programme featuring leading decision-makers from across the London property sector to discuss the latest opportunities across the city.

Isle of Dogs: London’s emerging metropolis

June TBC, On Location Conference + Tours

Set to become ‘denser than Manhattan’, this event will explore the key developments taking shape across the Isle of Dogs, looking at the strategies and innovative methods that seek to manage growth pressures.

London and the South East

June TBC, Conference

Leading industry experts discuss how London and the South East are increasingly in need of each other to accommodate growth. How can we plan for major infrastructures, economic growth and meet housing needs beyond London’s boundaries?

Part of Planning programme

INVITATION ONLYRoundtables and member events

NextGen: the future of the industry

Tuesday 10 April, Working Group

An invited group of NextGen representatives come together to investigate the future of their professions and discuss what the industry can do as a whole to innovate and respond to the changing needs of the younger generation.

Part of NextGen programme

Sustainability certifications and standards

Tuesday 17 April, Roundtable

A roundtable discussion on sustainability certifications and standards with leading industry experts.

Part of Sustainability programme

NLA Annual London Tall Buildings Survey - Report Launch

April TBC

Launch of the NLA Annual London Tall Buildings Survey 2018 to discuss the future of London’s skyline.

Part of Tall Buildings programme

APPG for London’s Planning and Built Environment

Monday 30 April, Parliamentary Group

The APPG meets regularly to examine key issues for London.

Knowledge Capital: making places for education, innovation and health

Thursday 03 May, Private View

Private View to celebrate the launch of NLA’s latest exhibition and Research Paper, Knowledge Capital, showcasing projects, initiatives and ideas supporting the transformation of London’s education and health sector.


Factory-made housing and the supply chain

Wednesday 09 May, Think tank

Bringing together housing experts with specialists in manufacturing and materials, this think tank will delve into the supply chain and assess the future of factory-made housing in London.

Part of the Housing programme

Inspiring Women Speed Mentoring

Tuesday 15, Networking

Opportunities for younger professionals to talk projects, careers and problems with their seniors.

Part of Inspiring Women programme

Estate Regeneration Working Group

Wednesday 23 May, Roundtable

Discussing approaches to successful estate regeneration to inform our upcoming research piece.

Part of Boroughs programme

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EBOROUGHSWorking with the local authorities, NLA examines how the inner and outer regions of London are accommodating growth.

• Estate Regeneration Research and events

• Borough-led area tours

• Regular programme of talks, think tanks, online content

Supported by Mayor of LondonProgramme champions: Access Self Storage, ARUP, Engie, Genesis Housing, Countryside, TfLProgramme supporters: CGL, International Quarter London, MICA, Stitch, WSP

HOTELS & HOSPITALITYChanging landscape of London’s hotel sector, investigating current threats to the sector and exploring best practice solutions to meet changing demands.

• Annual Talk

• Online content

CULTURECulture’s role in London’s development and regeneration, the transformation of London’s cultural institutions, and the continued development of the capital’s night-time economy.

• Annual Talk

• Online content

PLANNINGFocusing on the next London Plan, this programme explores the rapidly changing shape of London, how to plan for growth and where and when development should take place.

• Big Debate on the London Plan, February 2018


Programme champion: British LandProgramme supporters: AECOM, becg, Gensler

NEXT GENSupporting and promoting young talent across the industry, and championing the professional development of London’s future leaders.

• Regular programme of networking events, mentoring sessions, roundtables, profiles, online content

Programme champion: Gardiner & TheobaldProgramme supporter: Buro Four, Forbo

Programme supporter: LB Enfield

WORKExamining the changing workplace requirements of London’s commercial, enterprise and industrial sectors.

• Annual conference


INSPIRING WOMENNLA’s Inspiring Women programme celebrates, promotes and profiles women working across the built environment industry.

• Regular programme of networking events, mentoring sessions, roundtables, profiles, online content

Programme champion: L&QProgramme supporter: Mount Anvil

TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURELong-term strategies for London’s transport and infrastructure, and opportunities to unlock the housing and regeneration London needs.


• Regular talks, think tanks, online content

Programme champions: AECOM, TfL

SUSTAINABILITYA new programme aimed at sharing knowledge and providing innovative solutions to ensure London meets ambitious low-carbon targets for a climate-proofed city. Championing sustainable design, efficient use of resources, clean energy and green infrastructures.

• Annual Conference


Programme champion: Hoare Lea

CONSERVATION & RETROFITEvolving London’s heritage structures for a fast-growing city. Showcasing innovative approaches taken with listed buildings, major areas of regeneration and the successful juxtaposition of old and new.

• Annual talk

• PechaKucha

• Online content

EDUCATION & HEALTHExamining the future development, funding and design of London’s education and health sectors. A major NLA Insight Study in Spring 2018 investigates the current scale and nature of development in the education and health sector, identifying the key districts of growth in the capital and the factors influencing and supporting their location.


• Roundtable

• Breakfast Talk

• Spring 2018 Research, exhibition and events

Programme champion: British LandProgramme supporters: Knowledge Quarter, NBBJ, Shepheard Epstein Hunter

INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUESNLA’s International programme fosters cross-city dialogues and learning, and explores London’s global role in architecture, engineering and consultancy.

• International conference and London Festival of Architecture programme

• City exchanges and video seminars

• Regular talks, think tanks and online content

Programme champions: KPF, Diamond Schmitt Architects, Bates SmartProgramme supporter: WICONA

TALL BUILDINGSAnnual survey looking at the planning, development, impact and design of new tall buildings.

• Annual NLA Tall Building Survey

• Launch event

• MIPIM event in Cannes

• Annual roundtable

Programme champion: GL Hearn, MaceProgramme Supporter: Simpson Haugh

RETAILEvolving London’s offer for changing consumer appetite through innovative responses. How is London adapting to retain its title as a world-leading shopping city?

• Annual Talk

• PechaKucha

• Online content

HOUSINGA regular programme examining new methods of construction, delivery, design and funding across all housing tenures, culminate in NLA’s final research piece of 2018 in Autumn on Modular Housing.

• Autumn 2018 Research, exhibition and events Modular Housing

• Bi-annual conferences


Programme champions: GL Hearn, Swan HousingProgramme supporters: AECOM, Countryside, Virgin Media

PLACEMAKING & PUBLIC REALMExploring successful long-term placemaking and public realm strategies across the capital.



Programme champion: Broadgate Estates Programme supporter: LLDC, MSMR

New London Architecture (NLA) is the independent centre for London’s built environment, where professionals, politicians and the public can meet, learn and have a voice on the future shape of London.

We bring people and ideas together to shape a better city. Our year-round programme of research, events and exhibitions bring together our broad network to debate and discuss all issues affecting London’s built environment.

We are based in The Building Centre, WC1, where our giant interactive model of central London is free to visit six days a week.

JOIN USNLA is an independent member-supported organisation open to any company or individual with an interest in London’s built environment. All members benefit from free, discounted and preferential access to NLA’s programme.

For more information on the benefits of becoming a member please contact Aurelia Amanitis on 0207 636 4044.

VISIT USNLA is located at The Building Centre in central London. Visit us to see our latest exhibitions, preview the future shape of the capital through our giant interactive 3D model of central London, attend one of our regular talks or conferences or meet friends or colleagues in The Gentlemen Baristas café.

We are open free of charge six days a week.

Nearest Tube stations: Goodge Street or Tottenham Court Road

New London Architecture, The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

Opening Times

Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 6:00pm (Café 9:00am - 5:00pm)Saturday: 10.00am – 5.00pmClosed on Sundays, Bank Holidays and Easter Saturday.

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BIG DEBATE

The London Plan Debate Febuary 2018

ON LOCATIONS

Lewisham March 2018

Isle of Dogs June 2018

City of London November 2018

ANNUAL LECTURE

Amanda Levete CBE June 2018

RESEARCH

Tall Buildings April 2018

Knowledge Capital May 2018

Modular Housing October 2018

AWARDS

New London Awards

Deadline for entries: 29 March

Annual lunch at The Guildhall - winners announced: July

Don’t Move, Improve!

Open for entries: September – November

Winners Announced: January 2019

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