Did you know that NLA can help you tackle key challenges?

We can work with you to leverage our extensive network, putting the right solutions forward to deliver the results you need and supporting you every step of the way.

NLA is the only organisation that brings together expertise from the entire built environment sector alongside public sector leaders and policy makers. We engage over 1.2m people a year, with over 1m combined web page views per year and more than 330,000 combined social media followers.

We have 20 years of experience in facilitating urban innovation workshops and capital projects, 600 schools in our network, 130 cultural partners, and an audience of public, professionals, policy makers, peer cities, and investors.

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What we do

From reimagining specific sites to informing policy, we connect you with the right people to make real change happen, facilitating and supporting:

Think tanks
Planning development
Exhibitions
Stakeholder engagement
Public consultation
Major design competitions
Design workshops
Commissioning
Meanwhile activations

And more.

Case Studies

Design Consultation Workshops, February 2023, with City of London Police

What does a modern-day police box look like?

In February 2023, NLA organised a series of three workshops in collaboration with the City of London Police to gather feedback on concept designs for City of London Police’s proposed Digital Police Box from residents and City workers, serving police officers and strategic stakeholders and partners.

The design concept for the police box by Unknown Works was selected through a competition run by NLA in 2021. This piece of work provided the feedback necessary for the designers to develop their concept and for the CoLP to continue onto the next phase of their consultation.

London’s Towns, September 2017, with Transport for London

How will outer London town centres cope with the capital’s significant population growth?

TfL came to NLA to explore this question in 2017 through a series of design workshops and a research paper. NLA brought together young professionals to explore future visions for London’s outer town centres, and the role of station sites in unlocking new opportunities.

Five mixed-disciplinary teams formulated a conceptual design to intensify development around five different outer London station sites. Teams were encouraged to collaborate to ensure a collective vision, with key experts on hand to advise on proposals throughout the day.

All teams presented their proposals to an expert panel, including the Mayor’s Design Advocates, and the results were used to inform TfL’s wider approach to station development across their portfolio.

London Plan Workshop, 2015, with Arup

How can London address the challenge of unprecedented growth?

The NLA London Plan Workshop brought together experts from a broad range of disciplines to discuss key issues facing the future of the capital as City Hall started rethinking the London Plan.

An invited group of 80 senior decision makers from across planning, policy, development, architecture, community forums and academia took part in a full day workshop, hosted and facilitated by Arup – working together in teams to develop policy ideas for accommodating London’s growth.

Our resulting independent report highlighted industry recommendations on key issues for the next London Plan.

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What our clients have said

“Through this joint work and design competitions we questioned what we wanted for the future of our public spaces to be and invited a wide range of designers, artists and experts to share their views. NLA is always a great partner to be at the forefront of the field and attract young and talented people, so we can all work together to make our city more sustainable, inclusive, and inspiring.”
Clarisse Tavin, City of London Corporation Co-designing Equity in the Public Realm, 2023

“The project truly involved the local community in place-based activation, co-hosting a programme of events with residents, schools, community groups and a school of performing arts. The connections made between local groups was an important part of the legacy we wanted to create and the thriving streetscape during the festival will go on to inform the future plans for this area.”
Jenny Dunn, Camden Council Somers Town’s Acts, 2022

Get in touch

If you have a project, an idea to test, or a problem in need of a creative design solution and collaborative thinking, we’d love to hear from you.

Contact us to book a 30-minute consultation meeting: emily.gabb@nla.london

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