NLA Awards: Behind the Winning Projects

Talk

Thursday 05 February 2026
18:15 - 20:15

Members Only

Free

As part of NLA’s Awards programme, this Test & Learn event showcases award-winning projects and the lessons behind the ideas shaping London.

As part of NLA’s Awards programme, this event brings together the teams behind a selection of award-winning projects to share what they tested, what they learned, and how their work is shaping London’s built environment.

Featuring projects recognised across categories ranging from Meanwhile Activation to Workplaces, Housing and Overall Winner, the evening offers insight into the ideas, decisions and trade-offs behind some of London’s most impactful recent schemes. From adaptive reuse and civic transformation to housing delivery and public realm, speakers will reflect on the ambitions that guided their projects and the challenges they encountered along the way.

Presentations will follow a rapid-fire Test & Learn format, with each team using a concise set of slides. Together, these short provocations will highlight how award-winning teams are thinking beyond boundaries, leveraging innovation, and working in partnership to deliver better outcomes for London.

The talks will be followed by a short panel discussion and audience Q&A, offering an opportunity to reflect collectively on what these lessons mean for future projects across the city.

This members-only event is ideal for practitioners seeking practical insight, honest reflection, and inspiration from projects recognised by the NLA Awards expert assessors and international jury.

Programme:

18:15 Arrivals

18:45 Welcome from Chair

Lucy Millichamp, Programme Manage, NLA

18:50 Meanwhile Activation Winner: Super SATELLITE × NEX

Kevin Haley, Founder and Managing Director, Kevin Haley Studio

18:55 Education Winner: New Junior School for Notting Hill & Ealing High School

Carol Lees, Partner, Hawkins\Brown

19:00 Retrofit Winner: Cockpit Deptford

Oliver Cooke, Director, Cooke Fawcett Architects

19:05 Workplace Winner: Fetter Lane

Francis Croll, Project Architect, Fletcher Priest

19:10 Masterplans & Place Strategies Winner: Neasden Town Centre

Tanisha Raffiuddin, Creative Director, Concept Culture

19:15 Overall and Housing Winner: Highgate Newtown Community Partners

Alan Beveridge, Associate Director, RCKa

Dieter Kleiner, Director, RCKa

19:20 Q&A

19:45 Networking

20:15 End

Highgate Newtown Community Partners

Fetter Lane

super SATELLITE × NEX

New Junior School for Notting Hill & Ealing High School

Cockpit Deptford

Neasden Town Centre

Speaker biographies

Alan Beveridge

Associate Director, RCKa

Dieter Kleiner

Director, RCKa

Lucy Millichamp

Programme Manager, NLA

Kevin Haley

Founder & Managing Director, Kevin Haley Studio

Tanisha Raffiuddin

Creative Director, Concept Culture

Francis Croll

Project Architect, Fletcher Priest Architects

Members Only

Free

VENUE

The London Centre
3 Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HH

ACCESSIBILITY

There are two ways of entering the London Centre - either up 3 steps with a handrail on either side, or via a platform lift. There are gender-neutral and accessible toilets on the lower ground floor, which can be accessed via a flight of stairs or a lift. If you would like more information about the space, or have any further access requirements, please let us know how we can best accommodate these, by emailing events@nla.london.