New London Architecture

NLA Report Launch, WRK/LDN: Office revolution?

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Wednesday 19 May 2021
10:00 - 11:00

Unveiling the results of an NLA Members Survey of over 180 built environment professionals, this report brings to light the key challenges the sector is facing, but also the lessons learned to return to the office and to ultimately ‘build back better’.
Marking the launch of the NLA report WRK/LDN: Office revolution? and after a year of working from home, we look at how workspaces across London have evolved adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they will need to adapt for the future. 
 
The shock of the pandemic has spotlighted ongoing questions around the role and purpose of the office and how we work in the capital. Early commentaries tended to focus on whether the ‘death of the office’ was finally about to happen, but in this report, we seek to capture the more balanced reflections and the apparent consensus that the pandemic has accelerated trends that were there all along. 
 
Unveiling the results of an NLA Members Survey of over 180 built environment professionals, this report brings to light the key challenges the sector is facing, but also the lessons learned to return to the office and to ultimately ‘build back better’.

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PROGRAMME

10:00   Welcome from Chair
            Peter Murray, Curator-in-Chief, NLA

10:05   Report findings
            Sarah Yates, Researcher, NLA

10:15   Responses
            Puja Jain, Senior Property Development Manager, TfL
            Jeremy Myerson, Director, WORKTECH Academy
            Gwyn Richards, Planning and Development Director, City of London
            Andy Young, Technical Director, BIG
 
10:45   Panel discussion and Q&A
            Speakers above

11:00   End

Speaker biographies

Peter Murray OBE

Co-Founder, NLA

Sarah Yates

Researcher, New London Architecture

Puja Jain

Development Director, British Land

Jeremy Myerson

Director, WORKTECH Academy

Gwyn Richards

Planning and Development Director, City of London Corporation

Andy Young

Partner, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group


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