18 May 2026

Introducing the First Edition of NLA Annual

NLA launches the first edition of NLA Annual, reflecting on a defining year for London’s built environment and the people, projects and ideas shaping its future.

18 May 2026

Why We Need a Built World Summit

The first in a series by Prof Greg Clark CBE exploring why the Built World Summit is needed now, why London should host it, and the global challenges it will address.

Conservation & Heritage

18 May 2026

Howells x NLA Roundtable: Making commercial retrofit stack up

Alex Fell of Howells reflects on a recent NLA roundtable exploring how policy, cost pressures and occupier demand are reshaping the commercial viability of office retrofit in London.

Transport & Infrastructure

18 May 2026

More Than Buildings

Richard Bonner talks to David Taylor about infrastructure, devolution, AI in planning - and what a tunnel under Canary Wharf taught him about the essentials.

Innovation

12 May 2026

Ideas in Innovation: Future-ready research spaces

In the lead up to the Innovation Conference, Elias Niazi, Director at Niazi Roden, highlights the recently completed life sciences building ‘Trinity by Breakthrough

Conservation & Heritage

12 May 2026

Lessons from Abroad: What the UK can learn from International Mass Timber projects

Tom Gibson of Haworth Tompkins explores lessons from mass timber projects in Austria and the USA, and what they mean for the future of UK construction.

Placemaking

07 May 2026

Five Minutes with... Matt Griffiths-Rimmer

David catches up with Hadley Property Group’s Matt Griffiths-Rimmer on Brentford’s growth, co-design, meanwhile uses and the approved 980 Great West Road.

Enabling Communities

30 April 2026

Five minutes with... Nathan Spencer

David speaks with UKREiiF director Nathan Spencer on this year’s show, global growth, investment outlook and key highlights, plus expansion into US markets.

Planning

29 April 2026

Can we enhance viability through enhanced communication?

Graham McCormick of Hayes Davidson explores how early-stage visual communication can unlock project viability, reduce risk and build stakeholder confidence.

Conservation & Heritage

28 April 2026

Making Retrofit the Default, Not the Exception

Sarah Peterson from Atelier Ten explores how retrofit can become the default, with early insight and design helping unlock low-carbon, high-value, future-ready buildings.

Tall Buildings

27 April 2026

London Tall Buildings Survey 2026 Launches

NLA’s London Tall Buildings Survey 2026 is now live, exploring shifting development patterns and new insights into who is living in London’s high-rise homes.

Tall Buildings

24 April 2026

Timber Logic, Tower Living: A New Identity for Wood Wharf

Laurence Osborn, from GRID Architects, explores how Wood Wharf’s towers rethink façade and living design to create a more connected, liveable vertical community.