Culture

01 September 2026

Five minutes with...Ray Hutchinson

Gilbert-Ash MD Ray Hutchinson explores the thinking behind the contractor’s innovation, cultural projects, staff diversity and commitment to safety through campaigns and film.

Education & Health

25 August 2026

Building Health-Creating Cities, One Public Artwork at a Time

Marine Tanguy, CEO and Founder of MTArt Agency, explores how public art can reduce stress, strengthen belonging and create healthier, more inclusive cities.

Tall Buildings

25 August 2026

What Makes a Tower Belong?

Ahead of the 2026 VU Summit, supported by NLA, CVU CEO Javier Quintana de Uña explores how context, culture and community can shape tall buildings that truly belong.

Education & Health

25 August 2026

Beyond Tokenism in Accessible Design: Creating a genuinely inclusive active travel infrastructure and public realm

NRP’s Gobi Ranganathan draws on lived experience and engineering expertise to explore how inclusive active travel and public spaces can support healthier cities.

New London Agenda

19 August 2026

NLA Awards 2026 Shortlist Announced

Discover the 80 entries shortlisted for the NLA Awards 2026 and join London’s built environment community at Guildhall on 19 November as the winners are revealed.

Housing

18 August 2026

Beyond numbers: Designing housing around people’s lives

In this thought leadership piece from GRID, Colin Veitch explores how Brooke House shows inclusive design can create homes around people’s lives, not simply housing targets.

Planning

18 August 2026

Five minutes with...Anne Ogundiya

David Taylor meets OSDC chief planner Anne Ogundiya to discuss securing planning powers in six months and her design-led vision to reimagine, repair and revitalise Oxford Street.

City Dialogues

11 August 2026

NLA Appointed Official UK Representative for EXPO REAL

NLA has been appointed EXPO REAL’s official UK representative for three years, connecting the UK built environment with international investment and collaboration opportunities.

Conservation & Heritage

11 August 2026

Fragmentation to Integration: Delivering estate regeneration

Following NLA’s Evening Talk with McLaren, Stephanie Marshall of Turner & Townsend reflects on the trust, leadership and integration needed to deliver estate regeneration at scale.

Conservation & Heritage

11 August 2026

Conversation and Heritage

Eric Reynolds makes the case for conserving and reusing existing buildings to reduce waste, cut carbon and protect the character of our towns and cities.

City Dialogues, Placemaking

04 August 2026

Creating Mix-Use Districts that Thrive: A New York – London Exchange

Bringing together leaders from London and New York, this NLA roundtable examined how place leadership, partnerships and stewardship can help mixed-use districts thrive.

Great Estates

04 August 2026

Great Estates Roundtable: Designing for 100 Years – Embedding Long-Termism from Day One

NLA’s first Great Estates Roundtable explored how governance, design and community engagement can embed long-term stewardship, creating adaptable places that thrive for generations.