About Us

Purpose & Story

NLA is London's built environment community, a cross-sector membership organisation for everyone committed to shaping a better city.

Our 30,000+ members work across all aspects of city governance, planning, design, development, and management, spanning public and private sectors.

Guided by the New London Agenda - our best practice framework for city-making - we come together year-round to develop new collective solutions for London: forming new ideas and partnerships, enhancing lifelong skills, and empowering a more diverse workforce. Our work has global relevance and is shared with cities worldwide.

Our home - The London Centre - is a public meeting space that houses our London-wide scale models and public galleries. Together with our extensive events programmes, annual Festival, and communications channels, we engage hundreds of thousands of people annually in the future of our city, from school children and community groups to political leaders and international investors.

Visit us, see our upcoming events, view our latest research or join us as a member today!

Personal memberships

Business memberships

NLA presents:

NLA programme

Annual activity based on our research that takes place across our three venues and numerous sites around London.

London Festival of Architecture

The world’s largest annual architecture festival. Every June 1-30 the festival offers a lively and diverse programme of 500+ public events, engaging over 800,000 people a year. Visit the LFA website.

London Real Estate Forum

The premier real estate event in London, over 2,600 decision makers from the business and property investment community come together for this two-day conference. Visit the LREF website.

Opportunity London

An update on the NLA annual London Boroughs report: the Opportunity London website underlines the role of the Boroughs in driving economic growth. It is a definitive guide to development and investment opportunities in London, with research and insight linked to a wider Opportunity London campaign.

New London Quarterly (NLQ)

New London Quarterly is an award-winning magazine about built environment issues as they affect the capital.

The Architecture Diary
A one-stop listing of all architecture related events and exhibitions taking place in numerous cities around the world, with new guest editors every month. Visit the Architecture Diary website.

One City
A cultural guide to the Square Mile which shares news about the best pops up, new openings and gigs in the City of London. Follow One City on Instagram.

Don’t Move, Improve!

This annual programme champions London’s best new home extensions. Celebrating creativity, liveability, good value and sustainability. Visit the Don't Move, Improve! website.

Funding & Management

NLA is an independent, member-supported organisation. All funding comes from membership fees, ticket sales for paid events and sponsorship of our programme. Our membership is drawn from a wide range of private and public sector organisations with an interest in London’s built environment.

Space Hire - Events and Exhibitions

NLA has a gallery, meeting and event space for hire at the London Centre.

Events

The City of London Model at the London Centre in the Guildhall is a great backdrop for events.

NLA Members are entitled to discounted rates. Contact us for details on venue hire.

Gallery space

There is also gallery space available for hire at the venue, the space can be adapted to meet your needs, for more information on gallery availability and costs please contact us or call 0207 636 4044.

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