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 Lucy Millichamp, Programme Manager at NLA

18:50 Rapid 'Test and Learn' Project Presentations

Oliver Cooke from Cooke Fawcett presents the Retrofit Winner: Cockpit Deptford
Francis Croll from Fletcher Priest Architects presents the Workplaces Winner: Fetter Lane
Alan Beveridge and Dieter Kleiner from RCKa present the Overall and Housing Winner: Highgate Newtown Community Partners
Tanisha Raffiuddin from Concept Culture presents the Masterplans & Place Strategies Winner: Neasden Town Centre
Carol Lees from Hawkins\Brown presents the Education Winner: New Junior School for Notting Hill & Ealing High School
Kevin Haley from Kevin Haley Studio presents the Meanwhile Activation Winner: super SATELLITE × NEX