NYLON Tower Retrofit: Approaches to reuse in London and New York

Webinar

Wednesday 23 July 2025
17:00 - 18:30

Join this online NYLON event to hear from London and New York discussing the adaptive re-use of tall buildings.

As part of NLA’s Adaptive Reuse publication and programme, this NYLON session brings London and New York together to showcase examples of tower retrofits from each city, exploring existing policy surrounding adaptive reuse and the benefits and barriers that come with tower retrofit in dense urban areas. Each city will put forward an exemplary case study, presenting the ways in which adopting a retrofit approach can meet sustainability standards in tall buildings, revitalise urban areas, repurpose unused spaces and provide housing solutions. Join this NYLON event to hear from London and New York discussing the adaptive re-use of tall buildings.

NLA’s latest report ‘Adaptive London: Reusing Existing Buildings’ investigates the current barriers and opportunities surrounding retrofit and reuse across the capital, driven by best practice examples from London and globally that support the repurposing of spaces to prolong their lifespan, reduce embodied carbon and align with the government’s net zero targets.

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James_Colgate-NYCPlanning.pdf
Kerstin_Kane-CoL.pdf
Luke_Kelly-British_Land.pdf
Andrew_Werner-KPF.pdf

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Programme

17:00
Welcome from NLA Chair
Florence Maschietto, Head of Professional Programme, NLA

17:03
London's Policy Landscape
Kerstin Kane, Principal Planning Officer, Sustainability, City of London Corporation

17:10
London Case Study: Broadgate Tower
Luke Kelly, Project Director, British Land

17:17 Adaptive Reuse Policy and Planning in NYC
James P. Colgate, AIA, CFM, Partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Member of the Office Adaptive Reuse Task Force, NYC Planning

17:24
NY Case Study: One Madison Avenue

Andrew Werner, Senior Associate Principal, KPF

17:31
Panel Discussion and Q&As

Speakers above

18:30 End

Speaker biographies

Kerstin Kane

Principal Planning Officer, Sustainability, City of London Corporation

James P. Colgate, AIA, CFM

Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Florence Maschietto

Head of Professional Programme, NLA

Andrew Werner

Senior Associate Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

Luke Kelly

Project Director, British Land

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