Homes for Londoners: A new agenda for public housing

Housing

London is facing a public housing crisis. Homes for Londoners: A new agenda for public housing sets out a bold new model to unlock affordable homes at scale. Featuring six key actions and a proposal for a Homes for Londoners Impact Fund, the report calls for collaboration to re-establish public housing as a driver of London’s growth and social value.

The Built Environment Sector

Future City Makers

Working in partnership with GLA Economics and LSE, new data uncovered by NLA and Polygon Place Strategy reveals that this sector contributes a quarter of Great Britain’s total GVA (£568 billion) - making it twice the size of the financial services sector - and employs 1 in 8 of the workforce, approximately 3.8 million people.

Adaptive London: Reusing Existing Buildings

Net Zero

Building upon our previous research on climate resilience, the circular economy and the evolving world of work, Adaptive London: Reusing Existing Buildings brings together best practice in the art of adaptive reuse across the capital. The report demonstrates a wealth of skills and talent through exemplary schemes, thought leadership and research that places London as a global leader in this field.

Skills for Places: Inspiring Future City Makers

Future City Makers

In this publication, we highlight the significance and value of the built environment industry and how we must all come together to demonstrate the skills and opportunities a career in our sector holds for young people and career changers. The report highlights the need to bring everyone together to forge a prosperous future for our sector.

London Tall Buildings Survey 2025

Tall Buildings

As London seeks growth opportunities and investment to reinforce its status as a world-class city, and after a decade of the London Tall Buildings Survey, we proudly present this year’s condensed report, highlighting pivotal insights into the latest high-rise developments across the capital. This edition draws upon data provided by the Greater London Authority through its Planning DataHub.

RePower London: Infrastructure for growth

Transport & Infrastructure

London’s infrastructure is under pressure, limiting the city’s growth. As Labour embarks on its mission to 'rebuild Britain,' NLA offers key recommendations to decarbonise and modernise the systems that sustain the capital. By fostering new partnerships and empowering community leadership, we can build adaptable, sustainable infrastructure that supports growth, prosperity, and equity for all.

Public London: Activating the city

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the London Festival of Architecture, this publication looks back at some of the momentous projects of the last two decades, from masterplans that have contributed to shaping London’s urban landscape, to small neighbourhood interventions that have dramatically improved the lives of local Londoners.

London's Growing Up: A Decade of Building Tall

Tall Buildings

Delving into a decade of building tall, this anniversary edition sheds light on how tall buildings have transformed London over the last ten years, and how they are likely to continue to shape London into the future. Exploring the challenges, opportunities, and best practices in high-density, featuring insights from industry leaders and experts, a unique dataset and survey, and case studies.

Great Estates: Models for Modern Placemaking

Great Estates

By bringing together many of the capital's original and newer great estates, the second edition - produced after a decade after the first - tells an enduring story of evolving development. Providing a comprehensive picture of London's estates, we set out for the future what can be drawn from the most successful principle of placemaking.

New London Agenda

New London Agenda

The New London Agenda is our framework for best practice in city-making — taken from 18 years of experience in London, and with direct contributions from over 400 people across public, private and charitable sectors. Together, we must embrace the power of collective and coordinated action to shape a better city.

Housing Londoners: Innovation in Delivery and Design

Housing

Housing Londoners demonstrates how the built environment has the agency to innovate and enact positive change on London’s housing sector. By applying a ‘citizen eye’ to London’s housing challenges, we explore the key factors of affordability, quality of life, sustainability and local benefit, to assess where we are at present as a sector and how to deliver the housing that Londoners need.

Circular London: Building a renewable city

Net Zero

This NLA report looks at strategies, initiatives and projects that are pushing the boundaries to build a circular city. If we are to achieve carbon neutrality our priorities must include retaining buildings and infrastructure while making them more environmentally sustainable and replacing the end-of-life concept with re-use, re-purpose and recycle.

Don't Move, Improve! 2023 Magazine

Don’t Move, Improve! Magazine summarising the best of our 2023 submissions, celebrating renovations that highlight the importance of improving the sustainable credentials of London’s homes. This year's shortlist has embraced the 'Green Ambitions' theme, including a focus on wellbeing, better access to nature and providing solutions for compact living.

London Tall Buildings Survey 2023: Sustainable Skylines

Tall Buildings

NLA’s London Tall Buildings Survey 2023, presents insights into planning policies, attitudes towards density and the climate agenda in London. Under the theme “Sustainable Skylines”, the report features best practices in the planning, design and construction of sustainable high-density developments.

Industrial & Logistics: Can London Deliver?

Industrial & Logistics

NLA's latest report draws on research, interviews, and insights from sector leaders, making recommendations of practical and realistic solutions for the future of London’s Industrial & Logistics sector. View the latest research and find out more on this topic in "Industrial & Logistics: Can London Deliver".

Innovation Districts: Designing Inclusive Places

Education & Health

This NLA report explores how the landscape of Innovation Districts is rapidly changing and brings together key recommendations that stakeholders should consider when creating an inclusive innovation district, as well as a showcase of over 50 projects that are supporting and having a transformational impact on the education, healthcare, technology and innovation sectors in the UK.

Living, Learning, Legacy: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

This NLA report delves into the vision, purpose and challenges that have been faced throughout the ongoing development of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and its surrounding areas from the moment London won its Olympic bid in 2005 to today and looks ahead at what is still to come. Featuring exclusive viewpoints from key individuals involved with the development of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Don't Move, Improve! 2022 Magazine

Introducing the Don’t Move, Improve! Magazine summarising the best of our 2022 submissions. DMI celebrates the homeowners and architects pushing boundaries. In this magazine you can see various entries which have represented London through innovation and design across the year, in the finest work from our submissions.

London Tall Buildings Survey 2022

Tall Buildings

The latest figures and analysis of the London tall buildings pipeline, bringing together industry experts and the public to discuss one of the capital’s most debated topics. This report breaks down recent developments across London, and looks towards the future of our skyline and the London of tomorrow.

Opportunity London 2022

The definitive guide to development and investment opportunities in London; this year expanding into a live, evolving website, opportunity.london. The website is the definitive guide to development and investment opportunities in London, with research and insight linked to a wider Opportunity London campaign coming in July.

Local London: building resilient neighbourhoods

Despite current uncertainties around the longer-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on London, it is undeniable that our town centres and high streets can play a pivotal role in recovery and resilience. Read this report for more details on London, and an analysis on how we can build more resilient neighbourhoods.

Resilient London: confronting climate change

Net Zero

In the lead-up to COP26 in November 2021, this report examines the role that London as a world leading city is playing in mitigating climate change, and preparing for future climate events, with a showcase of key projects and initiatives being led in the city. Read this and more by downloading the report now.

London Design Capital

City Dialogues

This research paper explores the current impact of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic on London’s status as a global design hub and evaluates the steps London can take to maintain its internationally renowned reputation in an uncertain time. Read more in this latest of NLAs research reports on the built environment.

Don't Move, Improve! 2021 Magazine

Don’t Move, Improve! Magazine summarising the best of our 2021 submissions. DMI celebrates the homeowners and architects pushing boundaries. This magazine highlights some of London's finest designs across the capital, and exemplifies the practices going towards shaping homes across London for now and the future.

WRK/LDN: Office Revolution?

Work

This research paper provides a snapshot of London's current response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the capital's workspaces and their urban context, and evaluates how offices will need to adapt in the long term. Read this and more by downloading the full research report and get more information.

Londons Tall Buildings Survey 2021

Tall Buildings

The latest figures and analysis of the London tall buildings pipeline, bringing together industry experts and the public to discuss one of the capital’s most debated topics. This report highlights London's present and future skyline, and paints a picture of what's to come for the capital and its tall buildings.

Opportunity London

London Boroughs

Opportunity London is the definitive guide to development and investment opportunities across the capital, produced in association with The Mayor of London, City of London, London Councils and London & Partners. See more on these key areas within this report and discover the core development spaces around our city.

Zero Carbon London

Net Zero

London has committed to achieve net zero carbon targets by 2050, with the Mayor proposing to bring the deadline forward to 2030. Zero Carbon London offers an unprecedented insight into where the built environment profession is currently in the fight against climate change, and the measures that need to be prioritised in London to achieve this goal.

The Changing Face of London

Changing face of London

Marking the 15-year anniversary of NLA, The Changing Face of London revisits the very first exhibition we hosted when we opened in 2005, reflecting on the achievements, lessons learned and missed opportunities over the last 15 years. It also takes a look into the future, at a time when we have the chance to shape our city for the better in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Knowledge Networks: London and the Ox-Cam Arc

Education & Health

This research paper explores the growth in knowledge-intensive industries across London, Oxford and Cambridge, known as the ‘Golden Triangle’, and examines how the knowledge economy can be strengthened across this region. See more on this research by downloading the full report today to see the full picture.

London's Tall Buildings Survey 2020

Tall Buildings

NLA's London Tall Buildings Survey 2020, developed with research partner Knight Frank, is an annual publication delivering up-to-date figures and analysis of the London tall buildings pipeline, as well as bringing together industry experts and the public to discuss one of the capital’s most debated topics.

The London Boroughs 2020

London Boroughs

This research illustrates what individual boroughs are doing to implement their local plans. Although each one reflects the needs of its own specific community, when you amalgamate all the maps to create one big plan, you can start to understand the complexity and scale of change that is happening in this great city and the role the boroughs play in its delivery.

Don't Move, Improve! 2020

This new magazine for 2020 highlights creative and ingenious solutions to extending London homes, over 100 projects of all styles, scale and budget. These are the highlights of this year's Dont Move, Improve! competition, showcasing the current trends in design across London. See more and download the whole piece here.

London's Hotels: expanding social spaces

Retail & Hospitality

This report looks at what lessons can be learnt from these spaces in hotels and how such spaces contribute to the city as a whole. It profiles a selection of London’s most innovative trends and responses within the sector, showcasing findings across three key themes – social spaces, technology and planning.

Future Streets

Transport & Infrastructure

This research seeks to investigate the impact and opportunity of technology and new mobility in London, looking at how multiple technological developments and new strategies help to promote new street-based mobility solutions, that are also multi-modal, socially inclusive, accessible and environmentally sustainable.

London’s Retail: exploring what works

Retail & Hospitality

The retail sector faces an unprecedented era of flux. With the rise of rents, online retailing, new technologies and changing consumer expectations, London’s retail landscape is... Find out more by downloading the full report here, and make sure to take part in the ongoing conversation throughout the NLA community from around the sector.

New London 2019/2020

The New London Awards, launched nine years ago by New London Architecture (NLA), is London’s annual celebration of the best architecture, planning and construction projects that...

Public Housing: a London renaissance

London Boroughs

See the resurgence of new public housing in London, alongside new research and contributions from industry experts and leaders... Find out more by downloading the full report here, and make sure to take part in the ongoing conversation throughout the NLA community from around the sector and beyond...

London Tall Buildings Survey 2019

Tall Buildings

NLA's sixth Tall Buildings Survey is an annual report that provides the only comprehensive analysis of all tall buildings, over 20 storeys, which are proposed, in planning or un...

Don't Move, Improve! 2019

Showcasing all home projects featured in this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition, this magazine showcases a range of solutions at a variety of budgets, completed within Lon...

Factory-made Housing: a solution for London?

Housing

‘Factory-made’ homes are now being explored and advocated by national and Mayoral policy as one of the key potential solutions to meeting housing demand, not only in London but... Find out more by downloading the full report here, and make sure to take part in the ongoing conversation throughout the NLA community from around the sector.

London Boroughs 2018

London Boroughs

Learn about how London's local authorities are dealing with growth in their neighbourhoods and the opportunities and challenges facing the sector in our inaugural annual London Borough Report. This resource for Londoners, professionals and international visitors gives a snapshot of current strategies, providing an insight into local development across London.

New London Awards 2018/2019

The New London Awards are London’s annual celebration of the best architecture, planning and construction in the capital. This year, over 150 projects across 15 categories of th...

Knowledge Capital: Making places for education, innovation and health

Education & Health

'Knowledge Capital: making places for education, innovation and health' explores the transformation of London’s education and medical sector estate. This major research paper pu... Find out more by downloading the full report here, and make sure to take part in the ongoing conversation throughout the NLA community from around the sector.

London Tall Buildings Survey 2018

Tall Buildings

The NLA's fifth Tall Buildings Survey 2018, with research partners GL Hearn, and data provided by EG, is annual report that provides the only comprehensive analysis of all tall...

Don't Move, Improve! 2018

Showcasing all home projects featured in this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition, this magazine showcases a range of solutions at a variety of budgets, completed within Lon...

London's Towns: Shaping the polycentric city

London Boroughs

Explore the future role of Londons outer town centres in accommodating London’s significant population growth. How could policy and development hel... Find out more by downloading the full report here, and make sure to take part in the ongoing conversation throughout the NLA community from around the sector.

New London 2017/2018

Selected by an international jury advised by London-based experts as part of the New London Awards 2017, this publication contains the best new and proposed projects in London....

London: Design Capital

City Dialogues

This new NLA Insight study proposes four recommendations for the UK Government and Mayor of London to ensure the future resilience of London’s built environment industries and t...

NLA London Tall Buildings Survey 2017

Tall Buildings

Each year the NLA London Tall Buildings Survey has generated a healthy debate about the benefits, as well as the negative impacts, of tall buildings. It has given a voice to tho...

Don't Move, Improve! 2017

Showcasing all 120 projects featured in the 2017 Don’t Move, Improve! competition, this magazine showcases a range of solutions at a variety of budgets, completed within London’...

WRK / LDN

Work

Today, the entire city – streets, cafés, public spaces and homes – is a place of work. As the speed of technological change accelerates, the boundaries between working, living... Find out more by downloading the full report here, and make sure to take part in the ongoing conversation throughout the NLA community from around the sector.

New London 2016/2017

Recognising the very best new architecture, planning and development from across London, this book provides a snapshot of 136 projects both recently completed and due to be buil...

Borough Strategies 2016

London Boroughs

The Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy sets out Councils’ planning policy and conforms to wider regional and national policy guidance. It is the blueprint that boro...

London Tall Buildings Survey 2016

Tall Buildings

NLA London Tall Buildings Survey 2016, produced with research partners GL Hearn, and with support from data partners EG, into the number of tall buildings in the pipeline for Lo...