NextGen

31 October 2025

Designing Connections: The IStructE London Young Members’ Group and BDP Launch Inaugural Design Competition

James Jackson, Senior Structural Engineer at BDP, announces Designing Connections, the first design competition by the IStructE London Young Members’ Group (LYMG) in partnership with BDP.

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26 March 2025

Championing and Supporting the Development of Soft Skills

Betty Owoo, Senior Design Officer at GLA and NLA NextGen Committee member, reflects on the committee first meeting of the year, discussing skills, collaboration, innovation and more,

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12 December 2024

NextGen 2024: Our year's wrap-up

2024 has been a huge success for NLA NextGen. From networking events to our June conference, our committee has a lot to share from this year's experience.

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15 July 2024

Skills for a Better Built Environment

Betty Owoo, architectural designer at Be First, summarises the key talking points from NLA's first NextGen conference, with key focus on skill development.

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09 July 2024

NextGen milestones

Open Corporate Data and Content Strategist Lauryn Brown reflects on the recent milestones of the NextGen Committee and discusses their plans for future initiatives. 

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01 July 2024

NextGen: Finding Your Place

Dominique Staindl, founder of South Facing, reflects on the NLA’s NextGen conference "Finding Your Place," focusing on talent in the built environment sector's expertise and career paths.

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04 December 2023

The role of apprenticeships in developing the next generation of talent

Alice Jackson of Hoare Lea reflects on our apprenticeship workshop as we shared experiences and knowledge on apprenticeships across the built environment.

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24 October 2023

Reflections from the NextGen Committee

Grace Simmonds, NLA, reflects on the last NextGen Committee meeting of the year where the panel reflected on their involvement with LREF through the Future Leaders session.

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31 August 2023

Inspire Future Generations

Victoria Thornton, Founder of Thornton Education Trust discusses fostering a vibrant community of practitioners dedicated to crafting a better-built environment.

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22 August 2023

Collaboration and innovation

Lucy Muir and Victoria Bell of Montagu Evans reflect on our NextGen collaborative round-table discussion, tackling some of the key questions facing the future of the built environment.

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11 July 2023

NextGen Committee

Evie Treanor, Associate Director at Gardiner & Theobald reflects on the latest NextGen Committee meeting discussing the support of young people during their careers in the built environment.

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14 March 2023

NextGen Commitee

Kat Hanna, Director of Strategic Advisory and Special Projects at Avison Young and Chair of the NLA NextGen Committee summarises the first convening of the Committee.

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05 December 2022

NextGen Sounding Board

Yara Machnouk, Elementa Consulting, reflects on the last NextGen Sounding Board session of the year, discussing critical topics that must be highlighted when planning the future of London.

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05 July 2022

NLA Next Gen Sounding Board – Reflecting on the post-election landscape and the ‘value’ of social value

Alice O'Carroll of Buro Four reflects on the recent NextGen sounding board session, which focussed on the challenges and opportunities for London post-local elections before reflecting on the recognit...

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19 April 2022

NextGen - Levelling up should not be a replication of London

Maliha Haque of LOM architecture and design reports from the recent NLA NextGen Sounding Board.

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21 June 2021

NextGen Sounding Board

The two key topics for this meeting of the NextGen Sounding Board were housing and the priorities for Sadiq Khan in this term.

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06 April 2021

Intergenerational Intelligence

John McAslan + Partners is actively demonstrating the thoughtful and beneficial dialogue that can take place between different age groups in championing social issues.

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11 March 2021

Impact of Covid-19 on the Central Activity Zone and National Model Design Code

NLA’s NextGen Sounding Board and the New London Sounding Board discuss the impact on Covid-19 on the Central Activity Zone (CAZ) and National Model Design Code

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28 January 2021

Tips on goal setting and mental health from an Olympian

Alex Kirker, Waterman Group, gives us the low-down on the tips British sprinter and Olympic athlete, Ojie Edoburun, offered the NLA’s NextGen when he joined their virtual Christmas party.

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09 December 2020

London leaders set green vision for the capital

London needs to set a new, green vision for growth aimed at reaching net zero emissions. But, while the city will not ‘hollow out’ it needs to be mindful of the impacts working from home will have and...

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28 October 2020

NextGen sounding board: getting to net zero is biggest challenge

Helping to get London to net zero has emerged as the most important issue for the next 15 years, a straw poll of NLA’s Next Generation New London Sounding Board found last week. The group were asked t...

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19 August 2020

Test and prototype to build back better – NLA NextGen Sounding Board

More prototyping, testing and the kind of tactical urbanism represented by Soho’s recent transformations are the way forward to help London and other cities build back better. That was the view put fo...

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11 August 2020

Nextgen virtual speed mentoring

As we re-emerge from lockdown it has never been more important to keep industry conversations going and those at both ends of their careers connected.

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12 June 2020

Next gen sounding board urges ‘post-racism’ London

NLA’s Next Gen Sounding Board set its sights high with a wish for a post-racism city, not just a post-Covid one, alongside other thoughts on key issues affecting London including flexible offices, hom...

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07 May 2020

New Next Gen Sounding Board praises virtual planning

NLA held its first ever Next Gen Sounding Board last week, with participants in the Gardiner & Theobald-backed initiative looking at issues from virtual planning to construction site safety to the pos...

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16 December 2019

NLA NextGen Christmas Party

The NextGen Christmas party on Tuesday 10 December saw young professionals from NLA, CPA and WPA’s NextGen networks come together over mulled wine and mince pies and celebrate the years achievements.