Innovation

28 March 2025

Ideas in Innovation: Designing Smart Urban Infrastructure

Alex Crane, Director at Chetwoods Architects, writes about how their research-led, innovation-driven infrastructure acts as a catalyst for people-first design.

Innovation

25 March 2025

Ideas in innovation: Redefining the lab and the workplace

In the lead up to the Innovation Summit Eugene Sayers, Partner at Sheppard Robson, discusses the convergence of labs and office spaces, and the innovation that comes out of it.

Innovation

20 May 2024

Insights from NLA’s Innovation Summit

David Reay, Development Director of Stanhope, summarises NLA’s recent Innovation Summit, which covered a range of themes, notably the importance of diversity in the innovation district.

Innovation

01 March 2022

Clearer messaging needed by HSE to bring about real industry change

Nattasha Freeman of Turner & Townsend reports from the latest meeting of the NLA Expert Panel on Technical Competency

Innovation

23 November 2021

Expert Panel on Innovation Districts keen to progress work on inclusivity and carbon zero

By Jonathan Boroughs, CEO, Creative Places reports from the newly created Expert Panel on Innovation Districts.

Innovation

04 May 2021

Arup's report on lighting and economy

Richard Morris, Lighting Designer at Arup, reports on the role of lighting in supporting town centres regeneration and economic recovery

Innovation

09 April 2021

Against the 15-minute city

Darryl Chen, Partner, Urban Design Sector Lead at Hawkins\Brown, argues his theory against the 15-minute city...

Innovation

03 March 2021

A light Industrial Revival

David Weatherhead, Design Principal at HOK’s London Studio, discusses the impact of industrialisation and rise of consumer culture on Britain's craftsmanship and presents a new model that helps reinvi...

Innovation

24 February 2021

Harnessing digital tools for a low-carbon future

Architects and engineers are developing in-house models to help in the crusade to create the next generation of zero carbon buildings. And representatives from four of the leading exponents presented...

Innovation

02 December 2020

London gears up for better data sharing

London is pressing ahead with initiatives to enable the city to become empowered and improved by collecting, sharing and using better data. Nathan Pierce, head of Smart London Team and Sharing Cities...

Innovation

05 June 2020

How can tech and data help to solve urban issues in a post-COVID London?

A Think Tank held in association with London & Partners last week as part of the Urban Innovation programme at the NLA sought to find out.

Innovation

03 March 2020

Urban Innovation – establishing a new programme

A group of tech-experts gathered at London & Partners to discuss how property, planning, architecture, construction, engineering and city management can benefit from urban innovation – in all its guis...

Innovation

26 February 2020

The city in your hands – Your.Vu preview

The developers of a mobile web-app that could bring greater accessibility and therefore better results to the planning system were at NLA yesterday to demonstrate its worth and invite views from built...