Wellbeing

09 May 2023

Let’s create health

Shaun Andrews, Executive Director of Nexus reflects on the latest Wellbeing Expert Panel meeting discussing Definition, Scope + Timeframe, Frameworks, Best Practice and Place.

Wellbeing

30 January 2023

Wellbeing Expert Panel

The refreshed NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing joins other panels in working collaboratively on the New London Agenda, Romy Rawlings of Vestre reflects.

Wellbeing

06 September 2022

A year in summary: Wellbeing

Going into its second year, the NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing continued to meet, discuss and explore issues related to wellbeing standards within the built environment and the role of design in delive...

Wellbeing

11 August 2022

Biophilic design in the heart of the city

Rachael Owens, Head of Sustainability at Buckley Gray Yeoman explores how the design team at 25 Cannon Street created a direct and meaningful connection between building users and the natural world, t...

Wellbeing

07 June 2022

Latest from NLA's Wellbeing Expert Panel

Olga Turner Baker from Ekkist reports from NLA's latest Expert Panel on Wellbeing

Wellbeing

14 February 2022

Should London have a formalised wellbeing standard?

James Mark reports from the second meeting of the new NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing.

Wellbeing

15 November 2021

Quick crits with...Richard Hutchinson, director, LOM architecture and design

In the first of a new series of Quick Crits, David Taylor meets Richard Hutchinson of LOM to talk through the practice’s Unity Place project for Santander in Milton Keynes and its ‘paradigm shift’ les...

Wellbeing

05 October 2021

Wellbeing and space standards

Key figures from the new NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing share thoughts and feedback from the opening meeting.

Wellbeing

16 July 2021

Pandemic ‘makes the case for the office’

Pecha Kucha visions for future workplaces focus on wellbeing, COVID-safety, culture, and collaboration spaces.

Wellbeing

14 June 2021

Later Living: NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing

NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing suggest that there is a great opportunity to reframe the later living sector in the post-covid world and to create greater choice for our older generations.

Wellbeing

14 May 2021

Architects have ‘incredible opportunity’ to improve wellbeing

Designers discuss growing awareness of the impact of light and better-quality air on buildings – and their occupants

Wellbeing

01 April 2021

Social value in the spotlight

Key practitioners and thinkers set out their stall on the challenges and benefits surrounding the concept of social value.

Wellbeing

11 March 2021

Five minutes with…Professor Sadie Morgan OBE

David Taylor catches up with Professor Sadie Morgan, founding director of the Quality of Life Foundation to talk through its new Framework and the ‘wonder’ and billions of pounds of savings for the NH...

Wellbeing

04 March 2021

Five minutes with… Federico Garcia Parra

David Taylor catches up with Head of Global Strategic Accounts and Customer Advisory Board Chair at Otis, Federico Garcia Parra about the findings from a scientific study they commissioned on how elev...

Wellbeing

12 February 2021

Healthy Streets: NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing

The third wellbeing panel, chaired by Argent’s Heath Harvey, met this week to discuss Healthy Streets and kicked off with a presentation by Bruce McVean, the City of London’s acting assistant director...

Wellbeing

11 February 2021

Returning nature to the city with Cator Park

HTA’s redesign of 8.1 ha Cator Park in Kidbrooke Village opened to the public last year. Working in collaboration with the London Wildlife Trust, the scheme returns nature to the city and challenges t...

Wellbeing

25 November 2020

Wellbeing winners reveal secrets of their successes

The architects behind winning wellbeing schemes in this year’s NLA Awards showed off some of the secrets of their successes behind designing happy, health places at a special webinar session this week...

Wellbeing

23 October 2020

NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing

Olaide Oboh, Director of Partnerships, First Base, shares the key points from the discussion that happened in this week's NLA Expert Panel on wellbeing session. The panel, made up of 14 industry exper...

Wellbeing

15 October 2020

Five minutes with…Chris Lee, MD EMEA, Populous

David Taylor catches up with Populous EMEA MD Chris Lee to talk about how sports stadia are faring in terms of getting the fans back, hybrid and virtual events, how clients are consequently becoming m...

Wellbeing

24 September 2020

Low Key Cycling in a Post Covid Capital

I was delighted to read Susan Claris’ piece ‘Cycling for Everyone’ on the latest research into the lack of diversity in cycling and the barriers we must remove if we are to engage groups, beyond the L...

Wellbeing

13 August 2020

Building back better to embrace better living

London could ‘build back better’ by incorporating ideas that ranged from creating a truly mixed use city with flexible buildings to building high line, high street walks, to taking steps to radically...

Wellbeing

13 August 2020

Mindfulness and offline working hold digital wellbeing key

Practicing mindfulness and getting more offline working into your day are the best things you can do to improve your digital wellbeing, according to Shine Offline co-founder Laura Willis as she ran th...

Wellbeing

03 July 2020

Meet the Expert: Heath Harvey, Sports and Play lead, Brent Cross South, Argent

The 2020 Chair of the NLA Expert Panel on Wellbeing, Heath Harvey has had a 25-year career in the professional sports sector, with senior roles at Wembley Stadium, Saracens Rugby and, most recently, e...

Wellbeing

07 May 2020

Retain work/life balance measures, COVID-19 group urges

Londoners should strive to retain some of the work/life balance changes they have implemented since lockdown for the benefit of their health, families, and the environment. David Taylor tuned into an...