NLA Report Launch, WRK/LDN: Office revolution?

Thursday 20 May 2021

Peter Murray OBE

Co-Founder

Sarah Yates

Researcher
New London Architecture

Puja Jain

Development Director
British Land

Jeremy Myerson

Director
WORKTECH Academy

Gwyn Richards

Planning and Development Director
City of London Corporation

Andy Young

Partner
BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

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Marking the launch of the NLA report WRK/LDN: Office revolution? and after a year of working from home, we look at how workspaces across London have evolved adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they will need to adapt for the future.

The shock of the pandemic has spotlighted ongoing questions around the role and purpose of the office and how we work in the capital. Early commentaries tended to focus on whether the ‘death of the office’ was finally about to happen, but in this report, we seek to capture the more balanced reflections and the apparent consensus that the pandemic has accelerated trends that were there all along.

Unveiling the results of an NLA Members Survey of over 180 built environment professionals, this report brings to light the key challenges the sector is facing, but also the lessons learned to return to the office and to ultimately ‘build back better’.

PROGRAMME

00:00 Welcome from Chair
Peter Murray, Curator-in-Chief, NLA

02:27 Report findings
Sarah Yates, Researcher, NLA

14:57 Responses
14:57 Puja Jain, Senior Property Development Manager, TfL
21:54 Jeremy Myerson, Director, WORKTECH Academy
27:44 Gwyn Richards, Planning and Development Director, City of London
32:11 Andy Young, Technical Director, BIG

38:40 Panel discussion and Q&A
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