This year, Board Director Yasmin Al Ani Spence will serve as an Expert Assessor for the NLA Awards 2025. The deadline to enter is 23 May. Submit your project here: https://t.co/OY6hgQuTrV #NLAwards25 #NLA

Next week, Melissa Clinch, James Barrington and Emilie Lemons Golding will be attending UKREiiF in Leeds. Please reach out to them directly if you would like to arrange a meeting. #UKREiiF #architecture #realestateinvestment #infrastructuredesign

Nuno has recently contributed to the pilot version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, helping to establish a unified industry framework for defining net zero carbon-aligned buildings. Download your copy here:

A global focus dedicated to decarbonising the built environment, this years conference brings experts together to explore innovative solutions and set new benchmarks.

Director Ayman El Hibri and Head of Sustainability Nuno Correia will be attending FOOTPRINT+ in London this week. If you are attending and would like to arrange a meeting, please feel free to contact Ayman or Nuno directly.

Tomorrow, Ayman El Hibri will be speaking alongside Jonathan Wilson from Arup at Future Façade 2025 in Utrecht. Session Details: Date: Wednesday 7 May Time: 15:00 Location: Theatre 2 Tickets available here: https://t.co/5PF64k9mNm

Director Sebastien Ricard and Associate James Barrington hosted the tour, showcasing how placemaking initiatives enhance the quality of urban spaces and providing insight into London’s approaches to urban planning, sustainable city growth, and collaboration models.

Yesterday, we welcomed Swedish delegates to Battersea Power Station, organised by the NLA and Fastighetsägarna Stockholm, the Federation of Swedish Landowners. Learn more:

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"Infrastructure must be designed with people at the core of the plan. That means collaboration between architects and planners from the start, so we can truly understand who spaces are for, how they are used and the difference they will make to the wider community."

Architects play a vital role in collaborative planning to meet these needs and create opportunities to drive economic growth and revitalise disconnected areas.

By humanising infrastructure and prioritising the end user, we can successfully create safe environments and increase social interchange within existing communities.

Responding to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill brought forward in March, Director Bosco Lam emphasises the crucial need for human-centred design.

Bosco Lam for Building Design: Infrastructure that puts people first is the key to revitalising urban spaces Read the full article here: https://t.co/H3qsPcPbHl

Salone del Mobile Tuesday 8 April - Thursday 10 April 2025 Fiera Milano, Rho

This week Chloe Marshall, Associate Interior Designer, and Lamai Heslington, Senior Interior Designer, will be attending Salone del Mobile. Please reach out to Chloe and Lamai directly if you would to arrange a meeting and find further details here: https://t.co/Zd8ZQm2zGR

The gallery will run until December 2025, hosting a 10-month programme of exhibitions, performances, events, and discussions. Thank you to the team: Mat Collishaw, Aviva Investors, CO-⁠RE, DP9 Limited, Kanda Consulting, Futurecity, Invisible Dust, Eastern City BID

Designed to spark dialogue around art, science, and sustainability, this new cultural space has been transformed into a hub for experimentation, creativity, and community.

The first exhibition, Move 37: Aftermaths by Matt Collishaw, explores the tension between technological innovation and environmental degradation, revealing a haunting underwater world shaped by pollution and synthetic biology.

Seed130 is a dynamic new meanwhile gallery in the existing Fountain House in the City of London, ahead of its redevelopment, which will include a new cultural space on Level 17. Gallery opening hours: 12pm – 7pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. 📸 Graham Fudger