New London Quarterly Issue 36

CONTENTS

Need to know
The quarter – our potted summary ofall the key news events this term 

Viewpoint
We ask: is factory-made housing a solution for London?

Soundbites
Who said what at the main NLA events this quarter 

Murray Mint
Peter Murray asks: why has ‘regeneration’ become such a dirty word? 

Interview
London mayor Sadiq Khan answers NLQ’s questions

Capital idea
Arup’s ‘vertical meadow’ idea for scaffolding, for the Crown Estate

New Londoner of the Year
Croydon’s Jo Negrini tells David Taylor about life as a chief executive

Opinion
Opinions this quarter from Sheppard Robson, Gerald Eve, Ziona Strelitz, MSMR, Robert Bird, Ramboll, Argent and Long Live SouthBank

Insipiring women
Diversity matters – Dame Vivian Hunt’s Honor Chapman Memorial lecture

From the team
Property cycle – NLA’s Lucie Murray on the PedElle charity cycle ride

Breakthrough practice
Arney Fender Katsalidis’ Earle Arney tells David Taylor about creating a more liveable London

Top of their game
Engineers Hilson Moran talk ‘people, not pipes’, with David Taylor

Letter from the boroughs
Capitalising on Crossrail – Ealing’s director of regeneration Tony Clements on the authority’s approach

Update
Grimshaw’s Neil Clement on his practice’s interiors work on Crossrail

Obituary
Hayes Davidson’s pioneering founder Alan Davidson, by Robert Gordon Clark

Briefing notes
The low-down on all of NLA’s recent conferences and events 

Coffee break
Wordsearch Place’s David Twohig answers the questions

Building review
Track changes – Grimshaw’s London Bridge Station gets the review treatment 

The directory
Our guide to the companies and properties in London, complete with agents’ views on specific areas 

My London
Catalyst Housing’s Sue Cooper on Southall