New London Quarterly is NLA’s magazine about built environment issues as they affect the capital. Edited by David Taylor, it includes news, views, ideas and interviews of and by the architectural, planning, political and construction professions, alongside features about locations and themes and the policy decisions behind them. It also includes coverage of the NLA events programme, as well as building reviews and interviews.
CONTENTS
Need to know
The quarter – our potted summary of all the key news events this term
Portfolio
The NLA charity dinner in Greenwich's Painted Hall
Viewpoint
We ask: what single thing would you do to improve public housing?
Soundbites
Who said what at the main NLA events this quarter
Murray Mint
Peter Murray takes a trip to China to see what London might learn
New Londoner
Mapmaker - TfL's Stuart Robinson sets out London's biggest developer's vision
From the team
Tamsie Thomson previews this summer's LFA
The new teams
U+I is enlisting new - and familiar - blood to take forward its future. By David Taylor
Opinion
Opinions this quarter from Sheppard Robson and the Illuminated River's artist Leo Villareal
Top of their game
HOK's new London head tells David Taylor how the firm is working hard to change perceptions
Letter from the boroughs
Wandsworth leader Ravi Govindia on the rapidly changing borough
Interview
Ceire O'Rourke on Laing O'Rourke's drive for off-site and residential. By David Taylor
Old Kent Road special
Planning, consultation and the Old Kent Road
Project preview
In the mix - SEGRO's Alan Holland on plans for the former Nestle building in Hayes
Briefing notes
The low-down on all of NLA’s recent conferences and events
Coffee break
The Bartlett Real Estate Institute's Yolande Barnes answers our questions
Building review EXTRA
A bonus piece this issue looks at Hugh Broughton's award-winning Painted Hall in Greenwich
Building review
We take a look at Floral Court, KPF's work for CAPCO in Covent Garden
The directory
Our guide to the companies and properties in London, complete with agents’ views on specific areas
My London
Croydon's Heather Cheesbrough sings the praises of Greenwich