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Jon Millhouse is a chartered town planner, member of the Institute or Historic Building Conservation and specialist in heritage and conservation at Planning & Design Practice Ltd.

In this talk, Studio Bark's Tom Bennett will share his journey through the world of climate activism and environmental architecture, exploring some ways in which these pursuits diverge and intersect.

Thames Tideway is a major sewer relief project and is the largest intervention shaping the Thames since Joseph Bazalgette created the first sewer system in London in 1866.

This CPD concentrates less on the familiar aspects of regulatory compliance and more on understanding the issues that affect design choices to tackle fire risk issues.

On Thursday 14th October the NDSA visited the Moorways Aquatics Centre in Derby.

The NDSA welcome back Director Paul Hutt who is joined by Emma Glover from Glancy Nicholls Architects to talk about their new dementia care home, that regenerated the old Thornton's chocolate Factory in Belper, Derbyshire.

The discussion with audience Q&A moderated by NDSA Committee Officer Sara Saadouni. Conversation opened up amongst the guest panelists following a round of reviews.

We broke down the opening reviews by our round table guest panelists into stand alone individual videos.

Follow up on the NDSA recent Round Table discussion on the Government’s Planning White Paper

Jestico + Whiles Director James Dilley discusses their work on the Nottingham Island quarter project.

Office Sian is an award-winning RIBA Chartered Architecture and Design Studio based in London. Established by Architect Gurmeet Sian, the studio is involved in a number of domestic, corporate and arts projects, for both private and developer clients in the UK and abroad. Office Sian also works with various charity organisations in and around London.

David Reid, mechanical and electrical design engineer at Mesh Energy presents an introduction to renewables, including key renewable technologies for heating, hot water and ventilation to replace fossil fuels, along with specification and design ideas, tips for determining optimal technology site suitability and what subsidies are available.

Holly Lewis delivered a presentation and discussion about the origins and ethos of their practice We Made That, as well as taking us through some of their recent projects.

Director and Founder of Mesh Energy Doug Johnson speaks to the NDSA, providing a practical guide on how to achieve RIBA 2030 climate challenge targets today, including real case studies and look at how they have scored against the progressive targets at the design stage.

Lisa Raynes joined us in March 2021 to discuss the ins and outs of working as a franchise and the benefits this brings to both professional & personal life and the importance of branding.