NLA Major London Issues exhibition is an evolving display including seminars, lectures and debates highlighting key issues facing London in 2009 with a monthly focus on the following 12 sectors; Energy, Public Realm, Housing, Conservation, Work Place, Education, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Water, Environment, Hotels and Retail.

The exhibition opened at the beginning of April 2009. Wood Lane Station will feature from June in the Infrastructure Sector, which will supported by specific events in October 2009.

The Building Centre
26 Store Street
London WC1E 7BT
www.newlondonarchitecture.org
Free entry

Our design for a mixed use development at the old Dylon Factory in Bromley will be exhibited to the public on 9th May at the site near Lower Sydenham railway station. It will be submitted for planning permission later this month.

The RSC Courtyard Theatre was awarded the RICS Community Benefit Award and shortlisted for its Sustainability Award.

Ian Ritchie gave one of the talks at the RIAS Annual Convention held in Dundee. He focussed upon Innovation, a great Scottish tradition, and the challenges faced in today's political and economic conditions.

Gordon Talbot and Ian Ritchie will be undertaking RIBA External Examiner's roles this year at Greenwich Diploma School and Oxford Brookes' post-diploma Masters.

Our designs for a significant mixed use development in Dublin will be submitted for planning permission in June 2009.

The project has been shortlisted for a RIBA Award.

Stefan Lengen has joined Mark Bagguley, who left last month, to work on a project in Vienna, Austria with CRAB Architects, led by Peter Cook.

We submitted our entry (1 of 14) for the Magdeburger Hafen competition in Hamburg for a project consisting of three buildings forming an urban block including a new headquarters for Greenpeace Germany, DesignXport, and housing. We collaborated with Max Fordham LLP, Ulrike Brandi Licht and with our 'sister' office in Hamburg, Jan Braker of blp Architekten to develop a new environmental office building typology.

Collaborating with our 'sister' office in Leipzig, we completed our submission for the Dresden Cultural Palace which consists of a new 1800 seat concert hall and a smaller one, together with a new library. This is housed in a listed early 60's building, for which the authorities wish to retain the facades and roofline.