Go beyond the venue.
Step into the city and experience vertical urbanism firsthand. Off-site tours take attendees inside notable buildings, urban spaces, and key developments, with behind-the-scenes access, on-site presentations, and insights from the professionals shaping each project.
All tours are held on Thursday, 29 October in morning and/or afternoon sessions.
Discover the Tours
Only those attending the core conference have access to the tours. An add-on ticket must be purchased for your specific tour selections alongside your core registration. If you have already registered and would like to add a tour, please contact [email protected].
100 Fetter Lane | 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
100 Fetter Lane, also known as Edenica, is an award-winning workplace that demonstrates how commercial development can combine circularity, contextual design and workplace innovation. As the first building in the City of London to implement a standardized framework for material passports, more than 5,000 building elements have been digitally recorded to support future reuse, setting a new benchmark for circular construction.
Images: © Dirk Lindner (Left); © Nicholas Worley (Right)
Attendees will hear directly from the project team before touring the building, exploring the material passport strategy, workplace design and sustainability ambitions. The visit will also reveal how the architecture responds to its historic setting through pigmented concrete, distinctive blue glazed bricks and bespoke motifs celebrating Fetter Lane’s printing heritage, alongside new public spaces that reconnect the site with the city. The tour concludes with a visit to Fletcher Priest Architects’ own studio, designed by the practice within the building as a living expression of its design approach.
Meeting Point
Fletcher Priest’s ground floor lobby, 100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES
Getting here
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour. The meeting point is approximately 25 minutes by Underground (Hammersmith & City/Circle lines) from the conference hotel, Hilton Metropole.
40 Leadenhall | 9:15–11:45AM or 2:00–4:30PM
40 Leadenhall is a major new workplace in the heart of the City of London’s insurance district, combining contemporary design with a sensitive response to its historic surroundings. Rising 36 stories and providing approximately 125,000 square meters of space, the building can accommodate up to 10,000 people. Its stepped form protects key views toward St Paul’s Cathedral, while the integration of the Grade II-listed 19–21 Billiter Street brings a significant heritage element into the development. The project is certified BREEAM Excellent, WELL Platinum, SmartScore Platinum and WiredScore Platinum, and is targeting a NABERS 5 Star rating.
Attendees will hear directly from the client, architecture and engineering teams before touring key areas of the building, including the ground- and mezzanine-level amenities, listed building spaces, end-of-trip facilities and the Level 11 Treehouse lounge and terraces. The visit will explore how 40 Leadenhall balances scale, heritage, sustainability and workplace experience.
Meeting Point
Leadenhall Street entrance lobby, 40 Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 2BJ
Getting here
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour. The meeting point is approximately 29 minutes by Underground (Hammersmith & City/Circle line) from the conference hotel, Hilton Metropole.
Special Instructions
Building security requires the full name and email address of every attendee in advance of the tour. By registering for this tour you consent to your information being shared and to be contacted by building security in order to complete required additional steps to get an access pass before arriving for the tour.
City of London Walking Tour | 10:00 AM–12:00 PM or 2:00–4:00PM
The City of London is both one of the world’s leading financial centers and a remarkable concentration of historic fabric, archaeological sites and contemporary architecture. Beginning at The London Centre, home of New London Architecture (NLA), attendees will have an opportunity to explore its exhibitions and city models before heading into the Square Mile for a guided walking tour.
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Image © Jason Hawkes
Led by Gwyn Richards, Planning and Development Director at the City of London Corporation, the tour will examine the planning principles that have shaped the City’s evolving skyline. Attendees will explore the City cluster of tall buildings, including both completed and consented projects, while hearing how protected views, heritage assets, public realm, density and commercial pressures influence their location and design. The visit offers a rare opportunity to understand the policy decisions and urban dynamics behind one of London’s most distinctive concentrations of high-rise development.
Meeting Point
The London Centre, 3 Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
Getting here
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour. The meeting point is approximately 24 minutes by Underground (Hammersmith & City/Circle line) from the conference hotel, Hilton Metropole.
Eden Dock | 1:30–4:15 PM
Eden Dock is a 1.55-hectare nature-led public space at Canary Wharf that reflects the district’s evolution from a primarily commercial center into a more diverse, people-focused neighborhood. A 2026 CVU Award of Excellence winner in the Urban Habitat category, the project demonstrates how biodiversity, landscape and public life can be embedded into major urban development. Located in Middle Dock, part of the historic West India and Millwall Docks complex, the 325-meter-long waterway stretches from Jubilee Plaza to Newfoundland and sits at the heart of a busy mix of offices, restaurants, retail and transport connections.
The tour will explore the biodiversity, social infrastructure and human-centered design strategies that shaped Eden Dock. Attendees will examine how landscape, water, planting and public space have been integrated to support ecological value, encourage social interaction and create a more welcoming and resilient urban environment.
Meeting Point
Eden Dock, exact meeting point TBC, Heron Quays Rd, Canary Wharf Estate, London E14 4HJ
Getting here
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour. The meeting point is approximately 35 minutes by Underground (Bakerloo line, changing to the Jubilee line or Elizabeth line) from the core conference hotel, Hilton Metropole.
New Life to Iconic Skylines Walking Tour | 9:00 AM–12:15 PM or 1:00–4:15PM
This tour offers a rare opportunity to explore three of London’s most recognizable towers—Broadgate Tower, The Leadenhall Building and 20 Fenchurch Street—through the lens of long-term building performance. Together, the properties demonstrate how established high-rise assets can evolve through modernization, sustainability investments and strategic lifecycle planning to remain competitive, efficient and attractive to tenants.
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Attendees will examine the critical role of vertical transportation and people flow in shaping building performance, user experience and long-term value. The tour will explore how upgrades to core systems, operational strategies and building infrastructure can respond to changing workplace expectations while extending the useful life of major commercial assets. The program will conclude with refreshments at the Sky Garden at 20 Fenchurch Street, offering panoramic views across London.
Meeting Point
Broadgate Tower main entrance, 20 Primrose St, London EC2M 3AF
Getting here
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour. The meeting point is approximately 26 minutes by Underground (Hammersmith & City/Circle line) from the core conference hotel, Hilton Metropole.
One Exchange Square | 2:00–4:15 PM
One Exchange Square showcases how one of the City of London’s largest commercial retrofits is redefining sustainable workplace development. Rather than demolishing and rebuilding, the project retains 96% of the existing structure while increasing net internal area by 15%, with no additional substructure. The result is 420,000 square feet of contemporary workspace with around 50% less embodied carbon intensity than a comparable new-build office.
Images: © Assembly studios
Guided by the project team, attendees will explore how structural retention and reuse, optimized facade design and all-electric building systems support ambitious environmental performance, including BREEAM Outstanding, WELL Platinum and a 5-Star NABERS UK Design for Performance rating. The tour will also examine how the project reconnects Bishopsgate with Exchange Square through an expanded public route, new retail, extensive planting and more than 33,000 square feet of accessible terraces and gardens, demonstrating how retrofit can enhance workplace quality, biodiversity and the public realm.
Meeting Point
Exact meeting point TBC, 2 Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH
Getting here
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour. The meeting point is approximately 23 minutes by Underground (Hammersmith & City/Circle line) from the conference hotel, Hilton Metropole.
Tall Buildings and Heritage Walking Tour | 9:00 AM–1:00 PM or 1:30–5:00PM
This tour offers an inside look at several major projects shaping the City of London, beginning with presentations on the projects before heading out on foot to visit 1 Liverpool Street, 1 Undershaft, 120 Fenchurch Street, and 50 Fenchurch Street. Together, the projects illustrate the complexity of designing new commercial architecture within the City’s dense and historic urban fabric.
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Attendees will explore how tall buildings can respond to a medieval street pattern, protected heritage, infrastructure constraints, and the evolving needs of the modern workplace. The tour will also examine approaches to sustainability, over-site development, architectural innovation, public realm, and placemaking. With projects ranging from recently completed buildings to major schemes under construction, the visit will provide insight into how design teams balance continuity and change while contributing to the next generation of the City’s skyline and public spaces.
Meeting Point
Eric Parry Architects studio, Discovery House, 28-42 Banner St, London EC1Y 8QE
Getting here
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour. The meeting point is approximately 26 minutes by Underground (Hammersmith & City/Circle line) from the core conference hotel, Hilton Metropole.
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