Ted Neilan, Author at PLP Architecture

30 Minories, London, UK

30 Minories is a wellness-led office development by PLP Architecture, for our client Patrizia. The design incorporates two buildings located in the City of London; the first a retained Victorian former warehouse that will benefit the local community and provide affordable workspace, the second a new office building that prioritises high quality office space designed to meet new occupier requirements for amenities, wellness, external greening and terraces as well as extensive improvements to the public realm. Our design focuses on creating a contextual building that promotes connectivity and wellbeing, with ample access to fresh air, daylight, and biophilia through generous planted balconies and terraces.

65 Davies Street, London, UK

65 Davies Street is a contextually sensitive, nature embracing, high-quality office space, positioned above the Bond Street Elizabeth Line station in London. Said to be the best-connected office-building in London, 65 Davies Street features 65,000 sq ft of premium office space over six floors with top-end amenity spaces.

IUMO CR2 – Rethinking the future of mobility with IUMO – the on-demand, personalised, sustainable, mass transit option

“Employment is one of the key routes to accessing income, which, in turn, is the pathway to many wellbeing factors, such as healthcare, self-care, nourishment, housing, mobility and security. Therefore, it is imperative that, as a society, we create an ecosystem that supports people through the employment life cycle.”

Kunming Mix-C Tower, Kunming, China

Designed as an undulating piece of sculpture on the water’s edge, the COHL Business Centre overlooks the Qiangtang River, the main artery of the city of Hangzhou.

Alex Davidson

Alex is Head of Communications at PLP Architecture, leading the studio’s efforts in broadcasting their work and expertise to the wider world. His focus covers the full width of PLP’s portfolio and includes coordination with PLP’s studios and PR partners around the globe.

Wearables in the Workplace: Measuring health and wellbeing in the office

Wearables in the Workplace investigated how wearable technologies, such as fitness wristbands and posture scanners, can be used to monitor occupant health and wellbeing in office environments. It considered the current state of wearable technologies, explored possible future uses and applications, and also examined how this all could impact the wider technology industry, workplaces, individual health and wellbeing, and the built environment. To help augment the research, PLP Labs ran an in-house pilot study in which wearables were used to monitor test subjects’ vital signs across different office and home-working scenarios.

Know Your Health – Empowering citizens to create healthy cities

PLP Labs, Centric Lab, and Comuzi have united to introduce ‘Know Your Health,’ an online platform paired with a downloadable guide aimed at enhancing urban health and wellbeing. This initiative leverages a simple, anonymous survey to offer personalised advice, helping individuals navigate and improve their health against the backdrop of city living. The project further extends its impact by offering a ‘Playbook’ that delves into seven critical areas of urban health, from housing to social spaces, enriched with actionable steps, case studies, and resources. Beyond individual benefits, ‘Know Your Health’ collects anonymised data to inform and influence equitable urban development, spotlighting the nuanced effects of environment on health and advocating for inclusive, community-focused design and policy decisions.

This changes everything: An investigation into the evolving responsibilities of the Built Environment sector in a post-pandemic world

PLP Labs and PLP Architecture continued to operate through the COVID-19 pandemic, adopting like many others new ways of working internally and with our partners. We used this global disruption as an opportunity to not only continue the high calibre work that we always strive to produce, but to learn from the changing world, produce better work and enhance the ways that we create the built environment.

Tony Plaw, FCA

Tony Plaw is a Partner at PLP Architecture and has led the finance team since the founding of the practice. Tony’s work reaches right across the office, playing a vital role in both the day-to-day life of the studio as well as the bigger picture.

Andrei Martin

Andrei Martin is a Partner with over 20 years of experience in residential, life-science, commercial and master planning projects in the UK, Europe, USA, China and the Middle East. He is a co-founder of PLP Labs – PLP’s design research platform that operates at the intersection of people, technology, and the planet.