RIBA London can assist the GLA in the following ways:

• Access to a large pool of design talent through its 7,000 architect members and links to schools of architecture

• Training and education through CPD courses,examiner workshops, conferences, exhibitions, site visits to examples of best practice, courses for local authority councillors and officers

• Identifying and analysing case studies (affordable housing, mixed use design, high density development, public realm improvements, transport interchanges)

• Identifying and implementing public realm improvement sites, as a partner to the Mayor’s 100 Spaces for London programme

•Preparing supplementary guidance on a range of design topics

• Developing model formats for urban design statements and standards for planning applications

• Organising the competitive selection of designers for projects

• Hosting conferences, seminars, debates and exhibitions on relevant design topics

• Lobbying central government for early commitment to realising the vision of the London Plan