Next Cities Academy · NXA

Executive learning for the people building tomorrow's cities.

The practice

We design executive briefings, citymaking studios and immersive learning labs for governments, developers, institutions and investors shaping the next generation of cities — anywhere in the world.

The campus

Singapore as campus.
The city as classroom.
The region as lab.

Engage

Request a briefing

Shaped to your team.

What we offer

Four formats · one practice

Executive Briefings
Private briefings for senior teams, visiting delegations and institutional leaders.
90 min · half-day · one-day
Citymaking Studios
Small-format intensives around live urban questions, districts and decisions.
1–2 days
Learning Labs
Immersive programmes using Singapore as a living classroom for city leadership.
3–5 days
Custom Programmes
Designed with governments, developers, investors and institutions around specific priorities.
Bespoke

Singapore as campus

A live urban classroom — planning, housing, mobility, water, ecology, governance, districts and everyday life.

From Singapore, programmes open into the urban questions shaping the next generation of cities — and the room is open to leaders from anywhere in the world.

Campus: Singapore
Open to: City shapers worldwide
First chapters: India · Australia

The people building — not writing about it.

Governments

Urban agencies, ministries and city authorities.

Developers

Teams shaping districts, assets and regeneration.

Institutions

Universities, foundations and civic bodies.

Investors

Long-horizon capital backing urban transformation.

Executive learning for the people building tomorrow's cities.

What we offer

A live urban classroom — planning, housing, mobility, water, ecology, governance, districts and everyday life.

Archive

The people building — not writing about it.