Professional background: Architect & Practitioner of holistic medicine

Speaking experience: Career Mentor at University of Westminster, Panellist

Speaker topics: Wellbeing in the workplace. Designing for wellbeing: Integrating health in retail environments. Linking hormonal health to high street resilience. The menopause-friendly city: Designing for female longevity. Post-occupancy evaluation. Happy London: Moving wellbeing from an “add-on” to a core planning metric. Why architecture and medicine must merge. Circadian London Toxic-free housing: Addressing endocrine disruptors in the building fabric. From social value to “Social Health”: Measuring biological outcomes. Regenerative placemaking: Tackling urban loneliness through spatial logic. How neuro-inclusive design reduces urban anxiety and supports London’s diverse workforce.

Mihaela Shehova is an Architect and IPHM Registered Practitioner at the vanguard where the built environment meets wellbeing. Leading strategic wellbeing initiatives at Child Graddon Lewis (CGL), her practice focuses on the physiological performance of space—engineering restorative environments that nurture cognitive, hormonal, and metabolic health. Applying neuroarchitecture to translate clinical insights into spatial logic, Mihaela treats architecture as a proactive tool for preventative health. Her expertise in high-street regeneration and inclusive placemaking was recently recognised with a Social Impact Award, reflecting her dedication to delivering high-performing social infrastructure. By bridging environmental psychology with technical design, she ensures London’s evolving landscape generates measurable health outcomes, long-term asset resilience, and genuine social value. Ultimately, Mihaela bridges the critical gap between clinical wellbeing and the built world, ensuring every project serves as a catalyst for human and urban flourishing.