
Housing in 2019: Merton to Manchester
Future Cities Forum has discussed solutions to the UK housing crisis across five forums and supporting round tables this year. Leader of Merton Council and Chair of the South London Partnership (which pulls together the interests of the boroughs of South London), Stephen Alambritis, reflected at our 2019 Predictions Forum this month, on the benefits of offsite construction, and put forward the vision for working with developers from the private sector, Clarion Housing Group a

Modern construction and Clarion Housing Group
Proposed regeneration of the High Path estate, Merton - by PRP Architects for Clarion Housing Group Steve Cole, Head of Corporate Strategy at Clarion Housing Group will be speaking at our 10th Future Cities Forum in White City, London, 'City Place-making' next week. He will join a panel discussion on how modern methods of construction might be used to transform house-building in the UK. His fellow panellists include Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects, Mauro Burgio,

Waugh Thistleton on modular construction
Founding Partner, Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects, will be discussing the future of low-carbon modular construction for housing at our October forum in White City, London. Waugh Thisleton has been involved in a landmark project for the London Design Festival, called 'Multiply', a maze-like series of interconnected spaces that overlap and intertwine, designed to encourage visitors to re-think the way we build our homes and cities. The nine meter high American tulip

Grimshaw evolves modular construction
Grimshaw / SG Blocks Innovation Centre Grimshaw Architects has partnered with a leading designer of container-based products in a continued move towards concentrating on modular methods of construction. SG Blocks is providing tested container technology to complement Grimshaw's design vision across current and future projects. The projects will cover projects of all typologies, from housing to galleries. 'SG Blocks is at the forefront of innovating in the modular space. The