Takeaways from UK’s toughened housing delivery tests

From a broken home and being homeless to founding a startup that raises £19m from the Reuben brothers, modular housebuilder Joseph Daniels breaks the mould for getting into property. And he’s still only 27. Adam Branson meets him.

In 1966, architect Cedric Price exclaimed: “Technology is the answer, but what was the question?”, a quote very much relevant in 2019 as the built environment begins to embrace tech, according to Lauren Poon, head of digital at CallisonRTKL.

The quarterly PlaceTech Trend Talk series took us to Dublin, where we welcomed property and tech players to explore the latest trends and issues within property’s transformation.

For several years now, it has been impossible to attend any construction industry event without hearing clarion calls for modular construction. Has the time for action finally arrived?

Liverpool-based manufacturer Ideal Modular Homes has launched a range of affordable homes starting at £82,000 designed by shedkm architects.

The concept of reusing materials to minimise the damage construction causes to the environment is sweeping through property as developers wake up to doing the right thing.

Phil Langley has been an architect for over 15 years and has spent most of that time designing buildings. However, over the past year-and-a-half, Langley has led a team of 23 at architecture and engineering firm Bryden Wood to create technologies that automate the architect's role.

The smart developer has delivered an office building for Triodos Bank in the Netherlands engineered to be sustainable inside and out with the latest circular construction principles designed throughout.