Places.

Botanical Place

Regenerating retirement

Earls Court development

A nature-based net-zero neighbourhood

Marmalade Lane

The results of co-housing reality

People.

Fresh perspectives

Amy Punter on common-sense carbon reduction for retrofit

Shaunagh Brown

A testament to trying

The silent crisis in construction

Mental health matters

Possibilities.

Feeding the future

In search of a food-system reset

NHS & Net Zero: starting with data

Reshaping its energy infrastructure and practices

Reimagine: the built environment

Reports from ESG frontlines

The future belongs to the curious

“Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.”

W. Clement, 1902-2002, author, businessman and philanthropist

FOREWORD

Evolving the built environment puts us at a unique intersection. We span technology, economics, local and global regulation, environmentalism, and the health and wellbeing of society. We craft the stage where lives – billions of them – play out every day.

The privilege, magnitude, complexity, and responsibility of this role can sometimes feel daunting. With every innovation, every development in how we work, and each impactful project, the need for more, better, newer seems to follow. The world feels fast, vast, and often out of control. Despite the pioneering developments they may feature, when projects take years to come to fruition, it can feel as though there’s always more that could be done.

So how do we combat that overwhelming feeling? How do we even begin to make changes that keep pace?

We explore.

Whether it’s refusing to let buildings become stranded, demanding nothing short of complete transformation for our global food systems, achieving an ambitious 2040 net zero target for the NHS, challenging the crisis of mental health in our industry, or simply saying yes to the unknown when there’s no good enough reason for a no…

It’s about daring to try.

Letting go of the limitations that police our resistance to risk allows us to open up to the possibilities of progress and discover ways to not only be a ‘good ancestor’ to future society by leaving a positive long-term legacy – but also transform today… to change lives right now.

Often, daring to try can be optimised out of existence, with no place on the typical balance sheet. But building a future for all adds up to success for all – something stronger than short-term strategies. Something vital for our humanity.

Be it sport, science, food security, sustainability, or speaking out – it’s time to try… because the cost of continuing the status quo is just too high.

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