The Design Professional's Roadmap to Deliverable Bio-Based Buildings
Why This Event Matters
Architects and engineers increasingly find themselves translating ambitious sustainability goals into constructable and insurable projects. This event understands the position of design firms as the bridge between innovation and execution, and provides a practical, delivery-focused forum for you to unite with the rest of the ecosystem and learn from each other’s expertise.
What You'll Learn
Designing successful and viable hybrid systems
Material selection strategies
Performance and resilience requirements
Code approval strategies
Cost and constructability implications
Carbon-reductive design decisions
Lessons from real projects and successful case studies
Must-Attend Sessions
Future-Ready Buildings: Designing with Bio-Based & Hybrid Materials
Speakers:
Why it matters: Learn how leading design teams are delivering resilient, durable, low-carbon buildings without compromising constructability, performance or client confidence.
When Hybrid Wins: Rethinking Structural Design
Speakers:
Why it matters: Discover how to optimise timber, steel and concrete systems to improve project feasibility, structural performance and commercial viability.
Interactive Session: Designing Feasible Low-Carbon Buildings
Speakers: Design leaders from Perkins&Will, Kirksey Architecture, Mithun and other firms actively delivering low-carbon projects.
Why it matters: Gain practical frameworks for translating low-carbon design ambitions into projects that can be approved, funded and successfully delivered.
Who You Will Meet
The audience of this event includes key decision makers from across the whole mass timber & bio-based ecosystem, including:
- Owners
- GCs
- Insurers
- Material manufacturers
- Building performance specialists
Emerging Trends for You to Explore
Hybrid structures
Climate-informed design decisions
Bio-based insulation systems
Modular delivery integration
Performance-based material selection
Final Takeaway
As a design leader, you’ll leave with a deeper understanding of how to design buildings that can actually be delivered, insured, and scaled. Hearing insights from real-world case studies will give you clear, actionable lessons to take into your next projects.