Top Innovation Fixations in 2025 - The Living Building System
Every year, we meet, hear from or read about the people, projects and organisations quietly reinventing how the social housing sector - and the wider world - thinks, builds, connects and serves.
This list celebrates not the predictable or the polished, but just some of the people and organisations we've seen trying something new, even when there isn’t a blueprint.
From robot baristas and restorative practice in HR to AI-driven stock surveys and modular multi-storey buildings, these are some of our favourites from the last year.
What's next on our list of some of the favourites we've seen or experienced in 2025? This time, it's from the other side of the world.
It's Broad Group in China - and when Broad Group says ‘fast build’, it means it. The company’s modular construction system allowed it to build a ten-storey apartment block in just 28 hours and 45 minutes in Changsha.
Its ‘living building’ system uses prefabricated, bolt-together modules that fit into shipping containers. The result? A low-cost, earthquake-resistant structure that’s ten times lighter and 100 times stronger than conventional steel builds.
If ever there was proof that modular construction is the future, this is it.
Watch the process here: https://lnkd.in/eyRzrcPy
