You decide what ends up in the design.

Architects, interior architects and product designers each look at material differently, but face the same step: from an interesting sample to a choice you record with confidence.

Choose your field

3 routes within design & specification.

You decide what goes into the design and the specification. Each route has its own page with the materials, themes, programme elements and reasons to come.

ArchitectsDiscover materials that bring design ambition and project reality together.Interior architects & interior designersFeel, compare and select materials on appearance and performance.Product & furniture designersDiscover new material and making possibilities.

What you'll find there

Materials you can see, feel and question.

A curated exhibition floor with materials and products for the built environment.
An independent materials exhibition with samples you can see and feel yourself.
A substantive programme on application, scaling, design, engineering, supply chains and regulation.
Young Talents asking new questions about material, production and restoration.
Producers, designers, clients, advisers and builders you can speak to directly.
Projects and applications that show what is already possible.

Come with a concrete question.

MaterialDistrict 2027 brings together the people, materials and knowledge needed to make more sustainable building actually happen.