You decide whether the better choice is actually made.

Developers, housing associations and public clients work at different scales and time horizons, but share the same task: translating ambition into choices that are technically, financially and organisationally workable.

Choose your field

3 routes within commissioning & development.

You translate ambition into a project that goes ahead. Each route has its own page with the materials, themes, programme elements and reasons to come.

Project developersTranslate sustainable material ambitions into workable projects.Housing associations & property ownersFind solutions that work at scale for new-build and renovation.Municipalities & public clientsTranslate policy and sustainability ambition into market demand and projects.

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.