Completed in January 2023, The Forge, Bankside, comprises two new-build net-zero commercial office buildings of nine storeys each and almost 140,000 square feet of internal space. It is the first commercial office development constructed and operated in line with the UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) net zero carbon buildings framework. Property developer, Landsec, has constructed and will operate The Forge in line with the UKGBC’s framework definition of net zero buildings. While architects Bryden Wood made this the first office scheme to be built using the highly sustainable “kit-of-parts” platform approach, Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA). “The Forge, at 105 Sumner Street in central London, is a landmark moment for the platforms approach to design for manufacture and assembly (P-DfMA),” says Bryden Wood. “The scale and ambition of the Forge should be a catalyst for change and a major step forward in proving the new business and financial metrics, whole life performance, and supply […]