Futurebuild 2026: Alive Labs at the heart of the event, featured by Reuters

This week the Alive Labs team was at Futurebuild 2026, the UK's largest construction and built-environment event, and it was a genuine highlight of our year so far. We left exhausted, energised, and grateful for everyone who stopped by the stand.

There's nothing quite like showing the work in person: long conversations with architects, contractors, developers, and sustainability leads. Questions that made us think. And moments where you could see people get why living, moss-based façades belong in the conversation about healthier cities and lower-carbon buildings. We traded stories, compared notes on pilots and procurement, and came home with a notebook full of follow-ups.

Just as rewarding was simply being there as a team, sharing shifts on the stand, debriefing over coffee, and laughing our way through the usual expo chaos. Futurebuild is a sprint, but doing it together made it feel less like a trade show and more like a shared mission.

We were also honoured to see Alive Labs included in Reuters' coverage of the show, in a segment on business and the environment. It's humbling to have that spotlight alongside so many innovators working on the future of the built world.

Watch the Reuters video from Futurebuild 2026 (opens on reuters.com).