
Lee Polisano on Why Embracing Innovation is Key to London’s Sustainable Growth
January 16, 2025
In a piece for Green Street News Lee Polisano, President at PLP Architecture, argues for the need for a greater appetite for innovation in development to attract new investment to the city and ultimately help us to push sustainability forwards.
Lee discusses PLP’s projects in London and Westminster, highlighting a range of approaches that we have taken to redevelopment in the city – from fully retaining structures like at 1 Page Street, to embedding circularity into new builds such as 27 Savile Row.
He also stresses the need for real research and effective partnerships across the value chain, highlighting our recently formed coalition Build Ahead UK, with Xynteo, Santander, and the Accelerating Concrete Decarbonisation Group supported by Derwent Plc.
Read the full article here.
“The property industry needs a more informed and nuanced discussion about sustainability, that looks at creating wider systems to encourage development and subsequently innovation. This means embracing new technologies, materials and approaches that can transform London into a model of sustainable progress.”