9th March 2026
March news: a tipping point towards the circular economy; towards a car-free Oxford Street; and a RIBA triple threat
We’re proud to represent Alison Brooks, Dan Pearson, Planthood, Yes Make and more; East take on the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street; and planning a community-owned landmark for Dalston.
Tipping Point East, photo courtesy of Material Cultures, © Henry Woide.
Tipping Point East
UK’s biggest circular-construction hub lands in London
UK’s biggest circular-construction hub lands in London
Tucked away on an unassuming industrial site in the Royal Docks, East London, a radical approach to construction is being proved possible. As new buildings are built, expanded or deconstructed, builders have had little choice but to throw out old (but perfectly usable) windows, steel structures, wooden panels and whatever else – even though countless amounts of construction materials could be repurposed.
Launched this week, Tipping Point East will be Europe's biggest building-circularity hub when fully operational in a few months’ time. By connecting the dots across the construction industry, it facilitates the widescale reuse of building materials, thereby tackling extraordinary levels of waste.
Led by an impressive trio of organisations – Yes Make, Material Cultures and RESOLVE Collective – it is putting circular-design principles into action like nothing before it, creating a practical, everyday entry point into climate action.
A green revolution on our doorstep
Launched this week, Tipping Point East will be Europe's biggest building-circularity hub when fully operational in a few months’ time. By connecting the dots across the construction industry, it facilitates the widescale reuse of building materials, thereby tackling extraordinary levels of waste.
Led by an impressive trio of organisations – Yes Make, Material Cultures and RESOLVE Collective – it is putting circular-design principles into action like nothing before it, creating a practical, everyday entry point into climate action.
A green revolution on our doorstep
Playrise’s modular structures in action. Image courtesy of Playrise.
Playrise
Restoring access to play for those who need it most
Restoring access to play for those who need it most
The practice of play is fundamental to human development, and access to play is enshrined in the UN Rights of the Child. However, for millions of children around the world, displaced through conflict or disaster, designated play spaces are non-existent.
Playrise is the UK charity behind a new modular and reconfigurable playground system (designed by OMMX) created specifically to be shipped flatpack to disaster relief sites, and easily assembled on site to meet the needs of the community.
The prototypes are set to be unveiled at the Museum of the Home on 24–26 March, before the first structures are dispatched to Ethiopia and Egypt later this year, so be sure to swing (or slide) by.
Go play
Playrise is the UK charity behind a new modular and reconfigurable playground system (designed by OMMX) created specifically to be shipped flatpack to disaster relief sites, and easily assembled on site to meet the needs of the community.
The prototypes are set to be unveiled at the Museum of the Home on 24–26 March, before the first structures are dispatched to Ethiopia and Egypt later this year, so be sure to swing (or slide) by.
Go play
Tokachi Millennium Forest. Photo by Kiichi Noro.
Dan Pearson Studio
Transforming landscapes with the power of plants
Transforming landscapes with the power of plants
The eponymous practice of one of Britain’s most revered landscape designers, horticulturalists, gardeners and writers, Dan Pearson Studio blends artistry with an unrelenting appreciation for the environment. Its global portfolio of gardens and landscapes are uncompromisingly characterful, using a considered balance of place and plants to reconnect people with the power of nature.
Team Zetteler are working with Dan and his team as they set forth solid foundations as the practice navigates the next chapter in its colourful story. In the meantime, if you want expert opinion on anything from plant life to landscape architecture, hit us up.
Deep roots
Team Zetteler are working with Dan and his team as they set forth solid foundations as the practice navigates the next chapter in its colourful story. In the meantime, if you want expert opinion on anything from plant life to landscape architecture, hit us up.
Deep roots
East directors Dann Jessen, Judith Lösing and Julian Lewis on Oxford Street. Photo by Tara Darby.
East
The Hackney-based practice creating a car-free Oxford Street
The Hackney-based practice creating a car-free Oxford Street
It’s been a long time coming, but this September, Oxford Street will finally start to close to cars – and we’ll have East to thank for designing it.
Since 1995, the trio of directors behind the award-winning practice – Dann Jessen, Judith Lösing and Julian Lewis – has built a reputation for treating space, context and local needs with serious respect.
This year they turn their careful attention to one of London's most famous thoroughfares: Oxford Street. As part of plans to pedestrianise ‘the nation's shopping street’, East are leading on the design of an iconic mile of road, including Oxford Circus. Design details are still under wraps, but the team are adopting a phased, iterative approach, so the final, greener streetscape will reflect the real-world behaviour of the people using it. Watch this (car-free) space for more.
Go East
Since 1995, the trio of directors behind the award-winning practice – Dann Jessen, Judith Lösing and Julian Lewis – has built a reputation for treating space, context and local needs with serious respect.
This year they turn their careful attention to one of London's most famous thoroughfares: Oxford Street. As part of plans to pedestrianise ‘the nation's shopping street’, East are leading on the design of an iconic mile of road, including Oxford Circus. Design details are still under wraps, but the team are adopting a phased, iterative approach, so the final, greener streetscape will reflect the real-world behaviour of the people using it. Watch this (car-free) space for more.
Go East
The Planthood meal kit. Image courtesy of Planthood.
Planthood
Transforming home cooking for good
Transforming home cooking for good
Providing easy-to-make, chef-prepared, direct-to-your-doorstep, plant-based meal kits since 2020, Planthood might as well have been invented exclusively to serve the needs of the Zetteler office.
Founded in 2018 by Will Moxham and Hilary Kennedy, a couple who loved plant-based eating but were frustrated with how often it was treated as an afterthought, the company is now top of the crops when it comes to health-forward, veg-first meal-kit dining – distinguished by field-fresh ingredients, chef-created recipes and unparalleled convenience.
We’re almost as excited to be working with the Planthood team as we are to be eating their dinners. Stay tuned for more.
Chow down
Founded in 2018 by Will Moxham and Hilary Kennedy, a couple who loved plant-based eating but were frustrated with how often it was treated as an afterthought, the company is now top of the crops when it comes to health-forward, veg-first meal-kit dining – distinguished by field-fresh ingredients, chef-created recipes and unparalleled convenience.
We’re almost as excited to be working with the Planthood team as we are to be eating their dinners. Stay tuned for more.
Chow down
Alison Brooks in her office; photo by Tereza Cervenova.
Alison Brooks Architects
Award-winning practice with a unique vision
Award-winning practice with a unique vision
Canadian-British architect Alison Brooks has earned international acclaim for the work of her eponymous studio. Now one of the UK’s most influential practices, Alison Brooks Architects is defined by its commitment to inclusive city-building and a distinctively sculptural design language.
Their diverse portfolio ranges from large-scale masterplans and higher education to private residences and cultural landmarks. Notably, Alison Brooks Architects remains the only UK practice to have won the RIBA ‘triple crown’: the Stirling Prize, House of the Year, and the Stephen Lawrence Prize.
Now, as the studio approaches its 30-year milestone, Zetteler is proud to be working with Alison and her team as they continue to share their generous, civic-minded architectural vision with the world.
Building boldly
Their diverse portfolio ranges from large-scale masterplans and higher education to private residences and cultural landmarks. Notably, Alison Brooks Architects remains the only UK practice to have won the RIBA ‘triple crown’: the Stirling Prize, House of the Year, and the Stephen Lawrence Prize.
Now, as the studio approaches its 30-year milestone, Zetteler is proud to be working with Alison and her team as they continue to share their generous, civic-minded architectural vision with the world.
Building boldly
Image courtesy of Yes Make.
Yes Make
Builders who reduce, reuse and recycle
Builders who reduce, reuse and recycle
If you need a contractor who can build a project using almost entirely reclaimed materials, and provide a carbon receipt that demonstrates the environmental savings, there’s not many people who have the skills, knowledge and commitment to make it happen. Yes Make are different.
The group of designers and makers are a driving force behind design's circular future, and have delivered a number of impressive community-focused buildings that cleverly reuse materials, such as the Ark in Hither Green and the Birdhouses at the Carpenter's Estate, Newham. And somehow Yes Make found the time and energy to launch Europe's newest building circularity hub – Tipping Point East – just four years into their impressive history.
Say Yes!
The group of designers and makers are a driving force behind design's circular future, and have delivered a number of impressive community-focused buildings that cleverly reuse materials, such as the Ark in Hither Green and the Birdhouses at the Carpenter's Estate, Newham. And somehow Yes Make found the time and energy to launch Europe's newest building circularity hub – Tipping Point East – just four years into their impressive history.
Say Yes!
Green Rabbit Flowers plot; image courtesy of Flowers from the Farm.
Flowers from the Farm
First-ever farm at Chelsea Flower Show
First-ever farm at Chelsea Flower Show
The Chelsea Flower Show is the premiere festival in the UK’s horticultural calendar. For this year’s edition on 19–23 May, Flowers from the Farm is creating a miniature flower farm – the first group to actually grow flowers at the festival in its century-long history.
Flowers from the Farm’s generous 20 x 15ft plot will create a living showcase of the varieties of crops that the UK’s flower farmers can grow in May, featuring a swirling bed of individual cut flower varieties framed in foliage, accompanied by wild-flower corners. The message is clear: it’s time to rediscover the sustainable, home-grown alternative to off-season imports beneath our feet.
Business is bloomin’
Flowers from the Farm’s generous 20 x 15ft plot will create a living showcase of the varieties of crops that the UK’s flower farmers can grow in May, featuring a swirling bed of individual cut flower varieties framed in foliage, accompanied by wild-flower corners. The message is clear: it’s time to rediscover the sustainable, home-grown alternative to off-season imports beneath our feet.
Business is bloomin’
Black Rootz Sisters at Wolves Lane Centre; photo by Arpita Shah.
Colvestone Corner
Pilot for community-owned landmark
Pilot for community-owned landmark
Colvestone Corner is a community-led proposal to bring the former Colvestone Primary School back into public use, delivering 24,496 sq ft of multi-use community, cultural and learning space.
The ambitious project will create a range of spaces from studios and kitchens to youth, family and garden areas, and aims to serve as an example of community ownership in Dalston – reinvesting profits back into the local area.
An ideal Dalston
The ambitious project will create a range of spaces from studios and kitchens to youth, family and garden areas, and aims to serve as an example of community ownership in Dalston – reinvesting profits back into the local area.
An ideal Dalston
Photography by Christian Cassiel.
Bisila Noha
Solo exhibition in regenerative garden
Solo exhibition in regenerative garden
Bisila Noha – ceramicist, activist and good friend of Zetteler – has her first London solo exhibition at OmVed's regenerative gardens in Highgate. Presented by Thrown Contemporary, Ile ọkà (House of the Soul) will showcase new work that expands her previous series, developed from a residency in Nigeria in 2025.
An immersive soundscape by multidisciplinary artist and curator Maxine Pennington will surround Bisila’s ceramic works, and the exhibition will also feature a small library by African and Caribbean design curators Seed Archives.
Exhibition notes
An immersive soundscape by multidisciplinary artist and curator Maxine Pennington will surround Bisila’s ceramic works, and the exhibition will also feature a small library by African and Caribbean design curators Seed Archives.
Exhibition notes
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