"TOMORROW'S TOWNHOUSE"

Drawing inspiration from the style, functionality and energy efficiency of the 2010 British Homes Awards' winning Velux CarbonLight Home, the 2011 design competition in partnership with RIBA, FutureForm, BRE, MBE KTN and the New Homes Marketing Board invited architects to design "Tomorrow's Townhouse" up to code level 5 with interiors that allow occupants to maintain a 21st Century lifestyle as they grow older.

The designs submitted embrace FutureForm's innovative light gauge steel, volumetric, energy efficient modular construction system, the flexibility of which is best exemplified by the outstanding CUB House (recently opened at The BRE Innovation Park) and, to be sustainable, renewable heat technology.