Partnerships at Â鶹´«Ã½ are strategic collaborations across the building value chain to accelerate the shift to sustainable construction
We partner with architects, engineers, developers, startups, urban planners and more to deploy the most innovative and sustainable building solutions to build the cities of the future.
Our primary innovation platforms include Â鶹´«Ã½ MAQER Ventures - our corporate venture capital and open innovation unit – and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Innovation Hub.
What are some of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s key recent partnerships?
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Partnering on Building Icons
At Â鶹´«Ã½, we are Building Icons in cities worldwide. Iconic projects built by iconic people, they showcase our circular, resilient, low-carbon, energy-efficient and smart solutions.
Partnering on innovation
Â鶹´«Ã½ MAQER
We partner with leading startups in the construction sector through Â鶹´«Ã½ MAQER Ventures, Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit.
Read more about Â鶹´«Ã½ MAQER Ventures
Â鶹´«Ã½ Innovation Hub
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Innovation Hub is a co-creation lab to accelerate sustainable, circular, nature-positive and resilient, energy-efficient and smart building worldwide.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ partners with industry-leading architects, engineers, and designers, such as Alejandro Aravena’s ELEMENTAL, Zaha Hadid Architects, and the Norman Foster Foundation.
These collaborations deliver groundbreaking projects like our new biochar technology that transforms buildings into carbon sinks, a pioneering innovation for low-carbon construction.
This was the fruit of a collaboration with the architect Alejandro Aravena and his firm ELEMENTAL, and we presented it in Venice during the 2025 Architecture biennale.
As we accelerate the shift to sustainable construction, Â鶹´«Ã½ can’t do it alone. This is why we value strategic collaborations across the building value chain.
We engage with architects, engineers, developers, startups, urban planners and more to deploy the most innovative and sustainable building solutions to build the cities of the future.
Startups are innovation catalysts. Through Â鶹´«Ã½ MAQER Ventures and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Innovation Hub, we invest in and co-create with startups, to develop and scale cutting-edge solutions for a more sustainable built environment.
