Adaptable Structures News

Research, recognition, and design philosophy.

A chronological record of writing, podcast appearances, awards, and original research from the team developing the Anyplace modular building system.

• Apr 28, 2026Partnership

  Hydro × Parsons Healthy Materials Lab Masterclass — Royal Norwegian Consulate, NYC

  Cross-industry convening on circular aluminum and healthy-material building systems, hosted at the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York City. Verified via Light Metal Age.

• Nov 27, 2025Awards

  BIM World Munich — Top 40 Innovator, 8th Smart Construction Innovation World Cup

  Selected from 120+ submissions across more than 40 countries. Official jury tagline for Anyplace: "Disruptive modular. Divergent climate. Circular forever."

• Sep 18, 2025Convening

  Blueprint Vegas 2025 — Attended

  Three days at The Venetian, Las Vegas. 3,000+ attendees, 50+ countries, 250+ speakers. Observations from the floor of one of the larger proptech convenings in the US.

• Sep 10, 2025Media

  HUD Innovative Housing Showcase — Accepted, then disinvited mid-transit

  Adaptable Structures was graciously accepted to the 2025 HUD Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall. Shipped a container from New Zealand at significant expense. Disinvited two weeks before the event while the container was at sea.

• Aug 5, 2025Research

  Massey University Research Seminar — School of Built Environment

  Lecture on circular aluminum construction and the Divergent Resource Logic framework, hosted by Dr. Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed SFHEA at Massey University's School of Built Environment. Faculty certificate issued.

• Apr 29, 2025R&D

  Carbon Question — Challenging Assumptions in Sustainable Construction

  The aluminum myth. Why low-carbon primary aluminum sourced from hydropower is the right material answer when the question is full-boundary lifecycle, not embodied carbon at gate.

• Apr 22, 2025R&D

  Shifting Goals in Construction

  Equity. Affordability. Inclusivity. The keywords have shifted; the structural problem hasn't. What it means for the systems we design.

• Apr 7, 2025R&D

  Understanding the Anyplace Revolution — Building Beyond Waste

  Two terms underpin the entire Anyplace philosophy: Design for Industrialization, and Design for Disassembly. Together they invert the conventional construction lifecycle.

• Mar 31, 2025R&D

  Building the Future, Sustainably

  Why Anyplace is built from aluminum, what circularity actually requires of a material choice, and how the system aligns with Industry 4.0 and Construction 5.0 thinking.

• Mar 30, 2025R&D

  Let's Talk About Modularity

  Modularity is a word that has been worn thin by overuse. What it actually means in the Anyplace system — and what most "modular" products fail to deliver.

• Mar 23, 2025Architecture

  Jean Nouvel's Simple — A Decade of Innovation

  On Jean Nouvel's Simple housing system, a decade in. What architecture gets right when it commits to industrialized building — and where the Anyplace approach diverges.

• Feb 17, 2025Recognition

  Urban Development Institute of New Zealand Site Visit

  The UDINZ visit to Adaptable Structures — what the peak body for New Zealand urban development saw, and what it meant for the path forward.

• Feb 14, 2025Awards

  Kiwibank Innovator of the Year — Semi-Finalist

  Adaptable Structures and Murphy O'Neal named a semi-finalist for the 2025 Kiwibank New Zealand Innovator of the Year.

• Jan 23, 2025Media

  Anyplace in the Sector News

  Round-up of recent media coverage and sector news for Adaptable Structures and the Anyplace system.

• Nov 10, 2024Awards

  Sustainable Business Network — Next 95

  Adaptable Structures named in the Sustainable Business Network's Next 95 — a recognition of New Zealand businesses building the sustainable economy.

• Oct 1, 2024Podcast

  Yarns with Andy — Podcast Interview

  Long-form interview with Murphy O'Neal on the Yarns with Andy podcast. The Anyplace story, the philosophy, and what comes next.

• Aug 1, 2024Media

  The Delve — Meet Murphy O'Neal

  The Delve profile of Murphy O'Neal and the Adaptable Structures journey.

• May 12, 2024R&D

  Testing Anyplace — Weathertight, Thermal, and Built to Perform

  The performance testing record for the Anyplace system — weathertight verification, thermal envelope, and the validation discipline underlying every claim.

• Aug 2, 2022Architecture

  The Andes House Reimagined — Aluminum Leads Modular Innovation

  On the Andes House — and how the Anyplace system addresses the design questions modular architecture has wrestled with for decades.

• Oct 20, 2016R&D

  The Birth of Anyplace — Proof of Concept

  The first Anyplace module, built 2016. Still in occupation. The proof-of-concept moment that turned the patent into a building.

• Mar 21, 2014IP

  The Patent That Started It All

  March 21, 2014 — the priority date of US9598852B2, NZ722998, and AU2015201461B2. The "Construction System" patent that underpins everything Adaptable Structures has built since.