In late September 2026 the Periscope team visited Hamburg for WATER_CITY WHERE NEXT? a conference discussing how waterfronts drive urban development and access to water. From the adaptive reuse of WWII flak towers to the thoughtfully designed Hannoverscher Bahnhof memorial and the enormously impressive but strangely alien Elbphilharmonie to HafenCity itself there was much to consider in the many ways the city engages with its past and the water.

Dan, Indigo, James and Paola have added some thoughts to our Research Atlas, here.

The first outputs of our research into the reuse of post-industrial sites in the UK have been published. Our case study is Port Talbot Steelworks in south Wales, currently undergoing a major transition from blast furnace to Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steel production. We presented the work at the International Conference on Adaptive Reuse in September 2025, for which the proceedings book has now been published.

Find out more about the conference here and the book of proceedings here. Periscope's contribution can be found here.

In early 2026 Periscope was commissioned by Merton Council as part of the Mayor of London’s High Street Place Labs programme to produce a local high street strategy for Mitcham Town Centre. We partnered with the ‘Omnibus’, who run a youth centre on Fridays in Mitcham, and Attic, a local theatre company, to deliver a range of engagement activities catering to different age groups and interests.

Image credit © 2026 Studio Augusto ⁠

In mid-June some of our team went adventuring in the Lea Valley to visit Meridian Water where Brooks Park and Edmonton Marshes are nearing completion. We also visited the new V&A East and several recent bridges.

We're been appointed by Norwich City Council and Homes England alongside Haworth Tompkins and Hudson Architects to deliver new homes at Carrow Works.