Fastned, Finch Buildings, and Sweco are developing a modular wood-frame construction system for European service buildings

Jurrian Knijtijzer, founder of Finch Buildings, has made the Top 50 of the Sustainable 50 2026 for the third time. The Sustainable 50 is the annual award presented by the Climate Summit for the Built Environment (KTGO).

BLOK is in place. Three Finch modules have been stacked in Eindhoven to form a two-story pavilion, complete with a rooftop terrace. Over the next few days, the partners will put the finishing touches on the project so that BLOK will be ready to welcome visitors during Dutch Design Week on October 17.

What does the future of affordable and sustainable housing look like? At Project Pasteur in Haarlem-Schalkwijk, you can already walk right through it. On Friday, October 2, we welcomed a small group of political representatives to Haarlem to show them what modular wood construction is already making possible and to discuss how we can work together to create more opportunities for it.

The Pasteur Project in Haarlem has been shortlisted for the 2026 National Wood Construction Award. This means the project is in the running for the People’s Choice Award. That award goes to the project with the most votes, so we need your vote.

During Dutch Design Week 2026 (October 17–25), a pavilion called BLOK—built entirely from three Finch modules—will be on display at Strijp-S in Eindhoven. While our modules are typically used in construction projects throughout the country, here they are open to the public at an iconic Dutch design festival.

Whereas a few years ago we mainly had to explain what modular timber construction entails, the focus has now shifted to implementation: how do we scale up, and how do we continue to develop the system as projects move forward? In the coming period, we will therefore be expanding our team with even more specialists.

Earlier this week, Finch Buildings welcomed architect Andrew Waugh to the Netherlands for a series of exclusive meetings. As the founder of Waugh Thistleton Architects, he is one of the world’s pioneers in large-scale timber construction.