Our first instalment of NEWNOWNEXT Agents of Change 2015 took place at Innovation Academy on Wednesday 20 May when Andy Groarke of London based studio Carmody Groarke spoke to an audience 120 people.

Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke founded Carmody Groarke in 2006 after meeting at the offices of David Chipperfield Architects. After a couple of years the proverbial hit the fan; the recession kicked in. To deal with the decline in trade, Carmody Groarke began to look beyond the parameters of architecture and took on some interesting, but challenging projects.