Design
Green building experts caution over new ‘anti-viral’ materials
A group of leading green building organisations, architects, and scientists have warned that building materials with added antimicrobials have no proven health benefit – and may not be as green as they seem
Cambridge institute plans ‘world’s first’ in sustainable office refits
Is the most sustainable building the one that already exists? A joint team from Cambridge University and architects BDP believe they are on the brink of a breakthrough
Design in the age of crisis: creative ideas take flight
Architects and designers have responded to an open call from the London Design Biennale and Chatham House to generate radical ideas that will reshape our working world
How London’s 22 Bishopsgate is setting a new workspace agenda
London's newest tower wants occupiers in its ‘vertical village’ to think differently about office space – and it has commissioned five design teams to generate alternative ideas
Easy machines: friendly robots that provide a helping hand
With machine assistants in the ascendent, we take a look at the latest in human-robot collaboration and discover a drive to make our automatons as unthreatening as possible
Manhattan transfer: High Line concept set for London
Our latest WORKTECH Wednesday Briefing presents a new project to bring New York’s High Line concept to a section of disused railway north of King’s Cross, a panel discussion on hybrid working models and a new virtual event on workplace innovation
Fed up with working from home? Try a hotel room
With business travel and tourism in freefall, hotels are now catering for locals with new workplace service offers. The key term: workspitality
Top design installation that transcended the Trump Wall
What won the Design Museum’s top prize for outstanding design in 2020? A see-saw for children to connect across the US-Mexico border
