Design
Adaptive reuse: the sustainable design trend whose time has come?
Adaptive reuse in architecture and construction is gathering pace in response to the climate crisis – even Google is getting in on the act
Furniture makers rising to challenge of hybrid working
As versatile and adaptable standalone furniture grows in importance, the 2023 Design Guild Mark award scheme for design excellence in the UK shows how home and workplace is being bridged
Foster’s Centre Pompidou retrospective has a future focus
A major exhibition looking at Sir Norman Foster’s work coincides with the completion of major global projects by the practice, including the DJI Sky City for a leading drone maker in China
Modern design pioneer MillerKnoll joins Academy inner circle
How will our places and spaces adapt to the dynamics reshaping work today? MillerKnoll has become a Global Partner of WORKTECH Academy to share its wealth of ideas and insights
What are the most impactful spaces for workplace experience?
New research by architectural firm Gensler in the UK explores what spaces really matter for workplace performance and experience - and where the office fits into a new ecosystem of work
Will Milan’s maximalist interiors make it into the workplace?
Milan Design Week got back in the swing this spring with more than 300,000 visitors revelling in a bolder and more extravagant direction in furniture and interiors
What does sudden halt to Amazon’s HQ2 showpiece signify?
It was lauded as an exemplar of sustainable and community-oriented office design. But now construction of Amazon’s Helix tower near Washington DC has been put on temporary hold
Future life-science workplace under scrutiny over sustainability
A report by JLL examines the pathway for life-science company offices to reach net zero, setting out the roles and responsibilities of developers and landlords as well as occupiers to achieve this goal
