Place

Nexus value: charting the shift from mixed-use to mixed-experience

Mixed-use has been advanced as a way to reanimate city centres, but is it enough? A Mirvac report argues for a shift to mixed-experience projects that can create a new form of value known as ‘nexus value’

Why flexible curation of space holds key to hybrid workplace

The results of a pilot study by Australian developer Mirvac to rethink office space has revealed that giving people the tools to adapt their own environment is key to improving group productivity

New US reports reveal impact of remote work on office real estate

The American office sector faces a major challenge to reimagine its future in the face of hybrid work patterns according to data-led studies by the US Census Bureau and Cushman & Wakefield

How the work environment supports our ability to remember

Memory is essential for knowledge work and depends on contextual clues to aid recall, according to new psychological research. Is this another reason to support a return to the office?

Assigned desks are history but are compensations needed ?

Employees returning to the office in the hybrid era will be compelled to share a desk. Research suggests a lack of personalisation and ownership may contribute to a reluctance to return