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From office block to housing block: is this the key to reinvigorate the city?
With offices still standing empty in downtown areas of the USA, developers are looking to new ideas and conversion projects to transform low footfall areas into vibrant city hubs once again
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
The Unworking Conference: what needs to be relearnt?
WORKTECH's London conference on 'unworking' looked at which workplace traditions should be unravelled and which ideas need relearning
The robot dog with the ChatGPT ‘brain’ and Google ‘voice’
Coming to a construction site near you, a new generation of robots from Boston Dynamics is taking things to the next level and opening up implications for the future of work
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’
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
Death of dull: Toronto 2019 tracks the big changes ahead
The Canadian workplace has a reputation for caution on major workplace shifts, but an action-packed WORKTECH Toronto 2019 conference suggested an eye firmly on the future
Design roundup: urban space innovations from Detroit to Dubai
Our latest survey of design innovations from around the world extends from a radical remake of Michigan Grand Central Station to EV charging in the UK and a green spine for Dubai
