Month: September 2015
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Why we should disbelieve the hype about the death of the office
We’ve been hearing about the death of the office for at least a couple of decades now. One of the latest reports to write its obituary arrives courtesy of PwC. The Future of Work: A Journey to 2022 claims that a quarter of 10,000 people surveyed in the UK, Finland, and Germany believe that the […]
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Using workplace design to make buildings inclusive for everybody
Part Three of the Disability Discrimination Act appears to have turned into one of those pieces of legislation that often generates understanding of what it actually is in inverse proportion to the amount of press coverage it generates. In part, this is down to bandwagon-jumping commercial interests who inadvertently or otherwise tend to obscure the […]
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Weighing up the pros and cons of the BREEAM environmental standard
For some years now there has been a growing awareness of the need to improve the environmental performance of buildings. This is closely linked to both the Government’s own international commitments to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent over the next 35 years and the need of organisations to act ethically and cut costs while […]
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When worlds collide: our 100% Design preview
The challenge with exhibitions like 100% Design, which takes place in London from 23 to 26 September, is to discern the trends that underlie the wide range of products on display. For 100% Design there is a particular paradox in that while the show is segmented according to specific building types – home, hotel, office, […]
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Flushed with success: how the provision of washrooms became an important business issue
Some of our most important impressions of a building are formed in one of three key public spaces. Loos, lifts and lobbies are the places workplace designers and managers can gain crucial ground in the battle for the hearts and minds of employees, customers, suppliers and whoever else happens to find themselves on their premises. […]
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