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Changing workplace strategies confirm importance of wellness, technology and productivity
Nearly two-thirds of corporate occupiers (62 percent) plan to increase their investment in real estate technology over the next three years, most of them in the next year, according to the 2018 EMEA Occupier Survey from CBRE. Companies are intending to invest more heavily in new real estate technologies over the short to medium term in […]
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Why activity based working is almost certainly the right solution for you
The language we use to describe work and workplaces evolves almost as quickly as the workplace itself. And if there is one term that encapsulates cutting edge workplace design thinking in this part of the 21st Century it is Activity Based Working (ABW). As with most of these ideas there is nothing magical, or even new […]
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How to create inclusive office design for everybody and all they do
Although it is much maligned, it is also clear that the open plan office remains an incredibly popular model of workplace design. Even as we enter 2016 it remains the default form of office, based on its relative simplicity, low cost and the way it fosters interaction and transparency. Even a company like Facebook is […]
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We still display status in office design, but in a completely new and subtle way
There was a time, not so long ago, that one of the most important factors to consider when designing an office was the corporate hierarchy. The office was once the literal embodiment of the corporate structure. In Joanna Eley and Alexi Marmot’s 1995 book Understanding Offices, quite a lot of space is dedicated to the idea […]
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Finding the work life balance at London’s great workplace design shows
It has always been a characteristic of the 100% Design exhibition that it has segmented along the demarcations of workplace, home, interiors, kitchens and bedrooms. This used to make perfect sense as the same distinctions existed in our lives, reflected in the form and function of the products we allocated to those spaces. This is […]
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Even the world’s pharmaceutical giants know how small can sometimes be beautiful
When it comes to the world’s most fast moving industries, information technology firms tend to grab most of the headlines. Yet some of the world’s most advanced and innovative companies don’t work in the information technology sector. One of the world’s leading life sciences firms is also one of its most successful. Sigma-Aldrich as part […]
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Modern facilities management thinking views offices as a strategic asset
One of the enduring forces that shape facilities management thinking is the growing business case for treating buildings as a strategic asset. You may have heard it many times, but the figures behind this are indisputable. For most organisations the total operating cost of their property runs at between 10 and 20 per cent of […]
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The people who design and manage workplaces will be essential in shaping the future of work
So far, the main impact of Brexit has been to make the future uncertain. You couldn’t ever argue this was a good thing but past experience tells us – or should tell us – that adversity and uncertainty in the economy often sparks both a renewed focus on property and workplaces and a great deal […]
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Successful flexible working is built on the foundations of great office design
In May, the Wall Street Journal reported that IBM had announced that it was obliging a significant number of its staff to give up on remote working and instead move back to corporate offices, many of them regional hubs. There was a predictably major backlash to the news that a major corporation was apparently turning its […]
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Natural forms and biophilic design lend themselves particularly well to modern offices
Earlier this month, BRE launched The Biophilic Office project, a ‘groundbreaking’ office refurbishment in test conditions that will seek to provide quantified evidence on the benefits of biophilic design on health, wellbeing and productivity of office occupants. The project centres on a 650 sq. m. 1980s office building on the BRE campus in Watford, which will be refurbished […]
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