Whole Building Integration Is Easing The Demands of Workplace Evolution

The concept of whole building design, or whole building integration, has rapidly gained steam over the past few years. As the late architect and early advocate of the concept Don Prowler of Whole Building Design put it: “[It’s] an essential way of approaching building projects. Understanding Whole Building Design concepts will enable you to think […]

And How Facility Teams Can Support Them In the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the workforce as we know it, one aspect has been stressed over and over: most workers want to go remote, even after daily life returns to normal. But there is one nuance that tends to get lost in […]

What comes next? This article was reprinted with permission from (International Facility Management Association) IFMA.org: The great COVID-19 disruption sent home workers, and forced organizations to rethink how jobs could be performed remotely. Countless offices remained empty and countless facility managers were left managing empty spaces. Fast forward 18 months and (re)migration to the office […]

In this next generation of workplace design, space is precious. That is why meeting room configurations should offer unlimited options for adaptability. The potential for positive impact on workers rests in a meeting room’s inherent capability to respond to the needs of changing occupants over the course of a day.  Instead of attendees adhering to […]

How the FreeAxez adaptive raised floor and cabling distribution system opens limitless possibilities for reconfiguring the floorplan in this iconic structure. The second floor of the Nomad Tower, the new location for Perkins & Will New York design studio, with its double-height ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows combines beautiful aesthetics, plenty of room for functional workspaces, […]

Creating spaces that stand the test of time, where people want to live, work and thrive, is one of the most sustainable actions we can take in design. This sentiment was shared by Armstrong Flooring’s VP of design in Floor Cover Weekly   If a business were an army, and the manager or CEO were […]

It is a global phenomenon whose time is fully ripe: partially spurred by a once-in-a-century pandemic, workplace evolution has kicked into high gear and is demonstrating that the tech tools we have are now getting serious about transforming the way we work and consume. It is becoming rare to encounter a firm that does not […]

An agile working environment helps cultivate an effective business environment. It provides employees the liberty to work in various areas of a workspace—even remotely thanks to hot-desking—when and how they prefer. With fewer limitations and more adaptability, your team focuses more on performance and quality and less on where duties are performed. Thanks to office […]

The conference room has evolved based on the needs of business and advancements in technology. Once reserved for mid to large-sized organizations, numerous factors have led companies of all sizes to incorporate conference rooms into their workplace designs. While traditional conference rooms were once reserved for big company decisions, they’re now being used to serve […]

In an article published by Gensler, a global design and architecture firm, the question is posed: Could your workplace be doing more to win the war for talent? For example, your HR department put together a well-crafted job posting that persuaded several candidates to apply; your company’s website made them interested in your business’ core […]