CallisonRTKL’s Steve Juett explores how telemedicine brings hospitals into the future. In a day and age in which video conferencing and immediate informational transfers are the norm, telemedicine has become a buzzword that just won’t quit. Processes like gathering patient vitals, collecting symptoms and diagnosing simple problems have become increasingly automated—and they can now even […]
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The digital and physical worlds are colliding. How will social media platforms influence the way we design spaces? When planning for my upcoming trip to Europe, I did something interesting—something that betrayed exactly how much of a stereotypical Millennial I am. I googled, “most Instagrammable places in Amsterdam.” My parents would most certainly scoff at […]
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Last week’s planning approval for Lampwick, a new 213-home build-to-rent development from Manchester Life, marks a significant milestone. It’s not necessarily because of the project itself, although it will bring much-needed, high-quality rented accommodation to New Islington. It’s because, in many ways, the development represents the future of planning and design collaboration in Manchester—and possibly […]
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Everyone is asking for the workplace of the future, but a better starting point would be to imagine the work of the future. Offices originally supported the repetitive job of clerks, as astutely described by Nikil Saval in his book, Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace. Even the lovely Johnson Wax HQ or the […]
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Looking for a major dose of news you can use? In this edition of Design News You Can Use, Workplace Strategist Joelle Jach explores the delicate dance that is work-life balance and how play can help us stay sane. Spare change: As we look to the future, it’s hard to ignore the impacts of climate […]
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CRTKL’s Rudy Santacroce recaps his recent strategy development sessions at the IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2017 and discusses how OPEX can be used in everyday life. Operational excellence can sometimes seem like a lofty concept. It’s a bit difficult to define for those who don’t live and breathe OPEX like I do. But it’s […]
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The Ala Moana Center in Honolulu is the largest open-air shopping center in the world. A multi-million dollar art collection, indigenous landscaping, more than 2 million SF of retail, a large performance stage with over 800 performances a year and a view of the Māmala Bay make the upscale, four-level shopping center one of a […]
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Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told political leaders that artificial intelligence poses an “existential threat” to human civilization. Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, believes that companies that employ robots to take human jobs should pay taxes. Fair ‘nuff, but it makes one wonder: Can smart machines and humans happily co-exist? Or are we doomed to a […]
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This June, CRTKL’s Jodi Williams and Jeanne Wood presented at the Building Owners and Managers Association International Conference and Expo. Here are some of the takeaways from their experience. Presenting our research on the workplace of the future at BOMA 2017 was an incredible experience that was only made exponentially more enriching by the other […]
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NeoCon 2017 was held at The Mart in Chicago. It brought together some of the top commercial design professionals to explore the future of interior design for commercial environments. We attended to check out what was on the horizon in terms of workplace interior design. Take a photo tour of the trends that we saw […]
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