How retail design – and the customer experience – are changing in 2022
Retail design is adapting – and it’s not just social distancing markers leading the way.
Navigating the return to the post-COVID office
With vaccine distribution in full swing, many companies and employees are looking forward to some sort of return to a post-COVID office.
Three senior housing trends post-COVID-19
With the sun hopefully setting on the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak, seniors’ housing needs are still evolving. While many changes at the outset of the pandemic were reactionary, there are some lasting elements that will be here to stay.
Converting hotels to multifamily: Hospitality industry offers more permanent housing solutions
An unexpected silver lining has appeared for property owners looking to find uses for underutilized hotel rooms. Some hotels are undergoing transformation into multifamily properties.
Are people leaving American cities?
With the pandemic wreaking havoc on urban environments at its onset, some commenters have suggested the city as we know it may be coming to an end. Not so fast.
How will COVID-19 affect multifamily design?
With major shifts in work and lifestyles forced upon us by the pandemic, those living in condominiums or apartment buildings are viewing their living environments through a different lens. Designers and operators of multifamily buildings must now consider what this building typology may look like in the future.
What’s next for school design?
COVID-19 is creating a massive ripple in how students learn, and community engagement is becoming increasingly important when considering the needs of educational buildings. What does this mean for school design moving forward?
Senior housing outlook 2021
In the best of cases, the senior housing industry in the United States will be looking to recovery in the coming months as vaccines roll in to save a market that is undergoing historic challenges.
Four healthcare trends that could take shape post COVID-19
Operators of healthcare institutions may feel they’ve been in a constant state of assessing and adapting since the beginning of COVID-19. Some of these changes could lead to a future with better care.
How climate change is impacting American cities and how they can play a role in recovery
From fires to flooding, there are a myriad of ways climate change is impacting American cities.
Examining new initiatives to keep building occupants safe during and post COVID-19
As returning to the office causes trepidation for some workers, maintaining a safe work environment is paramount to both building managers and designers. This means initiatives meant to keep occupants safe must be both functional and visible.
Predicting the future of cities: How urban planning and city infrastructure changes may be influenced by COVID-19
Urban planners and architects are looking at what elements of city infrastructure may require permanent adjustments after COVID-19.
Predicting the future of cities: How urban working and living may be impacted by the pandemic
Population density within our cities has been the talk of urban planners and the design and construction communities for some time. COVID-19 has thrown a curve at what experts are predicting cities may look like years into the future.
Commercial office interiors: What’s changing, and a look to the future
Commercial property managers, architects and interior designers are all looking at ways to keep occupants safe. Present concerns have to mix with an eye to the future: What will interior office design look like post-COVID?
Let’s take this outside: Adding outdoor work areas to the commercial office grows in popularity
Commercial buildings are having an evolution thrust upon them as COVID-19 makes the lure of the outdoors even more attractive to office occupants.
Live, work play: The rise of mixed-use development and what it means in the age of COVID-19
While the benefits of mixed-use community living abound, not one developer could have foreseen the challenges of operating such a building in the wake of COVID-19.
Rethinking public space design during a pandemic
Public space design is in need of a refresh in light of COVID-19. The areas we congregate in outdoor settings will need to be reworked to keep us safe, both now and with a view to what future needs may hold.
The architecture and design industry’s response to COVID-19
The design and architecture industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates how the profession has sprung into action to help fight the global pandemic.
