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The Convergence of Tech and the Financial Workplace
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The Convergence of Tech and the Financial Workplace

The financial workplace is taking cues from the tech industry, shifting from one-size-fits-most to always-in-beta mode.

Global Workplace Survey 2025
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Global Workplace Survey 2025

Gensler’s Global Workplace Survey 2025 reveals the importance of in-person work and insights on how workplaces can be better designed to support all...

Resilience by Design
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Resilience by Design

Our Resilience by Design Report presents solutions for transforming the built environment to achieve a net zero carbon impact across our portfolio...

U.S. Legal Workplace Survey 2025
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U.S. Legal Workplace Survey 2025

We surveyed U.S. lawyers to understand how they are working across five work modes — and what spaces can support them to do their best work.

The Building as Brand: A Watershed Opportunity in Manhattan Office
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The Building as Brand: A Watershed Opportunity in Manhattan Office

As the city’s commercial real estate market undergoes unprecedented transformation, office space must be seen not as a commodity, but as a strategic...

Live Event Amenities: The Next Frontier for Creative Workplaces
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Live Event Amenities: The Next Frontier for Creative Workplaces

Companies are investing in live event-ready amenity spaces to attract talent, fuel creative work, and create buzz in the workplace.

Gensler Product Sustainability Standards Overview
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Gensler Product Sustainability Standards Overview

Gensler Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards™ is an open-source tool that empowers architects, manufacturers, and clients with product-specific...

Three Principles for High-Impact Sustainable Design Guidelines
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Three Principles for High-Impact Sustainable Design Guidelines

Translating sustainability commitments to design strategy.

Why Resilience Planning Is Crucial to Safeguard Health Systems
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Why Resilience Planning Is Crucial to Safeguard Health Systems

Investing in proactive resilience planning, rather than reacting to weather and climate disasters as they unfold, will ensure uninterrupted, quality...

What Do Consumers Want? Gensler’s U.S. Consumer Experience Report Uncovers Key Insights
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What Do Consumers Want? Gensler’s U.S. Consumer Experience Report Uncovers Key Insights

Gensler’s latest consumer research delves into how design can impact human experiences for the better.

Communicating Sustainability: Quantifying, Qualifying, and Celebrating Climate Impact Achievements
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Communicating Sustainability: Quantifying, Qualifying, and Celebrating Climate Impact Achievements

Wherever a company or brand may be on its sustainability journey, telling the story of impact in a way that is both authentic and transparent is...

Trends to Watch: What Other Cities Can Learn From New York City’s Conversion Boom
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Trends to Watch: What Other Cities Can Learn From New York City’s Conversion Boom

As U.S. cities experience high commercial real estate vacancy rates and housing shortages, developers have an opportunity to invest in and convert...

The New Era of Retail Banking Is Here
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The New Era of Retail Banking Is Here

To stay relevant, banks must transform branches into spaces that go beyond transactions, creating experiences that resonate with a new generation of...

2025
DESIGN FORECAST

2025

Explore Gensler’s Design Forecast 2025, a collection of top global design trends shaping the future of the human experience and the built environment.

The Campus as a Catalyst: Combining Student Needs With Institutional Goals
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The Campus as a Catalyst: Combining Student Needs With Institutional Goals

Here are some key strategies for differentiating a university campus, improving retention, and reimagining underutilized spaces to optimize real...

5 Trends Shaping Design in 2025
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5 Trends Shaping Design in 2025

Here are the 5 most important and actionable themes shaping design in 2025, based on over 100 trends across 33 industries around the world.

2024
DESIGN FORECAST

2024

Design Forecast 2024 explores design trends and strategies across 33 practice areas that are transforming challenges into positive change and...

Emerging Trends in Climate Action From Climate Week NYC
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Emerging Trends in Climate Action From Climate Week NYC

Signals that the climate dialogue is evolving to meet the urgent need for impact at scale.

What Spa and Wellness Spaces Can Teach Us About Transforming Behavior
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What Spa and Wellness Spaces Can Teach Us About Transforming Behavior

Luxury hospitality and spa experiences are leading the charge in changing how we experience and interact with technology.

How Large, Adaptable Multi-Purpose and Event Spaces Are Transforming the Financial Services Workplace
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How Large, Adaptable Multi-Purpose and Event Spaces Are Transforming the Financial Services Workplace

Major financial institutions are incorporating large, multi-purpose event spaces into their new office designs — even in cities where square footage...

Creating a Range of Entry Points to Engage New Museums Audiences
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Creating a Range of Entry Points to Engage New Museums Audiences

Our Culture & Museums and Entertainment and Experience Design leaders to discuss what’s next for museums and cultural spaces.

The Evolution of the Museum
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The Evolution of the Museum

Unlike the institutions of the past, modern museums can flourish and differentiate themselves by being more forward-looking, community-driven...

Data Keeps Us Going: How Data Centers Power Society
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Data Keeps Us Going:
How Data Centers Power Society

In today’s digital age, data, and data centers, have become as essential a utility as electricity or water.

Small Upgrades, Big Impact: How Sports Facilities Can Enhance the Fan Experience and Deliver ROI
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Small Upgrades, Big Impact: How Sports Facilities Can Enhance the Fan Experience and Deliver ROI

Smaller projects within a sports facility create opportunities to keep a stadium fresh and transform fan experiences in targeted ways.

Pearl House: Explore the Transformation of New York’s Largest Office-to-Residential Conversion to Date
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Pearl House: Explore the Transformation of New York’s Largest Office-to-Residential Conversion to Date

Gensler and Vanbarton Group detail how they partnered to convert a 1970s office tower into a thriving residential community in New York’s Financial...

The Pandemic Hit New York Hard — But Its Recovery Has Been Swift
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The Pandemic Hit New York Hard — But Its Recovery Has Been Swift

Despite facing significant challenges, New York City’s economic recovery showcases its resilience and durability in the face of disruption.

Trends to Watch: How Media Workplace Priorities Have Evolved in 2024
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Trends to Watch: How Media Workplace Priorities Have Evolved in 2024

Gensler’s latest research and project work has uncovered new ways the design of the media workplace can deliver what employees want and need in an...

Global Workplace Survey 2024
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Global Workplace Survey 2024

Gensler’s workplace survey reveals what matters most to design high-performing workplaces and proposes a new precedent for measuring workplace...

The Return of the City
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The Return of the City

We examined how global perceptions have shifted from 2021 to 2023 across 15 global cities to understand the obstacles and opportunities facing cities...

Urban Air Mobility Is Here. Here’s How Cities Can Adapt.
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Urban Air Mobility Is Here. Here’s How Cities Can Adapt.

Advanced air mobility is ready for launch. The next crucial step: preparing buildings and infrastructure to get this sustainable mobility solution...

4 Powerful Approaches for Putting Climate Goals to Action
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4 Powerful Approaches for Putting Climate Goals to Action

We’ve identified four approaches that put organizations on a credible path to achieving climate goals.

Conversions+™ by Gensler Turns Stranded Offices Into Valuable Real Estate
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Conversions+™ by Gensler Turns Stranded Offices Into Valuable Real Estate

Our conversion algorithm and services help developers quickly determine if buildings are viable for conversion to residential, hotel, senior living...

2024: The Year of the Intentional Workplace
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2024: The Year of the Intentional Workplace

Here are three strategies for leveraging your brand to tame workplace uncertainty.

How the Future of Work Is Influencing Workplace Design
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How the Future of Work Is Influencing Workplace Design

While workplace design changes incrementally, the past few years radically transformed our expectations of an office and how we can design for what’s...

How Customer Experience Centers Unify Spatial and Digital Branding
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How Customer Experience Centers Unify Spatial and Digital Branding

A new approach to customer experience center design is helping businesses reimagine customer engagement.

How eVTOLs Could Create a More Inclusive, Sustainable Future for Mobility
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How eVTOLs Could Create a More Inclusive, Sustainable Future for Mobility

Advanced air mobility could have transformative effects on the way we live, creating an inclusive and sustainable future of mobility for all.

What We’ve Learned in Three Years Studying Higher Education
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What We’ve Learned in Three Years Studying Higher Education

As more students return to campus, hybrid and virtual learning are suffering.

Trends to Watch: Shaping the Future of Higher Education
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Trends to Watch: Shaping the Future of Higher Education

With institutions facing challenges such as declining enrollment and rising costs, Gensler’s Education leaders discuss what’s next for the future of...

The 8 Trends Shaping Design in 2024
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The 8 Trends Shaping Design in 2024

Here are the most important signals and key opportunities we see in the building industry today.

Office-to-Everything: A New Path for Revitalizing Downtowns
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Office-to-Everything: A New Path for Revitalizing Downtowns

In the local New York City market, there is huge potential to return stranded assets back to their highest and best use by embracing diverse...

City Pulse 2023: The Future of Central Business Districts
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City Pulse 2023: The Future of Central Business Districts

We surveyed urban residents in 53 cities across the globe to understand their experiences in central business districts from the perspectives of...

Magnetizing People & Places Through the Power of Brand
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Magnetizing People & Places Through the Power of Brand

Gensler’s Brand Design and industry leaders delve into a conversation about the power of brand strategy and storytelling.

The EV Revolution — And Why Charging Stations Are So Critical
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The EV Revolution — And Why Charging Stations Are So Critical

Gensler’s mobility and aviation experts discuss what’s next for electric vehicles, EV charging stations, and more.

What Airports Can Learn From Work, Sports, Healthcare, and Retail
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What Airports Can Learn From Work, Sports, Healthcare, and Retail

Here are five cues that airports can take from innovations, insights, and perspectives from other parallel industries.

Office-to-Residential Conversions: Mandates, Myths, and Possibilities
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Office-to-Residential Conversions: Mandates, Myths, and Possibilities

Experts weigh the opportunities, myths, and challenges of converting increasingly vacant office buildings into much needed housing.

How Business Schools Fuel Innovation Ecosystems
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How Business Schools Fuel Innovation Ecosystems

By creating highly connective business school “ecosystems,” there is significant untapped potential to help cities and communities thrive.

Resuscitating Buildings for Life Sciences and Healthcare
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Resuscitating Buildings for Life Sciences and Healthcare

By reusing existing buildings, such as empty retail stores and office buildings, architects can bring health, sciences, and wellness services closer...

Rethinking Engagement: Strategies for Immersive Design
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Rethinking Engagement: Strategies for Immersive Design

How can we drive and sustain meaningful engagement between our clients’ spaces and their employees, partners, and customers? Immersive experiences...

An Evolving Practice: Industrial Architecture
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An Evolving Practice: Industrial Architecture

Today, we are seeing production and logistics facilities pop-up closer to, and even within, our cities and communities.

Trends to Watch: What’s Next for Media Workplaces?
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Trends to Watch: What’s Next for Media Workplaces?

Here are four factors driving the future of media workplaces and their unique set of needs.

Product Design for a Better Bathroom Experience
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Product Design for a
Better Bathroom Experience

Gensler’s product designers reimagined stainless steel bathroom accessories to deliver a better, more inclusive bathroom experience.

Future-Prepping Your Business in an Uncertain World
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Future-Prepping Your Business in an Uncertain World

Our world is full of unknowns. What can we do about it? “Futures” (or future-casting) are another way to think about and plan for what might be...

3 Leadership Disconnects Around Supporting a Culture of Innovation
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3 Leadership Disconnects Around Supporting a Culture of Innovation

So you think you’re supporting a culture of innovation within your organization? Here are three disconnects to look out for.

2023
DESIGN FORECAST

2023

Design Forecast identifies trends and design strategies that are shaping the future with strategic advice, research, and projects across Gensler’s 29...

What Workers Want: Findings From the U.S. Workplace Survey
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What Workers Want: Findings From the U.S. Workplace Survey

As clients consider the future of their workplaces, Gensler’s latest Workplace Survey data lends timely insight into what workers want, including...

Strategy: The Unseen Partner for Workplace Design
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Strategy: The Unseen Partner for Workplace Design

Clients are looking to support talent through new policies, work point design choices, service design strategies, amenities, and locations.

City Pulse 2022: Urban Mobility Report
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City Pulse 2022: Urban Mobility Report

We surveyed residents across 30 cities around the world to understand their mobility experiences, preferences for urban transportation, and opinions...

Thinking Outside the City: Why Transforming Stranded Assets Can Unlock Value in the Suburbs
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Thinking Outside the City: Why Transforming Stranded Assets Can Unlock Value in the Suburbs

With millennials and young families leaving cities for the suburbs, transforming stranded assets such as office parks and retail malls into mixed use...

Financial Firms’ Shifting Priorities: Investing in People and Purpose Through ESG Commitments
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Financial Firms’ Shifting Priorities: Investing in People and Purpose Through ESG Commitments

Companies are implementing ESG frameworks to attract top talent and to protect bottom lines. Here’s how we are helping clients put those commitments...

Rethinking What Museums Can Do for Communities — and How We Design Them
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Rethinking What Museums Can Do for Communities — and How We Design Them

With the right vision and design experience, museums can be spaces to both educate and entertain audiences in deeper ways, inspiring them to be...

Product Design Gets Redefined When Creating a Wall for All
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Product Design Gets Redefined
When Creating a Wall for All

Working with our client, we designed a demountable partition system that allows employees to easily restructure and repurpose the many open areas of...

Product Design Gets Graphic: A Story of Life Safety
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Product Design Gets Graphic:
A Story of Life Safety

Many clients want custom glass graphics, but costs can be significant, and the process can take months. We partnered with a trusted manufacturer on a...

How Inside-Out Design Can Boost the Cultural Experience
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How Inside-Out Design Can Boost the Cultural Experience

Designing spaces that are meant for the public requires a different approach — one that is bespoke, transparent, and equitable.

3 Considerations for Rethinking NYC Office Buildings
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3 Considerations for Rethinking NYC Office Buildings

With outdated properties seeing higher vacancy rates and less interest in leasing activity, here are three considerations to rethink the potential of...

Revitalizing Stranded Assets to Build Vibrant Suburban Districts
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Revitalizing Stranded Assets to Build Vibrant Suburban Districts

With recent shifts toward suburban areas, civic leaders and real estate developers have an opportunity to create synergistic communities beyond urban...

Product Design Takes a Bathroom Break
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Product Design Takes
a Bathroom Break

Hygiene enhancement is a cardinal objective when designing most products intended for public restrooms, but it’s not the only way to bolster end user...

Built to Last: Improving Our Airports With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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Built to Last: Improving Our Airports With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law criteria for next-gen air traffic control towers and terminals, we’re reminded that sustainable buildings...

Residential Experience Index 2022
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Residential Experience Index 2022

Our report uncovers findings from global residents to better understand the most important drivers of positive living experiences and highlights a...

The Future of the Museum Experience: Diverse, Inclusive, and Digital
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The Future of the Museum Experience: Diverse, Inclusive, and Digital

In this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange podcast, we explore how museums are adapting to changing visitor expectations in an increasingly...

Designing an Equitable and Connected Airport Experience for Every Traveler
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Designing an Equitable and Connected Airport Experience for Every Traveler

In this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange podcast, four Gensler aviation industry experts explore how the pandemic has introduced airport design...

How Hospitality Can Revamp Financial Services and Professional Services Firms
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How Hospitality Can Revamp Financial Services and Professional Services Firms

With hospitality-inspired workplace design, financial firms can create a purpose-driven space that empowers employees, nurtures client relationships...

How Companies Are Using the Office to Transition to the New Reality
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How Companies Are Using the Office to Transition to the New Reality

By giving employees the power to tailor their own experience, we can create an office that’s ready for multiple futures.

The Future of Work Is Flexible
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The Future of Work Is Flexible

What does the future of work look like? If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the future is flexible, and we must stay nimble so we can...

Why Physical Brand Experiences Are More Effective
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Why Physical Brand Experiences Are More Effective

By manifesting a brand’s vision and values within the workplace, employees understand the company’s soul, connect with its purpose, and become its...

High-Tech, Low-Touch: Renavigating the Airport Customer Journey
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High-Tech, Low-Touch: Renavigating the Airport Customer Journey

Long airport lines aren’t just an inconvenience — they erode passenger confidence. Now, airports must reinvent themselves for a more seamless...

Why Now Is the Time to Rethink Workplace Amenities
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Why Now Is the Time to Rethink Workplace Amenities

As global enterprises prepare their return to the office, many are asking: what amenities might deliver the greatest returns in today’s evolving work...

The Fifth Façade: Rethinking Urban Rooftops for the Post-Pandemic Office Building
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The Fifth Façade: Rethinking Urban Rooftops for the Post-Pandemic Office Building

Rather than being a sign of exclusivity, rooftop spaces are becoming one of the biggest opportunities in real estate development and an essential...

Egress Made Easier: Product Design That Stands Out
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Egress Made Easier:
Product Design That Stands Out

By taking an approach that consciously stretches beyond the codes, Gensler is designing products that are more instinctive, more inclusive, and more...

Reshaping the Retail Experience: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Reshaping the Retail Experience: Where Do We Go From Here?

Leading with service across all retail channels — whether physical, digital, or virtual — will result in deeper connections that drive loyalty and a...

Gensler Honored As First Firm to Win Three AIA COTE Top Ten Awards for Sustainable Design
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Gensler Honored As First Firm to Win Three AIA COTE Top Ten Awards for Sustainable Design

Three Gensler projects were recognized for excellence in sustainable design at the 2020 American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment...

The Transformation of the Built Environment Requires a Digital Mindset
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The Transformation of the Built Environment Requires a Digital Mindset

As our physical and digital behaviors continue to converge, design for the built environment will require not just advanced technology, but an...

Transitioning to a Virtual World of Health & Wellness
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Transitioning to a Virtual World of Health & Wellness

The landscape of virtual care has leapt ahead a decade or more amidst the current health crisis, and it is creating a massive shift in operations at...

For Law Firms, COVID-19 Has Accelerated the Inevitable
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For Law Firms, COVID-19 Has Accelerated the Inevitable

The overnight shift to working from home is upending the model of how much real estate law firms really need.

Creating Data-Rich Workplaces to Detect and Curb Viral Transmission
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Creating Data-Rich Workplaces to Detect and Curb Viral Transmission

Workplaces can be optimized to collect population data — like thermal screening — so agencies and companies can make better informed decisions to...

Designing Healthcare for Surge Capacity
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Designing Healthcare for Surge Capacity

We need health and wellness systems that continue to give people more choice and we need those systems to flex and respond to pandemics like COVID-19.

The Future of Climate Policy Starts in Our Cities
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The Future of Climate Policy Starts in Our Cities

Densely populated urban areas are epicenters for greenhouse gas emissions, but the policies made by local legislatures are informing global solutions...