Talking Architecture & Design Podcast (Episode 221) - Amanda York from Grimshaw on design authenticity & designing specifically for place Listen Now
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    Research shows more time in the office results in happier employees
    Research shows more time in the office results in happier employees

    A new report by design practice Hassell, The Magnetic Workplace – 2022 Workplace Futures Survey reveals that workers who spend more time in the office are more engaged and have a better sense of belonging and trust than those who predominantly work from home.


    Delivering cheaper and greener energy amidst Australia’s energy crisis
    Delivering cheaper and greener energy amidst Australia’s energy crisis

    Amidst rising oil prices globally and Australia’s energy crisis that’s seeing spikes in both cost and supply issues, this Australian company is using a unique energy retailing model to deliver cheaper and greener electricity to homes, retail businesses and industries.


    Innovation designed to smooth over human limitations
    Innovation designed to smooth over human limitations

    Covid19 induced change is upon us sorely testing the ability of the political process to deal with large scale systems. But innovation offers hope.


    Local communities engage with sustainable water practices
    Local communities engage with sustainable water practices

    UNSW is partnering with Riverwood Community Centre in Canterbury Bankstown and Georges Riverkeeper through the Georges River Combined Councils’ Committee for the research.


    If you build it (magnificently), they will come: A Harvard story
    If you build it (magnificently), they will come: A Harvard story

    People joke about the Boston accent, made famous by the Wahlberg brothers, reruns of Cheers on TV and the MIT genius janitor in Good Will Hunting. There’s Boston chowder, and Boston Red Sox and their pretty extreme weather (Massachusetts has two season: Winter and construction). What is never mocked is Harvard; the epitome of elite education.


    How technology is helping to create Australia’s smarter, greener cities of the future
    How technology is helping to create Australia’s smarter, greener cities of the future

    Creating greener cities has become one of the biggest and most important global initiatives of this century.


    How technology and design turned Work from Home (WFH) to Work from Anywhere (WFA)
    How technology and design turned Work from Home (WFH) to Work from Anywhere (WFA)

    Design and technologies have turned Work from Home (WFH) in reality to Work from Anywhere (WFA).


    Challenging conventional steel and concrete underpinning methods
    Challenging conventional steel and concrete underpinning methods

    Conventional steel and concrete underpinning have long been the go-to solutions for engineering and construction professionals who need support or strengthen the foundation of an existing structure.


    Buildout to breakout: Top tips to prepare collaboration spaces in the hybrid work era
    Buildout to breakout: Top tips to prepare collaboration spaces in the hybrid work era

    As workers return to the office, collaboration spaces are getting a makeover. With hybrid work becoming the norm, workspaces need to be redesigned.


    Water industry could improve to meet net zero targets
    Water industry could improve to meet net zero targets

    At this point in the national conversation over energy policy, it’s time for our water industry to rise to the challenge.


    Ukraine: A study in architecture and violence
    Ukraine: A study in architecture and violence

    It is hard to think clearly at these moments of extraordinary violence and destruction. Hard to pull away from the scenes of needless human suffering, to witness through virtual windows such disturbing events that we seem powerless to affect.


    The affordable housing crisis and a case for mixed tenure developments
    The affordable housing crisis and a case for mixed tenure developments

    Australia is in the middle of a serious housing crisis, with problems such as housing insecurity and homelessness demanding real solutions, and fast.


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