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Natural Light: A Challenge And An Opportunity In Commercial Spaces

Aman Aggarwal, Principal Architect, Charged Voids, gives the correlation between natural light and architecture through five channels

Innovation hub

Office design specialist INC reveals its own workspace in Dubai

Building a centre of corporate excellence

Design Forum International (DFI), in collaboration with the Government of Odisa has ingeniously designed an AI-powered powered building with a kinematic facade that changes dynamically with the weather

Designing for a better world

The growing importance of ESG considerations in CRE

Moving the building decarbonisation needle

We bring you four simple strategies for improving building performance and efficiency

FM in action

Mark Brewer, VP of Service Industries, IFS, reveals the best ways to optimise service operations

Why sustainability is an evolving design concept

dwp's design director Adriana Graur on the materials and decisions that promote sustainability

BUILT ON UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PEOPLE & PURPOSE

Praveen Vasudeva, Director, Global Real Estate (GRE), APAC & Japan, IBM, gives an insight into how IBM’s initiatives and organisational practices have perceived excellence in ideation and quality realisation towards a much larger vision

Why BIM is becoming increasingly popular in the facilities management and operations industry

BIM provides many benefits, from improved collaboration to enhanced efficiency. Here is an in-depth discussion on the advantages of using BIM for facilities management and operations.

The misconstrued view of sustainability and its certification

It has been about two decades now since the idea of sustainability and building ‘green’ has strongly emerged at a global level

Centralised command centre

INTEGRATED FACILITY MANAGEMENT IS TO BUILDINGS WHAT NERVOUS SYSTEM IS TO THE HUMAN BODY - A CENTRALISED COMMAND CENTRE

AIRING VIEWS

The Honeywell 2023 Healthy Buildings survey results reveal changes in respondents' awareness and concerns about both the planet's health and their own well-being

OPTIMISING MAINTENANCE

It's important to schedule regular maintenance and inspections of your HVAC system, says Enrico Menzel, director technical services, Berkeley Services.

The HVAC revolution

HVAC systems are not just contributing to the optimal health and comfort of office workers; moreover have had a technological revolution with IoT and architecture for a greener future. Read more from the experts who fill these cues in.

DISRUPTIVE TECH

Dr. Karima Hamani, Assistant Professor and Facilities Management Programme Lead at Heriot-Watt University, sheds light on how technology will continue to disrupt the facilities management sector

TECHNOLOGICAL TREND

Key trends for facilities management in 2023

Unfolding new minimalism in architecture

SUDHIR THORAT, MD, APICES STUDIO, GIVES US INSIGHTS ON THE NEW TRENDING MINIMALISM THAT GIVES CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO ANGLES, MATERIALS, AND LIGHTING, HAVING THE MOST POSSIBLE VISUAL IMPACT WITH A MINIMUM OF COMPONENTS

THE GREENER PATH

Taking the smarter route with BEEAH HQ

Reasons to maintain

Five reasons why landlords should invest in annual maintenance contracts

BIM Benefits

The benefits of using BIM for facilities management and operations

Breaking through

We speak to women in the design industry who have tackled the glass ceiling and made their mark

'Change' is under construction

The real estate and design industry in India is on the path to creating a more holistic gender diverse environment. And leading this change is WiREnet, a group that is opening up new avenues for collaboration, innovation and exploration.

Scaling Heights

Nirupa Shankar, the Joint Managing Director of Brigade Enterprises, gives us a detailed insight into the factors that are contributing to the unstoppable rise of the company and its growth

Top 5 Workplace Trends

A look into the trends that will rule 2023 and shape the modern work environment

Emergence movement' of 'pop art in spatial design

The pop art movement from the 1950s-1960s is making a remarkable comeback as a popular design element across many offices

MODERNITY MEETS HISTORY

Sisi's eatery by brand creative is a timeless european design

CREATING AN ENGAGING DIALOGUE BETWEEN PEOPLE, SPACES, AND OBJECTS

The new Studio space for Taliesyn, a decade-old architectural practice in Bengaluru, is representative of their design ideology that harbours creation and collaboration, experimental material palette and sensitivity towards the changing post-pandemic world.

REIMAGINING LIBRARIES AS REALMS OF LEARNING

As knowledge continues to change hands and forms, libraries needed to evolve too. Akanksha Gupta, Partner, Vijay Gupta Architects, has devised a framework for transforming libraries to adopt a more agile layout and include a holistic mix of these spatial typologies

A step towards office design evolution

With the constantly evolving trends in office spaces, office designs are no longer seen as a monotonous layout but rather translated to be a core aspect between humans, modern pieces of furniture and technology

Digitised operations: Embracing the change

Digital technology and its relevance in design