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Happy Cities: Making Wellbeing Quantifiable

David Green leads Perkins+Wills Cities + Sites practice worldwide and focuses on master planning and urban design projects

Immersive ‘City'

With the aim to build a workspace that would resonate with the local identity, while retaining the companys global persona, KGD Architecture was entrusted with the task to design Facebooks HQ in Hyderabad

Invested In ‘Well-Being'

Chris Ross, senior director and head of global site operations at Adobe, talks about how the companys workplace team is reinventing their approach to facility management to handle operations for one of the largest creative powerhouses in the world

The Surging Wave

In conversation with Llewellyn Rozario, founder and MD, UniBIM Services, about how BIM technology is no longer the new kid on the block, as more companies understand its reach and benefits.

Changing Workscapes

With its contemporary designs, Cherry Hill explores the evolving face of modern work spaces

Champions Of The Built Environment

Industry body iNFHRA recognises key contributions at the FM Excellence Conference & Awards 2017-18

Understanding Design Trends

Kevin McLachlan, senior partner at Godwin Austen Johnson, describes an ideal environment when developing properties

Enabling Opportunities

Top corporate executives from different organisations gathered to launch Global Association for Corporate Services (GACS), a non-profit organisation aimed for knowledge sharing and skill development

Forward-Thinking Workplace

Interior design firm DWP used wooden organic structures and greenery to provide a bright workspace for Smart Dubai’s new office

The Next Business Frontier

The fourth Annual Smart Office India Summit 2018 saw the country’s leading decision makers, designers and facility heads deliberate on the state and future of the commercial design industry.

Essential Fitments

With a generous application seen on wall claddings, partitions, furniture, table tops, cabinets, etc, plywood, veneers and laminates have become an indispensable part of commercial interiors.

The Anatomy Of A Chair

Anil Mathur, Godrej Interio’s COO, on the company’s work towards seating in workplaces, which is aimed at enhancing employee wellbeing.

Healthy Building Technology

Reading big data patterns can help prolong a building’s lifecycle as data analytics tools have come of age.

Leveraging Traditional Art

Designed by Promontorio, the exterior of the Embassy of Egypt in Lisbon features geometric bas-relief patterns, inspired by traditional Egyptian motifs.

GBCI Launches First LEED Lab In North India At The Amity University, Haryana

Green Business Certification Inc, the organisation that certifies all LEED green building projects worldwide, joined hands with Amity University, Haryana to launch the first ever LEED Lab in North India.

Best Of Both Worlds

Recognising the potential in the newly emerging sect of players, Raheja District II by Raheja Universal has created an ecosystem for the new wave of micro, small and medium enterprises in the country, shares the company’s MD, Ashish Raheja

Scaling Up

Commercial Design looks at the latest technological developments in the escalators and elevator industry

Best Apps For Architects

Commercial Design rounds up five popular mobile design apps

The Art Of Branding

Phil Davis, founder and CEO of Propriartary, on why companies are embracing brand art to express their vision and mission statement in a more creative manner.

Work Like Home

Inshorts Media believes that there’s no place more comfortable than home and its office aims to offer domestic luxuries at the workplace.

Innovation-Led Interiors

The new Kolkata branch of Dalmia Bharat is an office area designed around positivity, nature and sustenance.

The Essence Of Oman

LOM Architecture and Design’s plan for the National Bank of Oman deliberately avoids extensive glazing, choosing instead a contextdriven approach.

Smart Strategies

Neelam Chhabra, the facilities management head at Airtel Centre and APO buildings, on the exhaustive number of ways that the telecom giant attempts to be environmentally conscious, as well as creative and collaborative.

The Pathfinders

With the advent of technological transformation, some of the most creative, technical and structural minds of this industry discussed the best practices in building design and maintenance.

floors and more

indian customers are floored by the range of materials, as there are options to suit almost every function or budget.

Cultivating Creativity Through Design

Dewan Architects + Engineers new office in Dubai has been designed to encourage collaboration and interaction

Gearing Up

Across the globe, over seven billion elevator journeys are taken each day, making efficient elevators a pressing challenge

Technicalities Of Refurbs And Fit-out

Experts in fit-out and MEP deliberate on the seamless fusion of these disciplines during the refurbishments

Refresh, Reimagine And Recreate

Facility managers face a constant challenge when dealing with aging inventory.

Aludecor Launches Systems, Redefines ACP Facades

The recently introduced Aludecor System is a pathbreaking technology that redefines aluminium composite panel facades in India.