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Celebrating the creative brilliance

The Commercial Design Awards 2023 continued the tradition of recognizing excellence in India’s commercial real estate and design industry, bringing together professionals and experts for a night of celebration and acknowledgment.

Creating FUTURE-FORWARD workplaces

Aman Malhotra, Head - Administration & Facilities, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, sheds light on the company's meticulous design principles that emphasise wellness and sustainability, and making employee well-being a central focus

Creating Progressive, Resilient Workplaces

In an exclusive dialogue with Commercial Design, Koheli Puri and Jitendra Puri, Directors, STUDIOXP, discusses the firm's design ideologies and its conceptual genesis

Understanding the full potential of a "smart office"

The 12th edition of the Smart Office Summit in New Delhi, was conceptualised to inspire, engage, ideate and share insights on progressive office space design

PATHFINDERS MINDS BEHIND THE BEST WORKSPACES IN INDIA

Celebrating our tenth anniversary, we once again bring to you a collective of strategies adopted by some of the leading workplace designers, project heads and facility managers across the country. They tell us about the unique ideas they have implemented within their organisations and projects to maximise the infrastructural value of the workplaces while lowering operating costs sustainably.

Pune leads in flex space penetration, predicted to surpass 8 million sq ft by 2025: Colliers India

Tech hub Pune's flex space that of Bengaluru. It is expected to cross 8 million square feet by 2025, accounting for 10 percent of the city's total office stock, according to a report by Colliers India, a real estate consultancy firm.

Century Real Estate set to unveil massive 7 mn sq.ft business park in Bengaluru

Bengaluru-based real estate developer Century Real Estate plans to invest Rs 3,400 crore to launch 9 mn square feet (msf) of projects, including office spaces and residential launches, in Bengaluru with a potential revenue of Rs 9,000 crore by the end next financial year.

BHIVE to boost coworking industry with ₹400 crore fundraising plan

Bengaluru-based coworking operator BHIVE Workspace plans to raise a coworking focused Rs 400 crore CAT-2 alternative investment fund (AIF).

Unlocking creative pos bilities

VRUSHALI MHATRA DISCUSSES THE FUSION OF DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

A new saga for Indian couture

With utmost sustainability in mind, the Shanti Banaras store, designed by AND Design Co, in Mumbai, brings the rich cultural essence of Banaras to Mumbai

Green Clean

Budding trend towards green and sustainable tools for cleaning services to proliferate the contractual cleaning services global market: FMI Analysis

Neuroaesthetics: Exploring the relationship between art, the brain, and architecture

By unlocking the transformative potential of 'neuroaesthetics', we can enhance various aspects of our lives

Tackling a building's mid-life crisis

Commercial Design brings together eminent practising minds from the field of office building design and operations management to address an open forum at the Upcycling & Transforming Workplaces Summit

Net-positive architecture: The future of design industry

As India's real estate market continues to boom, building floor spaces are expected to multiply almost two times by 2050. Among rapid urbanisation and development, mindful and responsive sustainable architecture such as net-zero and net-positive projects are the need of the hour

PROACTIVELY NAVIGATING FUTURE DISRUPTIONS

Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO - India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa, CBRE, provides us with an in-depth account of how the company acknowledges the transformative impact of technologyinduced designs and actively adopts specific strategies to stay ahead of these evolving changes

Over 60% of companies seek flex spaces

Awfis recently announced the release of its report titled “Workspace Next” that provides valuable insights into the demands and preferences of organisations across various sectors and sizes. It sheds light on the changing landscape of office spaces in the wake of the hybrid work revolution.

Space Matrix paves the path to carbon neutrality by 2050

Space Matrix, the design and build consultancy firm, has announced the validation of its climate targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Incuspaze leases massive office space in Noida's Sector 126

Enterprise-managed workspace provider Incuspaze, announced the launch of its sixth centre in Noida, in Sector 126.

Space Matrix Paves The Path To Carbon Neutrality By 2050

Space Matrix, the design and build consultancy firm, has announced the validation of its climate targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Over 60% of companies seek flex spaces

Awfis recently announced the release of its report titled \"Workspace Next\" that provides valuable insights into the demands and preferences of organisations across various sectors and sizes.

Incuspaze leases massive office space in Noida's Sector 126

Enterprise-managed workspace provider Incuspaze, announced the launch of its sixth centre in Noida, in Sector 126. The firm has taken on lease a total of 9.7 lakh square feet of office space in Noida and Gurugram to cater to the rising demand for flexible workspace from corporates.

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.