It’s no secret that the conventional workplace has been known to inhibit creativity, rather than support it. So, employers increasingly are investing time and money into the services of design professionals to help them create spaces that nurture ideas, foster creativity, and...
We in the green-building movement -- regardless of our trade -- must transform the hearts and minds of those whose decisions influence the work environments of their colleagues. Over the past 14 years, a few particular experiences have shaped my perspective on this importance...
iCrete is a Think Tank that developed a new technology for concrete. They created a way to optimize cement content by maintaining or increasing its strength while reducing CO2. Felderman Keatinge + Associates (FKA) challenge was to design a space for iCrete’s corporate...
Modular construction isn’t just for those who anticipate changes down the road. Today’s agile interiors boast benefits well beyond future flexibility, in turn lending themselves to function as an integral part of corporate business strategy. Modular interior elements —...
Improving energy efficiency and worker comfort From Toronto to Seattle, glass buildings are popping up throughout North America. They’re proven to maximize performance benefits and reduce heating and cooling costs when integrated with energy-efficient heating, ventilation...
The office furniture industry has quietly made tremendous strides in sustainability over the last several years. The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association, BIFMA, has brought together its membership -- including the top sustainability experts from across...
The Washington, DC, office of Perkins+Will was designed as part of transformative process recasting the practice into the future. It is also a manifestation of a core value – our global responsibility towards future generations – that brings meaning and purpose to the way we...
Designing for Blended Teams NRG Energy is headquartered in the Houston Pavilions mixed-use complex in downtown Houston. Kirksey designed the 11 floors of this 262,000-sf project to ease the organizational transition of two merging companies, increase collaboration among...
Over the past ten years, a new way of working has emerged along with people who live it every day. We call them the free radicals and, to us, they represent the future of work: they operate 24/7 through nimble, networked collaboration; they are averse to rigid hierarchies and...
Next month, IIDA WMCC and Sustainable Working Group are hosting a Global Sustainability Panel event in Washington, DC. For some, sustainability is a buzz word, for others – like me -- it’s a religion. And still for others, it complicates their projects. We hope that the...
