The Future of the Workplace
Working from home or co-working spaces has never been easier or more popular. Is this the end of the office – or could it be the start of its finest hour?
Stacked Up: The Long-Held Dream of Modular Construction
Modular is finally becoming reality, thanks to advances in computer modelling, 3D printing and robotics.
Alder Hey: Anatomy of a Modular Hospital
Laing O’Rourke and WSP have designed and built a Liverpool children’s hospital out of 15,000 pre-assembled elements.
Digital Modelling Technologies: Reals Within Reals
The latest digital modelling technologies allow us to step inside building designs and conceive of places we never thought possible.
Welcome to Virtual Chicago
WSP’s 3D model incorporates infrastructure and covers 450 square miles.
The Dark Green City: Influence of Advanced Technology on Cities and Societies
Smart urban technology has the potential to transform our cities — but watch out for unintended consequences, warns Mark.
Humans Rebooted: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence
The rise of the robots will make millions of jobs obsolete in the very near future. What are we going to do?
Can Technology Defuse the Demographic Timebomb?
Society is ageing fast. Can better, smarter buildings and cities help us to survive the demographic timebomb?
Team Angst
We are all taught to believe in the power of collaboration, but what really drives the relationships that create our built environment?
The Secret Life of Design Meetings
How has BIM changed the way design teams interact and how does it change people’s behaviour and the relationships between them?
The Pursuit of Wellness
It is a US$43bn market and growing. But is the focus of building developers and designers on ‘wellness’ entirely healthy?
ISSUE 03
In this issue: the pursuit of wellness, the future of workplace, digital modelling and developments around transport hubs. Swedish Green Party politician Johan Edstav talks about building a new city over a field in Uppsala, and our contributors discuss designing an answer to the loneliness epidemic, envisioning the all-electric city, transforming our cities with smart technology and how cities are becoming the new battleground of the global economy.
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ISSUE 02
In this issue: the limits on city density, the future of education, next-generation construction materials and totally recyclable buildings. Kingdom Tower architect Gordon Gill talks about his responsibilities and regrets, and our columnists take on drones in Africa, Asian megacities and earthquakes, post-antibiotic hospital design and why engineers should read more philosophy.
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Issue 01
In this issue: designing cities for an ageing demographic, modular construction, creativity at work and the future of real-world shopping districts in an online world. Bioengineering inventor Professor Heinz Wolff rethinks society, and contributors puncture driverless myths, predict the death of the megacity and lose themselves in the urban wild.