All articles by Helen Berresford
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Professional
Offices join the upcycling trend
Occupiers are seeing the financial and environmental benefits of reusing office elements in new designs.
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Thorough design briefing can achieve optimum occupancy
Each step of office design should be rooted in a solid data and analysis to create an engaging workplace.
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Professional
Wellness must take centre stage in return to the office
Increased focus on staff wellbeing will help people relearn what it means to be together in the workplace.
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The workplace of the future is defined by choice not location
The office might not be dead but it is changing, and employee autonomy is essential to workplace excellence.
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Professional
Convergence is key to offices in a post-pandemic world
Office environments should aim to weave together the facilities and atmosphere of myriad spaces and sectors.
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Professional
We must be vocal about the value of offices to our lives
Creative, collaborative offices are a prime catalyst both for mental wellbeing and professional development.
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Professional
Staff safety and wellbeing top concerns for future workplace
Employers are transforming their offices to maximise advantages for every asset, including their people.
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Express personality of your brand through workspace
A well-designed office space communicates the values a company stands for, as well as its ambitions.
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Professional
How better office design can be a balm to mental health
Workplaces with less harsh lighting and quiet areas are more welcoming to people with mental health issues.
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Professional
Open-plan office design is ripe for reinvention
There is a middle ground between ‘open’ and ‘closed’ office design.
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Professional
Focus should shift from the skyline to the streetscape
The tops of buildings are often the architecture that captures the public’s imagination, with a silhouette on the skyline giving the building its identity.
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Professional
Wellbeing moves up the workplace design agenda
Working with a range of clients, from blue-chip professional service companies (such as KPMG) and banks (Commonwealth Bank of Australia) to retail brands (Arcadia) and technology firms (Rackspace), we see patterns emerge across workplace culture.