Elastic Architecture

Micro Trends

Elastic Architecture

Environmental crises have led architects to design adaptive buildings that can morph in line with the needs of our communities and planet.
Architecture : Travel : Sustainability
Designing for the future’s Equilibrium Cities

Viewpoints

Designing for the future’s Equilibrium Cities

The Future Laboratory and creative network Dutch Invertuals are exploring how design can foster Equilibrium Cities – urban zones where collective o...
Design : Sustainability : Creatives
Equilibrium Cities

Macro Trends

Equilibrium Cities

Citizens are demanding a more receptive and equitable built environment that will allow future urban generations, nature and businesses to thrive.
Future Cities : Health And Wellness : Intersectionality
Repurposed Retail Market

Markets

Repurposed Retail Market

As Covid-19 hits real estate, vacant department stores, shopping malls and their car parks are being given a new lease of life.
Retail : Architecture : Fulfilment
Covid-19 is inspiring China’s green future cities

Viewpoints

Covid-19 is inspiring China’s green future cities

Architect Vicente Guallart discusses his vision for Xiong’an, a nascent ecological Chinese city set to offer a new standard for urban living in th...
Future Cities : Architecture : China
The rise of resilience residences

Big Ideas

The rise of resilience residences

Shelter and safety are aligning with luxury living as designers create high-end homes for a future affected by climate change and disasters.
Luxury : Future Cities : Sustainability
Digital Twin Cities

Micro Trends

Digital Twin Cities

From Silicon Valley to Stuttgart, digital twins of the built environment are enabling people to explore, engage with and evolve their real-life sur...
Future Cities : Architecture : Technology
Urban Wellness Market

Markets

Urban Wellness Market

Consumers are re-appraising what it means to be well. Post-Covid-19, they will demand higher levels of urban health and more civic cities.
Wellness : Smog Life : Covid-19
Co-mmunity Spaces

Micro Trends

Co-mmunity Spaces

New hospitality spaces are drawing inspiration from co-working and members’ clubs with hybrid offerings that mix work, play and rest under one roof.
Workplace : Society : Hospitality
The future of work lies beyond our city centres

Viewpoints

The future of work lies beyond our city centres

Next-generation communities, workplaces and innovation can be found in our emerging economic hotspots, says Gavin Poole, CEO of Here East.
Workplace : Youth : Community
Research Cities

Micro Trends

Research Cities

From Canada to Japan, a series of masterplans for future cities will see tomorrow’s urban enclaves double as live test hubs for global technology f...
Architecture : Technology : Society
The future of hospitality is contemplative spaces

Viewpoints

The future of hospitality is contemplative spaces

Design Hotels founder Claus Sendlinger on how physical spaces can alter urban consumers’ sense of being in times of haste and acceleration.
Hospitality : Hotels : Travel
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