THINK PIECES ARCHIVE

Systems thinking is a way of understanding everything as a system–a network of complex relationships rather than a collection of distinct...

ECCL was awarded the 2017-2018 ULI Global Award for Excellence Winner . Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) consolidates...

The Stanford Health Care Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) team needed to improve its workplace effectiveness and prepare for...

Hillbrook School was founded in 1933 on the belief that the environment rather than genetics raises the child. While working on a campus...

Assessing the Vision Like any institution, animal welfare organizations – their shelters and clinics – are affected by outside...

In 2008, the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) needed a strategy to address its 12% capacity deficit without compromising patient...

We recently authored an article that was published in Facility Executive magazine. An introduction to the article is copied below. To see...

MKThink is conducting campus assessments to ensure that Hawaii’s public school facilities continue to provide positive built environments...

Land is an opportunity Global urban land values continue to skyrocket. In the United States alone, the total value of urban land averaged...

You may notice me hanging out around San Francisco’s during the latest COVID-19 surge. I have been at the San Francisco Zoo, Stanford...

Corridors, balconies, elevator lobbies, and staircases function more than mere circulation – at least at the Golden Gate University’s 536...