Increase Worker Engagement, Increase Business Performance
A recent article in Harvard Business Review (HBR) summarized a longitudinal study conducted across six years in 80 hospitals, including...
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Railroads to Community Engagement
(photo courtesy of City of Durham via the linked article) Many cities are taking their old railroad or rail car lines and turning them...
"Superdays" Are Here! How the World of Work Has Reversed
The recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article In the Hybrid Era, On-Sites Are the New Off-Sites explores the global shift from working...
Forest Schools and the Future of Outdoor Learning
(Photo Credit: Chermaine Lee, BBC article) The BBC recently published an article How Asia Fell in Love with Forest Schools that...
Healthy Places and Wellness: The Essential Things for the Return to Workspaces
According to an article from GlobeSt, there are some essentials that workspaces should consider for the return to work or hybrid models:...
Emerging Design Trends For Learning Environments After Pandemic
The Biz Journal posted a recent article about emerging design trends for learning spaces. Academic sector was always challenged by the...
How To Optimize Workspaces And Achieve A Successful Work Ecosystem
According to an article written in The Bizz Journal, after the pandemic, the biggest challenge regarding design and architecture for...
How To Design Urban Environments that Promote Health?
The World Health Organization posted a recent article that illustrates how some innovations in urban design can achieve to promote health...
How Technologies in Commercial Design are a Catalyst for Growth
The FreePress Journal released an article that talks about how technological disruptions are changing commercial interior design. After...
Community: Child Centered Urban Design
Brookings Edu published a report about the importance of child friendly urban design. According to this study, by 2030, 60% of the...
How to Apply Wellness in Design Strategies for Education Facilities
Facility Executive released a recent article about wellness and education facilities. The pandemic has shown, more than ever, the great...
The Future of the Faculty Office
Join MKThink’s Marijke Smit and a panel of experts in facilities management and academic administration from colleges and universities...
Planning Learning Spaces: How to Rethink Classroom Space Utilization for Better Learning Outcomes
Fe News released a recent article that illustrates how Trumpington Park Primary School, part of Cambridge Primary Education Trust, has...
Businesses of the future: Sharing assets
The BBC released an article that shares how businesses are starting to share and saving more money than ever before. How? Well this is...
Return to Work - or Not?
The problem of how a post-pandemic workplace functions is one we are addressing with many of our client partners. It is a complex...
Pre and post covid space optimization trends that define workplaces
The workplace market is constantly changing. The pandemic triggered some of these transformational processes but change was already...
Outdoor learning: A viable option for schools
The Press and The Journal from UK posted a recent article about outdoor education. It develops how experts affirm that this type of...
How to optimize building space and material use
The optimization regarding materials used in buildings is a very important factor in the life cycle environmental impact. The use of...
How to optimize environments for better learning
There are numerous factors that can influence the quality of our learning. InformEd by Open Colleges released an article that shares how...
How to optimize office spaces in order to impact positively to workers
According to Fellowes Workplace Wellness Trend Report: “93% of workers in the tech industry said they would stay longer at a company who...
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