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The Rise of the Rural Millennial

2019-02-20T13:41:00-05:00

Millennials are moving to more rural environments and making them active again – stimulating those places that were close to being forgotten about. But this growing shift in millennial demographics has gone largely unnoticed. Millennials, a demographic that reached young adulthood in the early 21st century, comprised of individuals born between 1981-1996, have been largely criticized for their strong attraction towards urban life. Often, they are used as a scapegoat by earlier generations for problems in the world today and, as a result, millennials are the group associated with fairly negative characteristics.

Buildings Need to be Curated; Collaboration With Other Fields Is Vital to an Era of Experience

2017-02-24T01:00:00-05:00

Look around. What is it that makes you most happy? Is it the mountain bike, or is it where that mountain bike takes you? Out amongst nature, wind in your face, exploring newfound tracks. Without this, the experience, it would simply just be a steel frame with wheels, sitting in a rack.

It’s the same with buildings or places. Without activation and life, they are just mere bricks and mortar or concrete structures, static in nature.

'Ethical Dwellings for Generation Y' explores new forms of living and owning in a changing London

2016-08-13T06:08:00-04:00

While an average of 100,000 people move to London each year, only about 25,000 new homes are built annually: a formula that has produced a critical lack in affordable housing. The median rent in the capital city is £1,400 and the average house price has passed £600,000. In other words, only the very rich can afford to live in London.

Op-Ed: Millennials and Opportunity: Embracing Intentional vs Spontaneous Change in the Workforce

2013-11-07T15:37:00-05:00

It seems I can’t have a conversation these days without someone invoking the ever-popular saying, “the only constant is change.” As a young professional with friends in a wide cross-section of demanding fields, the truth behind this statement is highly apparent in their various professional lives. All this change has made me wonder whether or not there are exceptions to the new professional rule, and whether or not change has in fact become the “safer” option than digging in and embracing the abstract notion of something “long-term.”