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BIG is making a huge investment along with partners UNStudio and Squint/Opera in a new virtual platform that responds to the demands of the post-pandemic world with a digital presentation tool aimed at increasing effective collaboration on and reducing the carbon footprint of future... View full entry
Kenneth Gruskin, owner and principal of architecture and marketing firm Gruskin Group, has envisioned a new avenue for firms as businesses increasingly shift to virtual spaces. With remote work the new normal, Gruskin sees an opportunity for architects to play a role in how new virtual... View full entry
Individuals can now take their offices anywhere they want with the Denizen Architype, a 3D-printed, personal office pod, designed to provide an ideal remote work space. The prefabricated office can be set up in any location and is available by subscription. Designed “for the perfect day of... View full entry
Following almost two years of work-from-home orders, businesses and governments are seeking to bring employees back to traditional workplaces. While working from home will continue to form part of many businesses’ employment structures in the long term, a separate question lingers over... View full entry
A multidisciplinary team led by Haptic Architects has won the £10,000 first prize in the inaugural Davidson Prize, a competition calling for new ideas that rethink the design of the contemporary home. Titled HomeForest, the winning proposal comes from a diverse team. In addition to those... View full entry
Trends involving remote workspaces have heightened since 2020. While businesses worldwide learned to adjust and create remote working spaces that work best for them, architectural designer and graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Agnieszka Białek, proposes a workspace alternative... View full entry
Remote offices took many forms last year, but the Spanish architecture studio, DelaVegaCanolasso, designed an office that focuses on mobility and flexibility. The "Tini Office" was developed for the 'TiniHome' series in Spain. The prefabricated, 263.7 square foot (22-square-meter)... View full entry
As we end the first quarter of 2021, firms are looking to expand and strengthen their teams. With remote working and hybrid offices now commonplace, Archinect continues to explore employment trends, showcase who's hiring, and dive into exciting and unique job opportunities each week. From the... View full entry
If you missed our recent highlight of female-led architecture firms currently hiring in smaller towns and rural areas, go and take a look — most of these open positions are still active and listed on Archinect Jobs. For today's curated job picks, we have selected six exciting remote (or... View full entry
As firms continue to adjust in 2021, remote work is still here to stay. While projects nationwide continue to progress, firms are staying nimble by providing flexible work opportunities for their staff. Earlier this year, we featured eight firms offering remote job opportunities. This week we... View full entry
A few weeks ago, I started a Forum Thread about screen fatigue, sharing some of the challenges I have had during the pandemic and the additional screentime incurred to stay connected with family and friends. I shared my commitment this year to take more breaks away from my desk and asked the... View full entry
How are you doing? It's funny how many of us answer that these days. In the context of architectural practice, our response might focus on our work status, or our busyness, or even our un-busyness. But, architects and designers have a lot of other things unfolding in their lives, too. Some are... View full entry
Since the sudden transition to working from home and remote learning/teaching earlier this year, online gatherings via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet have become standard business routine for most of us. But what about some privacy? Not having to share the interior of your own residence... View full entry
Working from home has provided some professionals with extra time in the day. With the subtraction of commute hours, the availability to pursue extracurriculars seems more abundant. While many are using that additional time to manage the kids or navigate other ripples of the pandemic, others are... View full entry
As we're all becoming more fluent in connecting with others online during this time of quarantine, online events offer a fantastic opportunity to connect with others, while continuing to learn, network and stay inspired. The only problem is that there hasn't been a clear way to track and vet... View full entry