Building Design
Architecture, Engineering, IT & Science Combine to Create Cybertecture
May 15th, 2018Security By Design – The Only Way To Effectively Protect Smart Buildings From Cyber Attack
September 5th, 2017
Why Future Smart Technology MUST Avoid Cultivating Walled Gardens of Data!
“If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.” That slightly glib phrase often regurgitated at tech conferences, is perhaps something worth contemplating on for a few minutes. It speaks of course mainly to social media companies, conceived by a generation of technologists who understood and harnessed the viral power of social networking […]
How can we Future Proof Smart Buildings?
Such is the rate of technological change in the modern era that it is almost impossible to plan for the next innovation or technological revolution. However, the brick and mortar, or glass and steel, of the physical building works on a entirely different timescale. While technologists’ talks about months and years, constructionists’ discuss decades. So […]
Designing Human-Centric Buildings
“If everyone is busy making everything, how can anyone perfect anything? We start to confuse convenience with joy, and abundance with choice. Designing something requires focus. The first thing we ask is; what do we want people to feel… delight, surprise, love, connection? Then we begin to craft around our intention. There are thousands of […]
Building Relationships Not Buildings
“Most people think architects design buildings and cities but what we really design are relationships”, said American architect and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, during her TED talk late last year. Cities and buildings are about people, and people come to cities for all kinds of exchange, she emphasized, alluding to trade, services and social reasons. […]
Webinar: Smarter Buildings. Better Experiences.
** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Tuesday 14th June for our 6th FREE Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, Kindly Sponsored by Tridium… Smarter Buildings. Better Experiences. How can we create innovative, market differentiating, profitable and valuable solutions in the property industry with the use of Smart Building Technology? This is a […]
“Building as a Service” through Smart Thinking, Design & Construction
Some in the building sector are becoming disillusioned by the term “smart building”; it has come to describe a building with a level of technologic complexity that sets it apart from a standard building. Many experts would prefer the term “intelligent building” as it infers the ability to think and adapt to user needs. While […]
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