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Going In Circles? Good!

All Work

Architects and designers are increasingly prioritizing sustainability, focusing on low-VOC, recycled materials, and reducing embodied carbon through reuse and modular construction. We want our spaces to stand out, so we highlight recently developed and technically superior products that last longer, clean easier and provide flexibility.

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Lockers: The New Unexpected Star Of Workspace Design

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The construction industry accounts for 38% of all CO2 emissions. It’s important for product designers and retailers to understand their embodied carbon emissions , which relate to the manufacturing, processing, transportation, assembly, maintenance, replacement, and deconstruction and disposal of goods.

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SAP Labs Offices – Porto Alegre

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Designed by Triptyque Architecture and Hype Studio, the construction focused not only on the well-being of the team but also on sustainability, one of SAP’s values. Reconciling these guidelines, a building was constructed to create comfortable, modern, and secure spaces for its employees.

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The U.S. Needs More Tradespeople and Women Are Answering the Call

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With a projected 650,000 construction jobs open in the U.S. While the manufacturing industry emerged strong after the COVID-19 pandemic, it could be facing up to 1.9 million unfilled manufacturing jobs if the current trajectory doesn’t change. She eventually quit her job in academia and enrolled in the GAF Roofing Academy.

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MillerKnoll’s top office fit out trends for 2024

Workplace Insight

MillerKnoll’s newly announced sustainability goals inform material and manufacturing selections, exemplifying corporate responsibility for an eco-driven workforce and clientele. Clean organisation optimises square footage while upholding professionalism to keep workers focused.

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Ultrafabrics celebrates 25th anniversary with new and improved bio-based Volar Bio collection

Workplace Insight

Volar Bio’s evolution in backcloth construction not only includes certified REPREVE recycled polyester and ECOVERO viscose in the backcloth, but introduces Susterra propanediol bio-based resin. All Ultrafabrics products can withstand serious, frequent cleaning to C.D.C Here are some market highlights.

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In the U.K., many places still rely on oil and gas jobs

Work Life

The towering ghosts of power stations like Ratcliffe-on-Soar will haunt Britain’s ongoing effort to phase out North Sea oil and gas and replace it with clean energy. Workers and unions are demanding a “just transition” from polluting industries into the clean industries of the future. And we are witnessing this haunting in real-time.