Six months after its launch in the Melbourne CBD, a new kind of third space feels like home for a "ridiculously diverse" mix of people. How to lure people back into the…
For traditional life here on this continent for the First People, all knowledge was sung. "How do you become part of the continuation of the longest living cultures in the world, how…
2021 update: Since this post was first shared on Linkedin in 2015 the State Government has sponsored third space for the tech sector at The Sydney Startup Hub. Post COVID we need…
"Is there a better online community right now?" Parlour provides important infrastructure, resources and events for professionals in the built environment. Over the past decade its become the accessible home of gender…
Working-from-home is the start of the distributed hybrid workplace model the planet needs right now. The genie is out of the bottle. Every manager knows that working from home (WFH) is possible -…
Originally published in the AIA NSW Chapter Bulletin Futures Issue. Sydney is recovering from smoke haze that was five times above the hazardous rating with 81 bush fires burning across the state…
Schools go ABW. No, really. I'm heading to Melbourne for Transitions19 a research conference organised around this question: What is involved in making the journey from traditional to innovative learning environments? I'm wondering…
Award-winning Sydney coworking is a game changer for freelancers. The catch for everyone still working back at corporate HQ is that the private retreat typology won’t scale – you’ll have to jump ship.…
What does a 68-year career look like? What does that sort of professional longevity mean for companies and cities? One of my standout books of 2016 was The 100-Year Life – the latest thinking…
A primer on innovation for people with building projects. The conventional design process for a new building should establish a project vision and objectives as well as documenting the functional brief. When…
"There’s the soft build and the hard build. You need to start acting as if you were already in the new building, long before you are in the new building" Professor Jim…
When work is distributed, the office no longer carries the burden of being a platform for presenteeism. Its the hub for collective energy that spills out into new digital toeholds across the…
Taking risks and testing performance – that is the point of a pilot. These two key themes emerged in a recent AECOM conference presentation in Sydney. The conference explored Next Generation Activity Based Workplaces (ABW). I…
The workplace is an urban proposition not a private arrangement. The commercial office building needs to evolve. The post-pandemic scenario of contracting demand was forecast in this 2014 paper – but may…