Cool Construction

Traditionally, the association between individuals and buildings was solely a functional one, where a house was built with four walls and a roof and, hey presto, job done. A new generation of architects have a different image of buildings that go way beyond just providing a roof over our heads.

The Next Generation of High-Rise

Demographic change means that companies today are facing a previously unknown challenge: the battle over the best employees. Only companies that are able to keep good employees are able to increase productivity, grow and survive amid the competition. But the very employees they are in search of, the…

The Space Age Work Space

On the 21st June 2011, Decos Technology Group, a Dutch company that specialises in high-tech digital storage, tracking and IT, officially opened its doors to their new headquarters in Noordwijk, NL. Now, before your eyes glaze over imagining you are about to read yet another press release, about…

Live Work Balance – Gehry’s Wall Street Social Experiment

A two-bedroom on the 40th floor with one of the building’s rare terraces is yours for $7,385 per month. ‘New York by Gehry’, so good they named it twice… Also known as 8 Spruce Street, the 76-story tower is unmistakably Gehry. Adorned with his trademark exterior, a crumpled stainless-steel skin,…