by Chris | Mar 31, 2014 | Agile Working, Articles, FM futures, Future of Work, Workplace Strategy
Last week I contributed to a conference on the theme of the next-generation workforce. The organisers wanted me to share my experiences on what it takes to create a truly agile, creative and flexible working environment. As the audience comprised people from the HR...
by Chris | Mar 6, 2014 | Articles, Design & construction, sustainability, Workplace Strategy
Yesterday, I contributed to a debate hosted byEcobuild 2014 on the topic of – “Is back to basics the office of the future?” The panel consisted of: a developer, Derwent; an architect, AHMM and an academic,Royal College of Art. I had the privilege of joining this...
by Chris | Feb 11, 2014 | Articles, Creative Places, Design & construction, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
Last week, I had the opportunity to catch up with Argent’s Roger Madelin CBE to take a look at the work of the last decade the King’s Cross regeneration scheme. The marketing pack urges that the vision for King’s Cross aims to capture hearts and minds: after my...
by Chris | Jan 24, 2014 | Articles, BBC Estate story, Creative Places, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
Now that the BBC, amongst others, are comfortably settled at Media City UK – their new home in the North of England, I dropped in for a visit, just before Christmas, to check on progress. I came away feeling that the vision has truly come to life and that things...
by Chris | Dec 23, 2013 | Articles, BBC Estate story, BBC Television Centre, Creative Places, Place Making
Last Thursday was another red-letter day for Television Centre (TVC) as it marked the granting of planning consent for the master plan proposed by Stanhope the new owners of the former BBC campus. As someone who is involved in the shaping of the next chapter...
by Chris | Nov 29, 2013 | Articles, Creative Places, Place Making
The former hub of shipbuilding in Belfast shrouded in all of its Industrial Age heritage is poised to become a dynamic, new “smart place.” Hailed as one of the largest waterfront regeneration projects in the world and in close proximity to the city centre, I...
