Earlier this week the South African Institute of Architects released the findings of its survey into the state of the profession to members. The findings do not make encouraging reading: Extrapolating the number and value of projects from the survey it is estimated that SAIA Practices handle 11,570 projects with a total value of R12.7 Billion in fees. 41% are private individual projects but they make up only 19% of value. 49% of Practices consist…

A panel discussion on 15 October at MIPIMUK with representatives from Fifth Wall, Gecina, HotDeskPlus, Knotel and Orms. Some thoughts and observations: Introducing hospitality, amenity and technology into the workplace, the latter allowing people to work in many different kinds of environments. Reinventing the workplace to foster collaboration. Being able to work from virtually anywhere with a laptop, headphones and wifi, office space is no longer needed for the desk itself…but for socializing. For millennials…