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Office Matters: Why real estate needs to act like a consumer brand (opens the original)
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The commercial real estate industry spends a huge amount of time asking what occupiers want. But according to architect and strategist Fakhry Akkad, we're still missing the point. In this fascinating episode of Office Matters, Akkad, founder of architectural practice Manufacturing Taste, argues that while the sector has become highly effective at refining the supply side of the equation - designing better buildings, improving specifications and adding ever more amenities - it has paid far less a
Office Matters: Agency, not Independence - a new language for inclusive design (opens the original)
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In the latest episode of the BCO's Office Matters podcast host Samantha McClary sits down with Suzan Ucmaklioglu, architect and inclusive design specialist at Foster + Partners, for a candid conversation about what it really means to design inclusively. Ucmaklioglu explains the philosophy of "with, not for" - designing alongside the people who will use a space, not assuming their needs. She shares striking findings from Foster + Partners' Spaces for Inclusion research, developed with Disordinary
Office Matters: How one bright idea can change the way we measure workplace sustainability (opens the original)
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What do you get when you combine a passion for workplaceprojects, a talent for problem solving and a determination to make sustainability more tangible? Lauren Lemcke. In this latest episode of the BCO Office Matters Podcast,BCO chief executive Samantha McClary sits down BCO NextGen Ideas Competition winner, AECOM's Lauren Lemcke, to talk about careers, carbon, confidence and the power of agood idea. In this 30-minute recording we find out how Lemcke was ledinto quantity surveying by an inspirin
Office Matters: AI isn’t killing the office, it’s powering the next wave of demand (opens the original)
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The narrative around AI and the workplace is often framed asa threat to office demand, but the data tells a very different story. In this episode of the BCO’s Office Matters podcast, BCO chief executive Samantha McClary sits down with CoStar's, Patrick Scanlon, to explore why AI firms are becoming some of London's most active occupiers, what the latest leasing trendsreveal about the future of offices, and why location, connectivity and collaboration remain as important as ever. From the rise of
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