So, if you aren’t planning your 2031 office today, you’re already behind. The era of building for the next decade has begun, ...

n the early 1980s, a major telecom company hired a consulting firm to make a projection of global mobile phone adoption by the year 2000. After studying the devices, with their clunky handsets and ...

This feature is an excerpt from a new book out from Island Press, “Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone,” by John Cary. An architect by training, I’ve always been fascinated ...

What is 2020 Station Design Conference? Is it possible to design a police station for today that will last at least the next 50 years? Yes, according to award-winning architects who specialize in ...

Today the design of things that involve human interaction, such as programs, product delivery, and services, is more art than science. Here is how it typically works: We use our creativity to ...

My previous column, “Committing to Equity,” discussed how library staffers should approach centering equity authentically when creating programs and services for youth and families. In this column, ...

Future technologies and energy systems may require additional space both inside and outside fire stations, influencing building layouts and site selection. Next-generation firehouses will continue to ...

Room2learn is a bit like a Pinterest for classrooms. The peer-to-peer site offers both small-scale and big-picture ideas for rethinking those traditional rows of desks in classrooms. There are simple ...

The awareness of the positive impact safety professionals can have on design seems to have eluded engineers, myself included, in years past. For me, the problem became most apparent when I was thrust ...