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All tagged COVID-19
How Did Home Improvement Surge During This Pandemic?
It’s no secret that home improvement projects surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we breakdown how the pandemic impacted home renovations and what areas of the house proved to add the most value to homes.
How Did the Pandemic Impact Home Design Trends?
Today’s generation craves privacy, places they can go to escape the uncertainty and constant clamor of everyday life. Find our how the pandemic impacted home design trends for the future.
City Dwellers Gained More Access to Public Spaces During the Pandemic – Can They Keep It?
Through a year of pandemic shutdowns and protests, Americans have rediscovered their public spaces. Homebound city dwellers sought havens in parks, plazas and reclaimed streets.
Ways Design Can Protect Us Against COVID-19
Our buildings and cities were not designed to handle such extraordinary situations as this pandemic. One consequence is their design has often made the need to touch surfaces unavoidable.
How to Navigate a Freelance Career During the COVID-19 Crisis
Millions of people around the world have lost their jobs, temporarily or permanently, during the COVID-19 pandemic.. This article explores that best ways to navigate a freelance career during the COVID-19 crisis.
How to Effectively Market to Architects During COVID
In this article, we take a look at 6 ways to effectively market to architects during COVID.
What the Construction Industry Should Know About COVID Relief
The current global pandemic has been hard on everyone, but some industries found themselves taking the brunt of the backlash. The construction sector is one of them and find out how!
Post-Pandemic Cities Can Permanently Reclaim Public Spaces as Gathering Places
Will the COVID-19 pandemic prompt a shift to healthier cities that focus on wellness rather than functional and economic concerns?
Empty Cities Have Long Been a Post-Apocalyptic Trope – Now, They are a Reality
Carry out a Google image search of the phrase “28 Days Later” and among the many stills and publicity images for the 2002 horror film, one will find a scattering of photographs of cities taken during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The Demise of the Department Store Heralds a Shift in Downtown Areas
Over the past year, cities have become remarkably different places. The response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has resulted in less active public and shared spaces like parks, malls, streets and retail.
How COVID-19 Is Changing Building Design and Layout
Our habits aren’t the only thing that COVID is changing. How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting building designs and layouts?
Suburbs Are Becoming Increasingly Diverse – Urban Development and the Pandemic Will Transform Them Further
Historically, suburbs have been considered as places which are less diverse than cities, particularly with regard to their racial and social class composition. However, this is change, find out how!
The Suburbs Are the Future of Post-COVID Retail
Declining commuter foot traffic and an increase in people working from home present new challenges for retailers. Find out the future of retail in this post!
Connected City Streets Mean Healthier Residents and Communities
Neighbourhoods with well-connected streets can evolve into more walkable, complete neighbourhoods or denser settlements as needed.
Home Building Construction Accelerates in the Suburbs
What changed in the housing market and why does home construction seem to be accelerating?
Returning to the Office: How to Stay Connected and Socially Distant
To bring people back safely, the options for office redesign are bewildering. How should desks be arranged to enable social distancing alongside the benefits of being in the same room? And do people need to return for five days a week?
COVID-19 Has Changed the Future of Retail: There’s Plenty More Automation in Store
Retail will also be shaped by how COVID-19 has changed our shopping behaviour, with thrift and value being important.
Architectural Designer Creates an Urban Installation in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
The installation and revolutionary model will improve sanitation in urban areas by promoting and facilitating hygienic hand washing practices.
5 Ways Architects and Designers are Responding to COVID-19
These local architecture firms are going to do whatever it takes to appease the needs of their clients, and we’re going to be looking at some of the ways that this will be remedied.