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SMPS Boston July Member Spotlights
This article originally appeared on SMPS Boston’s website. by Paul Garabedian SMPS Boston is committed to providing extreme value to our members. Our Member Spotlight Blog serves as a platform to welcome new members to SMPS Boston and highlight our established members within the AEC community. July’s Member Spotlights include Marsha Miller, director, Client Relations […]
To Reopen Restaurants, Design Innovation Blends Style with Safety
Submitted by Dyer Brown Architects Restaurateurs looking to get back to business during the continuing pandemic crisis need safety solutions for indoor seating that don’t mar the dining experience, and they are turning to design experts for innovation. Dyer Brown Architects, known for award-winning high-end restaurant concepts and designs, is making news with inventive and […]
Adaptive Re-Use is Always a Business and Marketing Opportunity
This article originally appeared on SMPS Boston’s website. by Ken Lambert Very possibly in the coming months, a smart A&D firm will be publishing a design guide such as the one by Lambert & Coady Design Associates, LLC, with practical guidance on what to do with buildings and grounds of defunct college and university campuses. […]
Brick and Mortar Brands: Evolving their Approach
by Steven Palmisano People throughout the country are craving normalcy and longing for the return to social spaces that make them feel connected to one another and their community. But with COVID-19 still posing a major concern, many are wary of leaving their homes for non-essential goods and services. Casino properties – with their reliance […]
Life Sciences Continue to Be Driving Force in the Boston Metro Area’s Economy
The following are excerpts from ULI New England’s Sitelines by Michael Hoban While the various segments of the Greater Boston commercial real estate industry grapple with how to return to operations safely as the global pandemic persists, the region’s life science sector continues to thrive. Acquisition, development, and leasing of laboratory properties remain robust in […]
Hospitality Systems and Technology Upgrades in the COVID World
by Paul Van Kauwenberg The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the entire hospitality industry. Hotel occupancy will eventually return, but for this to happen – even after a vaccine is developed and readily available – a new normal will certainly need to exist. Properties will need to make health and hygiene in the forefront of the […]
For Senior and Assisted Living, Smart Design and Operational Choices Will Ensure Post-Pandemic Viability
by Michael E. Liu In the span of the few months, the Covid-19 pandemic spread nationwide, the senior and assisted living industry has had to confront an existential challenge that is both design and operational. Before the pandemic, most providers focused largely on lifestyle. Now, ensuring resident security in the face of heightened health concerns […]
What’s Next for Retail?
by Lindsey Fortunato, AIA If you’re anything like me, the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown brought fear, uncertainty, anxiety, and frankly, retail therapy. But with storefronts closed, and COVID droplets seemingly hanging in the air everywhere, I wasn’t about to leave my house for anything that I could find online, which other than toilet […]
Part 6: Bioregional Urbanist Design Principles
Toward Resource Self-sufficiency – One Region at a Time by Phillip Norton Loheed As president of Earthos Institute, I have helped to create Bioregional Urbanism, a process to encourage changes back to “One Planet Living.” This is the sixth of ten installments describing Bioregional Design principles. The timeline for our hypothetical town reconfiguration will need […]
Three Key Action Items to Achieve an Effective Bonding Program
by Matt Leskanic and Greg Angel With the onset of the COVID pandemic in March, many contractors had their private commercial projects put on hold while other contractors continued to work on public projects deemed essential. Now that construction is starting up again, many contractors are looking for ways to diversify their backlog with government […]
