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!
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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.
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.
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.
After Coronavirus: How Seasonal Migration and Empty Centres Might Change Our Cities
The changes to urban space brought by the coronavirus have many people asking what the post-pandemic city might look like.
Coronavirus: An Architect on How the Pandemic Could Change Our Homes Forever
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our homes have been serving as makeshift workplaces, schools, gyms and pubs. And many of us are spending more time in them than ever before.
If More of Us Work From Home After Coronavirus, We'll Need to Rethink City Planning
If, as some expect, people are likely to work from home more often after the pandemic, what will this mean for infrastructure planning? Will cities still need all the multibillion-dollar road, public transport, telecommunications and energy projects, including some already in the pipeline?
5 Expert Tips for Working From Home in a Crowded House During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Here are five ways to organize the home-work environment for a more successful transition.
How to Build More Resilient Cities Post-Coronavirus
As Canadian cities recover and rebuild their economies post-pandemic, there will be increasing need to deliver social and community planning measures to address widening income inequalities.
Cities Are at the Centre of the Coronavirus Pandemic - Understanding This Can Help Build A Sustainable Equal Future
We can seize this opportunity to improve how we build, organise and use cities. To do this, though, we need to look more closely at the urban spread of coronavirus to understand its impact on existing inequalities.