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By investing energy and resources into their experience, you will have an advantage when it comes to finding, attracting, and retaining the right talent. 

Human sustainability is no longer a wellbeing conversation, it has become a leadership, economic, and societal one, argues Emily Pearson.

Workplaces need fresh air, not foosball tables and coffee bars.

In this McKinsey study, we look at how the pandemic has affected the real estate market in the world’s biggest cities and what we can expect to see next.

Pennies drop in all sizes. Miniature ones, like tears in a lake. Enormous ones, like meteors on an unsuspecting desert. Of all those that…

The power dynamic in the workplace is shifting as young workers prioritize individuality and meaningful work over climbing the corporate ladder.

Banks in Germany are rapidly cutting back on office space as a rising number of staff work from home, putting them at the vanguard of a global shift that could permanently change the way bankers work.

Companies are figuring out how to balance what appears to be a lasting shift toward remote work with the value of the physical workplace.

Three years into a mass workplace experiment, we are beginning to understand more about how work from home is reshaping workers’ lives and the economy.

HOK Forward 2026 explores neuroaesthetics in the built environment and how design shapes the brain, body, behavior and well-being.

Working in close range led to knowledge-sharing and faster innovation, a study finds.

Figuring out how much office space to lease may be more complicated than it’s ever been for occupiers. In addition to typical considerations like how many

Explore what we need to do to reach net zero carbon in the built environment.

Anthropology offers us models for how we can adapt.

Humans rely on social bonds to get work done. Does hybrid work affect how employees connect and collaborate?

A visual timeline of the past and future of the office spanning architecture, furniture, floor plans, computers, the dreaded cubicle and flexible work.

3 ways the hybrid workplace will change collaboration.

It promises to bring new levels of social connectedness, mobility, and collaboration to a world of virtual work.

Companies must move away from surveillance and visible busyness, and toward defined outcomes and trust.

Without care, productivity and sound decision-making will suffer.

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Buildings are responsible for nearly 40 percent of the world’s carbon emissions. In Amsterdam, they are trying to create a blueprint to do something about it.

The rapid growth of a breed of fast-learning, internet-enabled business organisations is likely to have a dramatic effect on our society at…

An office building made with cross-laminated timber in Tokyo, Japan. (Shutterstock) Meike Siegner, Ryerson University and Cory Searcy, Ryerson University In 2020, the extraction, transport and manufacturing of materials for the building sector accounted for 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. If buildings are to make meaningful contributions to keeping global temperature rise to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, limiting emissions from building materials is crucial. To achieve this objective, engineered versions of age-old building technologies, like wood, straw or bamboo, are critical. These bio-based building materials generally demand less energy in manufacturing and have the ability to

Companies have mastered the art of unnecessary interactions. Winning in the next normal requires much more focus on true collaboration.