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Intelligent Buildings: The Future of a Less Stressful & More Collaborative Urban Society

Kevin Flanagan, a partner at PLP Architecture speaks with us about the Oakwood Timber Tower feasibility study he did that demonstrates the viability of building a timber tower high rise constructed with cross-laminated timber (CLT) in downtown London. We cover some of the drivers of design innovation, including sustainability, millennial recruitment and retention, and service focus.  Where to…

Lessons Learned from the Most Sustainable Building in the World

Ron Bakker, founding Partner at PLP Architecture was involved with designing the world’s most sustainable office building known as the Edge and it is located in Amsterdam. We discuss the different elements of the building life cycle, from design to occupancy and operation including 30,000 sensors collecting data on a moment by moment basis. We…

Create Agility and Efficiency: Open Architecture as a Platform

Kimon Onuma builds architecturally informed environments for the digital and physical world. He is the creator of BIMStorm. We will be talking about what a BIMStorm is and how they pursue the culture of an always growing technological AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operating) industry appreciating the wisdom we have in the minds of our global…

Construction Trends to Prepare for in 2018 – Part 2

I so am grateful to all of the guests that I’ve interviewed this year! I’m so grateful to all of you who were mentioned in this episode (see references below). In this episode, we are continuing our 2017 review and looking into what we should be paying attention to in 2018. Our main topics of…

Construction Trends to Prepare for in 2018 – Part 1

I so am grateful to all of the guests that I’ve interviewed this year! I’m so grateful to all of you who were mentioned in this episode (see references below). To summarize what we talk about in this episode:  First, we have to recognize the status of the industry. Change is happening. It’s inevitable. The need to…