November 20, 2018  by

Biotrack Your Shop

Sabrina Hilfer, a specialty retail designer, talks about the integration of biometrics in the retailscape.   It’s no secret that shoppers’ habits are being tracked and targeted more than ever before. These new insights and sometimes controversial capabilities lend themselves to the recent growth in biometric tactics mixed into the retail environment. This isn’t new technology, […]

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October 30, 2018  by

Airports and Community (Part II)

Part one of this series explored the beginnings of the evolution of airport planning and the role communities play. Part two will look at the future opportunities the airports and surrounding communities offer from an urban planner’s perspective. The Future Requires Collaboration The airline industry is growing quickly. According to recent estimates, the total number of […]

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October 25, 2018  by

Airports and Community (Part I)

How have airports evolved over the years, and how will it inform the development of cities in the future? In this two-part series, Nate Cherry will offer an in-depth look at the vital relationship between airports and communities. Part one will focus on corridor-based growth and the emergence of airport cities. The aviation scene is […]

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October 9, 2018  by

Stuck in the Middle—What can save the average American mall?

Erich Dohrer doesn’t want to talk about the “dead mall” or the great mall success story—he wants to talk about design solutions for the ones that are just getting by. American malls are having an identity crisis. On one hand, we’ve all heard of the major decline in suburban shopping centers—too much retail square footage […]

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October 2, 2018  by

Sustainable Solutions for the Middle of Nowhere

Pablo La Roche, leader of CallisonRTKL’s Performance-Driven DesignSM team, talks about his holistic design approach to the world’s most remote inhabited island. Green, net zero and carbon negative buildings are all the rage. Cities around the globe, from Los Angeles to Shanghai, are vying to cut emissions through tax incentives and transit innovations. But how […]

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September 26, 2018  by

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: 3 Trends Changing the Future of Pet Retail

Nadya Liebich and Ryan Benson discuss what’s next for this steadily growing market According to Wired, more than 60% of Americans have a pet and 90% of dog and cat owners think of them as members of the family. With younger people, specifically Millennials, now the largest pet-owning group, it’s safe to say that pet […]

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September 11, 2018  by

The End of the Desk

Bonnie Toland explores how the traditional desk may be holding us back and a vision for the future. Centuries of conditioning have led us to an unhealthy relationship with the desk. The desk, although pervasive, is not historically universal. Many societies found a variety of ways to read, write, and create without desks. The modern […]

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August 29, 2018  by

A Vehicle for Change

Mark Palmer explores the use of autonomous vehicles to close major gaps in the American healthcare system.    It’s estimated that 62 million Americans have no or inadequate access to primary care, but the rise of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could change that. Healthcare in America has a longstanding relationship with vehicles and the mobility they […]

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