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Everyone Shines, Given the Right Lighting
"Everyone shines, given the right lighting." - Susan Cain,"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking"
PRECOG: Art Endures
"There can be no return to normal because normal was the problem in the first place" -Graffiti in Hong Kong While most people were at home street artists found ways, with skill and humor, to bring...
PRECOG: Gen Z Wants to Change the World for the Better
"You have to completely remove any sense of binaries or rules - there are no contradictions for Gen Z, it's just all raw material." -Molly Logan, Co-Founder, Irregular Labs GenZ have grown up in...
PRECOG: Nature Tops Economic Recovery Agenda
"These stimulus packages are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to kickstart a green recovery, one that locks us into an equitable and sustainable future." -Inger Anderson, Executive Director, U.N....
PRECOG: Citizen Scientists and Gamers Accelerate Research and Innovation
"In its richest form, citizen science has the power to transform science and society... citizen science reshapes central notions of science and power: the roles of experts and the public, the...
PRECOG: Female Leaders in the Spotlight
"The current context where attitudes to risk and empathy mattered, alongside clear and decisive communications, has meant that leading with love and compassion has led to better COVID outcomes in...
Introducing PRECOG
How do we see into the future? The history of human development has never seen the rates of change we are experiencing today. Rapid technological innovation is transforming societies, cultures and...
Build the West Seattle Bridge to Last — with Local Timber
Sustainable, locally sourced mass timber is a renewable resource that sequesters carbon, reduces costs, is safer and more efficient to build, and can last for 100+ years.
A Necessary Cultural Evolution
A few weeks ago, we said that we were listening and learning. Since then, we’ve witnessed the global call to arms for real and lasting change to eradicate the systemic inequity present in our...
Small Towns Can Save America
"A rising tide lifts all boats." This quote, famously attributed to President John F. Kennedy, speaks to an effect where a flood of economic activity will bring prosperity to all. The problem today,...
Public VS. Private Space: Shifting Values in the Age of COVID-19
Will we rethink all our micro units and small living spaces in a post Covid-19 world? The recent retreat of people across the globe into their private quarters has illuminated, in a somewhat harsh...
Spaceship Earth: Our Final Destination
What a moment in time. None of us saw this coming - although maybe we should have. The warning signs have been here for a long, long time.
We Are The Experiment
When the day comes that we’re able to re-inhabit our workplace, we will be changed. The organizations that take advantage of this opportunity to learn and test will be transformed. The heart of our...
There’s No “Going Back to Normal”
How might the COVID-19 pandemic impact human behavior? Many are waiting out the storm with the hopes of going back to business as usual, pre-COVID. However, the longer this goes on and the greater...
Team Science: Designing Research in the Information Age
When you are creating space for people whose work will impact the future of humanity, it makes you think very seriously about what needs to be different. The Knight Cancer Research Building (KCRB) is...
Middle Managers: RIP
Surveying our practically empty studio on the last day of anything remotely resembling business as usual for our firm, we were struck by the sight of row upon row of empty desks. There was more than...
Shifting Perspective Can Maximize Space
What happens when commercial real estate becomes pricier and more difficult to find, when many industries are being pushed to operate from within the city limits, rather than move further out like...
COVID-19 and the Human Experience
Our two Design Directors are very different personalities. One is a self-confessed introvert whereas the other is always the last to leave the party. When they come together we always know we can...
Adaptation in the Virtual Office Environment
Adaptation is “a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.”
Smart People in Dumb Buildings
From the legendary Building 20 at MIT to the ubiquitous tilt-ups that incubated the Silicon Valley giants, many transformative innovations have been conceived in the most prosaic buildings...
What is a House?
Homes aren’t always what they seem. In a recent article posted on CityLab, Feargus O'Sullivan explores the pragmatic origins of Amsterdam’s canal houses, coveted today as symbols of luxury and...
An Advance Strategy Holiday Card: 12 Days of Predictive Analytics
The past is no longer predictive of the future. We have a mantra at B+H that the past is no longer predictive of the future. Advance Strategy is all about working and thinking differently to ensure...
Lessons from Environments for Aging 2019
We are redefining “age.” It is no longer a strong predictor of professional experience, personal or economic situation, or much of anything at all. How we progress through our lives is no longer the...
Invisible X: The Hospitality Industry Is Overlooking an Important Question
In recent years, a slew of social media attention, marketing studies, and news reports have been dedicated to the generation gap — particularly the one between Millennials and Baby Boomers. Volumes...
Longevity vs. Fluidity: A Different Approach to New (and Old) Spaces
A few years ago, General Electric Canada asked us to review and revamp a corporate campus from the 1980s. GE is a very different company than it was 20 years ago, and their workforce is different,...
3 Things to Look for in a Development Partner
Partnering is now the standard for many development projects, so choosing the right partner is essential. You’re not only putting your resources on the line, but you’re also starting a working...