Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.
Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.
The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.
Firms expect fewer employees working in the office full-time post-pandemic, although many expect office space needs to be unchanged to accommodate better social distancing.
“While federal stimulus and the increasing pace of vaccinations may begin to accelerate progress in the coming months, the year has gotten off to a slow start, with architecture firms in all regions of the country and in all specializations reporting continued declines in project billings.”
AIA’s monthly Architecture Billings Index contracted once again in November, posting a score of 46.3, down 1.2 points from October's score of 47.5.
While architectural billings failed to show much progress during October, signs of improving business conditions at firms have emerged.
Despite the multi-family residential sector showing signs of improvement, overall business conditions are recovering at a disappointingly slow pace.
Many firms are finding that fewer proposals are converting to active projects since pandemic’s start.
AIA’s monthly Architecture Billings Index displayed stalled billings for July, posting a score of 40.0 and remaining level with June's score.
Irrespective of the scenario, we expect tough sledding ahead for the economy … as job gains continue to slow, business failures persist, and wage growth and spending remain challenged.
Commercial buildings slated to see the bulk of the downturn; slowdown for institutional facilities predicted to be relatively modest.
“Unfortunately, conditions at firms with a commercial/industrial specialization are likely to remain weak for an extended period of time, until hospitality, office and retail facilities can fully reopen, and design demand for this space begins to increase."
The downward trend, which is expected to hit the commercial sector the hardest, will end "an almost decade-long expansion in construction spending."
Take a look at the first results of ThinkLab’s Industry Impact Survey, which is generating data to help designers and design manufacturers move forward during these challenging times.
The ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact all sectors and regions of the economy.
AIA’s monthly Architecture Billings Index for March came in at a score of 33.3, a dramatic 20.1-point decrease from February’s score of 53.4, reflecting the deteriorating economic conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Orders for long-lasting factory goods fell 14.4%; commercial aircraft and parts orders dropped more than $16.3 billion.
Desperate citizens haven’t gotten their stimulus checks. The Payroll Protection Program has run out of money. According to two former federal employees, the CARES Act was doomed from the start.
The preliminary estimate developed by IHS Markit of the North American office, education, and healthcare furniture market for 2019 was estimated to be $16.99 billion by the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association.
