When one of the world’s leading innovators in e-Security solutions decided to set up a new UK nerve centre in Cambridge, the keyword of the design brief was collaboration. Thales UK is an arm of the French corporate giant The Thales Group which has an ever-expanding presence right around the globe,…...

Arizona’s New Engineering School is More Than Just a Building – It’s a Teaching Tool for Eco-Friendly Design. When the Arizona State University commissioned the building of a new dormitory house for freshman engineering students, they didn’t just envisage a sustainable design. The University envisaged a real-time showcase of sustainable…...

Global Indian International School in Singapore choose cutting-edge Silestone® and Dekton® surfaces for a futuristic finish. The most promising young students of today deserve to learn in an environment engineered to maximize the potential of ultra-modern technology and facilitate every need on the triumphant path to tomorrow. When the Global…...

When the British digital creative studio REWIND first acquired a two-floor office space in St Albans, it’s fair to say that the space was in a neglected state of major disrepair. The ambitious vision was to turn this dilapidated shell into a modern, stylish and practical workspace that would define…...

Graphene is the world’s new super material. Derived from Graphite, its properties make it 200 times stronger than steal and 100 times thinner than a strand of hair. It is only a single atom deep and can be used in numerous products and applications. Graphene’s structure is lightweight, flexible and…...

It’s an issue every parent has had to deal with, more times than they can remember – taking care of a beautiful, very young bundle of joy that just won’t settle down to sleep. For said parents, who are most likely functioning on just under ninety minutes of downtime themselves,…...

We’ve all watched and wondered, “will that guy/girl stop playing Candy Crush to even check if the road is clear before they step out into traffic?” or seen people so engrossed in their tiny little screens that they’ve walked right into a glass door. They’ve been described as smartphone zombies…...

A team of researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has devised a new interior panel board using textile waste that has shown to improve both the thermal and acoustic properties of new constructions, as well as reducing the overall environmental impact and quantity of greenhouse gas emissions normally connected with…...

Slated to be one of the greenest buildings of its kind in the world, 3.0 University Place, built in partnership with global icon Saint-Gobain, is soon to be developed in West Philadelphia, and will be a 190,000-square-foot, Class A commercial office building at 41st and Market Street. The project is…...

A group of researchers have found a new and simpler way to convert carbon dioxide into more usable fuels and other chemicals. The team, led by Professor Ted Sargent of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, have discovered a more efficient way to harvest and convert…...