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How can privately owned public space transform our cities?

From 1960s New York when private developers were incentivised to create civic space in the public realm, to today: where POPS tread a fine line between the private and the public. Denton Corker Marshall looks at how we can bridge the two.

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Making space for Cooper: The Eromanga Natural History Museum

Dr Stephen Long of Architectus takes us to the Queensland outback where The Eromanga Natural History Museum houses ‘Cooper’, Australia’s largest known dinosaur.

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Learning, customisations and the death of the Death Star: Future of work part #2

From the correlation between the way we learn and our working preferences and the death of ‘corporate starships’, to the all-important sense of temporary ownership in an environment of constant change – in the second part of “The Future of Work” we explore further shifts that define the evolution of the workplace.

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A lively and creative dialogue for reconciliation

Indigenous-settler reconciliation is not just an intention, or even an outcome, writes Nicky Lobo. It’s an ongoing creative process that will challenge, reveal and ultimately transform relationships.

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Can social and market rental housing co-exist?

SJB’s Brighton Social Housing Development is a one-of-a-kind project demonstrating that social and market rental housing can co-exist.

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Mirvac rethinks office space valuations

The property group has released a discussion paper and established a pilot program at its Sydney headquarters, signalling its intention to help overhaul the way we measure property values.

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Freed by flexibility: Heidi Smith on the future of workspace

The COVID-19 pandemic has indelibly changed the way we work, writes Gray Puksand’s Heidi Smith. The virus halted our daily routines and restrictions caused an enormous shift in the way we now do things, which is arguably here for good.

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Indesign surveys hybrid working with the industry’s top design minds

Indesign magazine’s ‘Hybrid At Work’ Issue tackles workplace design-related topics of inclusivity, neurodiversity, sustainability and wellness at work.

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The bizarro world of the future office

As Elenberg Fraser embarks on workplace fit-outs for future workplaces, they ask: What will make us genuinely excited to come into the office every day? Callum Fraser shares the studio’s framework for design principles that feed into the “bizarro world of the future office”.

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What does corporate culture look like in a post pandemic world?

Elana Castle sits down with modern workplace pioneer Clive Wilkinson to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on the uber-office.

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News from the editor’s desk

Entries for the INDE.Awards close this Thursday, 31 March. Our Indesign editorial lead, Alice Blackwood, gives you the big deadlines and regales you with highlights of the past fortnight in design.

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