Over the last ten years, workplace planning for the legal sector has seen some significant changes. As study after study proved the benefits of an open office to collaboration, culture, and efficiency—not to mention cost—several firms began making the shift.

It may surprise you that patient privacy falls under an architect’s responsibility. But privacy as well as technical needs informed Ennead Architects’s core design decisions for the Jefferson Health Honickman Center in Philadelphia—a feat, given the building’s generous use of glass.

“Why are we here? It’s because we’re all instigators,” asserted Rob Leon, chief innovation officer at STO Building Group, speaking at BuiltWorlds’ recent Construction Tech Conference in Chicago.

Over a series of Horizons videos, podcasts, and articles Hogan Lovells explore how some of the hot topics of the day are tackled in New York City and London.

As the concept of circularity becomes increasingly more important in the built environment, the concepts of deconstruction and reuse have met many roadblocks in the commercial sector. The Project Manager’s Guide to Material Reuse in Commercial Buildings highlights how the commercial building sector can shift long held practices to produce more sustainable, circular, and less wasteful construction projects. In this guide, STOBG sustainability manager Michael Orbank contributes construction best practices that are being piloted on jobsites: highlighting material takeback programs, site separation techniques, and reuse pathways for traditionally landfilled products.