Passive house design: A key to sustainable community building

Elva Mankin

A vibrant community, Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood is taking bold steps to counteract decades of divestment that have resulted in vacant properties, dangerous pedestrian corridors, and the poor air quality that comes with being treated as a pass-through neighborhood between the city’s largest employment centers. It’s a familiar experience, one shared […]

London Interior Designers Say Light is Key to Creating Calming Spaces

Elva Mankin

This year marks the 10th anniversary of London-based design and architecture firm Millier. The company’s founders, Alexandra Nord and Helen Westlake, have worked on a number of impressive projects, including London’s only Grade-I listed new-build Regent’s Crescent; the superprime development The Bryanston in London’s Marble Arch neighborhood; and Islay House, […]

4 key stats on the importance of design for business

Elva Mankin

Smart organisations are realising that embedding design into business practices is now a necessity in order to make an impact on their business results. The role of design today Design is more than aesthetics. It’s more than creative concepts or graphical outputs. It’s more than just how something looks, it’s about how […]