In this issue

As restrictions begin to lift, what will a return to the office look like? What must employers do to ensure safe environments while preserving organizational culture and continued innovation? How will employees embrace the workplace; what will be their expectations? What role will remote work play going forward, and how successful was it during the lock-down? To help answer these questions and facilitate the awaited transition, , IA Interior Architects and Space Matrix undertook and global survey, to quantify critical areas of concern, and understand how facilities management and workplace experience personnel might best meet the new workplace challenges.

The issue also covers Parametrically designed façades: Technique, Plug-ins, Fundamentals, Methods & Application. The digitization has led way to the development of increasingly sophisticated tools that have a direct impact on the contemporary practice of architecture and urbanism. Parametric Design is one such tool and it has provided great possibilities for innovation in terms of design, optimization of resources and processes, and improvement in performance for facades.

Returning to the Office: A Global Perspective

As restrictions begin to lift, what will a return to the office look like? What must employers do to ensure safe environments while preserving organizational culture and continued innovation? How will employees embrace the workplace; what will be their expectations? What role will remote work play going forward, and how successful was it during the lock-down?

10+ mins

Redefining FM in Educational Facilities

By Surajit Biswas, Head of Project & Building Consultancy Division of Land Sterling

2 mins

The fight against COVID-19 extends to the washroom

How smart washrooms are addressing safety amid the coronavirus pandemic

2 mins

Re-evaluating workspace design and safety norms in the aftermath of Covid

The panel speaker at the fourth edition of the webinar series aimed to share their own knowledge and experience working with respective multi-national companies and help the audience understand how organisations are coping with the return to business.

3 mins

Office workers' biggest concern? – Commuting

Distributed office models could help relieve employee anxiety

3 mins

Post Pandemic: The future of contemporary design

Design consultant Esra Lemmens on how “ the most unsettling and far-reaching” COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping work culture and how different industries work.

5 mins

Parametrically Designed Façade with Sustainable Approach

The digitization has led way to the development of increasingly sophisticated tools that have direct impact on the contemporary practice of architecture and urbanism. Parametric Design is one such tool and it has provided great possibilities for innovation in terms of design, optimization of resources and processes, and improvement in performance for facades.

4 mins

New Office Spaces For Post-Covid World

The post-Covid reality has gotten the New Delhi-based firm 42mm Architecture to think differently about the idea of an office space.

2 mins

When modernity takes cues from its traditional roots

Replete with natural light, prolific volumes, and an elegant color palette, elements that define the Auric Hall designed by IMK Architects; its design is unlike any other typical administrative building.

5 mins

Projecting positivity

Happiness is an inside job – here are the upcoming interior design projects that we’re excited about, as told by designers themselves…

10+ mins

Read all stories from Commercial Design

Commercial Design Magazine Description:

The definitive guide to successful commercial spaces and facilities management.

Commercial Design is a must-read magazine from ITP Media (India) for all those involved in the design of commercial workspaces and buildings. The monthly title seeks to be a source of ideas and provide interior designers, architects, consultants, facility managers, PMCs, real estate consultants and specifiers informative and up-to-date news, trends and analyses and incisive features and global case studies.

Provocative, eclectic or simply stylish, every aspect of today's cutting-edge workspace and commercial projects is showcased in this contemporary, well-laid-out and design-driven title. From projects and products to productivity and real human issues that ultimately decide the success of a workspace design, Commercial Design revolves around the cosmos of commercial design and helps its readers make well-informed decisions.