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Design & Experience – how the approach to designing spaces and services is changing

The pandemic has undoubtedly influenced on the thinking about public and commercial spaces. Increasing the distance between people, being in a smaller group or the dynamic growth of the technology of online meetings have accompanied us for over a year. Have people's needs for space permanently changed? Are we dealing with a completely new way of thinking about designing places and related services? We will look for answers to these questions together with the guests of the Design & Experience session....

Second Life of Buildings Poland & CEE 2021 online – 9th of June!

There is no doubt that we currently operate in a reality diametrically different from the one we know from a year or two years ago. The entire real estate market is undergoing transformation - we use office spaces, public squares, shopping centers and hotels differently. The expectations of tenants, developers, city residents, financing institutions or investors are changing. Are new trends emerging as a result, or is the pandemic simply accelerating inevitable change? Undoubtedly, future revitalization and modernization of cities and existing buildings will take place in the new reality. Technologies,...

the first WELL Certified standard project in Poland and CEE

This Monday, we had a pleasure to announce the first WELL Certified International International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) standard project in Poland and CEE awarded to BuroHappold Engineering Warsaw office. As Health and Wellbeing in buildings is the key trend today we also met at Skanska Property Poland office with Ann Marie Aguilar International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) Katarzyna Chwalbińska-Kusek, Chartered Marketer BuroHappold Engineering Adam Targowski, MRICS Skanska Property Poland Agnieszka Operhalska Signify Magda Szubert Saint-Gobain Ecophon AB to celebrate a healthy breakfast and discuss the key aspects of workspaces...

First there was a thought – we make impossible a reality. Case study

Some people say “Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it, and if you get it then you just might not know what to do with it”. This 10 minutes talk will give you wings and courage to not worry about realization and just follow your architectural dreams and ideas. You just have to think about the user experience combined with the historical past of the investment and find partners that will help you with the most important part of construction works - geotechnics. If you...

Romania – modernization / revitalization in real estate

"Revitalization and modernization have been a trend in the beginning of the modern real estate market in Romania. Back in 1990s the most important office projects consisted of reconversions of former hotels in very successful business centers for those years. Also some historic villas were converted into office buildings at that time.   The 2000s have been marked by revitalization and upgrading of major industrial platforms. The so-called urban regeneration was actually limited to the first phase of the former industrial halls, followed by new developments, modern buildings that had notable successes...

Second Life of Buildings. Poland & CEE

We have extended this year's edition of the Second Life of Buildings conference with topics related to revitalization and modernization in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe! We will talk, among others, about trends in European cities, we compare legal and financial aspects as well as social factors. Case studies will be presented by guests from, among others Vilnius, Kiev and Prague. In discussions, we will take into consideration both office buildings as well as shopping centers, hotels and mixed-use projects.   Speakers list coming soon!...

2018 Edition of the Second Life of Buildings conference

1st October will be held next second edition of the Second Life of Buildings conference! 2018 edition of the Second Life of Buildings conference is dedicated to revitalization and modernization in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. Together with the invited guests, we will compare the conditions of revitalization in various cities of the CEE region, introduce case studies of urban revitalization, discuss social aspects and consider technologies for revitalization and modernization of buildings and also their architecture.   We will discuss: Warsaw 2022: How revitalization will change the city? Second Life of...

Cocktail Inspirations & Networking

June 12  another  Inspirations & Networking meeting was hold! This time the cocktail part was preceded by a discussion on revitalization in the context of hotel investments. Together with the invited guests, we were looking for the answer to the question whether revitalization will permanently enter into the strategies of hotel chains and investors and what its real costs are.   Session "Revitalization": June 12, at 17.00 - 18.00, Hotel InterContinental Warsaw Cocktail: June 12, at 18.00, Winestone, ul. Złota 48-54   Initiator and Strategic Partner of the cocktail: Nieruchomości Orange ...

Revitalization in Hotels

The CEE region enjoys interest from hotel investors, and in 2017 the results of hotels in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe exceeded all expectations. More and more hotel chains are building their brands based on revitalized buildings. Is this a new direction on the market or a temporary trend?   Together with the invited guests we will try to find the answer to the question during the Revitalization session, accompanying the cocktail from the Inspirations & Networking series on June 12 in Warsaw. The discussion, which will take place during the...

Inspirations & Networking Meeting

On June 12, the next Inspirations & Networking meeting will take place! This time, the cocktail party will be preceded by a discussion on revitalization in the context of hotel investments. Together with the invited guests, we will try to find the answer to the question whether revitalization will permanently enter the strategies of hotel chains and investors and what its real costs are.   Session "Revitalization": June 12, at 17.00 - 18.00, Hotel InterContinental Warsaw Cocktail: June 12, at 18.00, Winestone, ul. Złota 48-54   Initiator and Strategic Cocktail Partner: Orange Properties ...