Bennett Voyles

1 week ago | urbanland.uli.org | Bennett Voyles

All over the world, inventors and entrepreneurs are trying to build a future where fresh food drops out of the sky and onto your doorstep, and commuters get home in minutes rather than hours—all without drivers and without smog. A few urban planners and architects have even tried their hand at designing an urban landscape for a world where the law of gravity is partially repealed.

2 weeks ago | irei.com | Bennett Voyles

During the past few years, commercial real estate insurance premiums have been on the rise in Europe. These price hikes have been driven by the growing number and severity of fires, floods and other extreme weather events; the rising cost of repairs and reconstruction; and more extensive coverage demands by mortgage lenders.

2 weeks ago | tradelineinc.com | Bennett Voyles

Where ideas go, campus architecture follows. For the University of California, Irvine, one of those moments arrived in 2022, with the completion of its new Health Science & Nursing facility, a 205,000-sf complex designed to promote the practical and philosophical priorities of integrative health—a new holistic approach to health and wellness.

1 month ago | irei.com | Bennett Voyles

During the past few years, commercial real estate insurance premiums have been on the rise in Europe. These price hikes have been driven by the growing number and severity of fires, floods and other extreme weather events; the rising cost of repairs and reconstruction; and more extensive coverage demands by mortgage lenders.

Dec 2, 2024 | irei.com | Bennett Voyles

By the end of the pandemic, many pundits were saying the end of the office was nigh. Three years later, the future is not so clear. Surveys show that in most of Europe, employees work from home anywhere from one to two days a week, but that may change: in one survey by KPMG, 80 percent of polled CEOs predicted most people will be working from the office full time within three years.