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Mixology Awards Finalist
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Mixology Awards Finalist

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We are thrilled to share that HLW has been shortlisted for three Mixology Awards, including Design Practice of the Year! The Mixology Awards, organised by Mix Interiors, recognises the very best of commercial interior design in the U.K. HLW is passionate about supporting our team,

The Future of Finance
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The Future of Finance

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Designing for the Financial Workplace The complete visual notes are at the end of this article. On July 7th, HLW and the Newmark Activation Group hosted a virtual get-together with a group of leaders from various financial services companies. The evening’s discussion focused on what’s

Remote Work is a Success. What’s Next?
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Remote Work is a Success. What’s Next?

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In the last few months, the discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact to the workplace has evolved quickly. Early conversations on optimizing work-from-home functionality have faded, and in their place a proliferation of return-to-work playbooks emerged. More recently, questions surrounding the post-pandemic workplace
Returning to Work in Your Suburban Office
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Returning to Work in Your Suburban Office

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Categorizing Suburban Conditions Returning to work in the suburban office will be different than returning to their urban counterparts. Namely because the suburban occupational structure is different. In a standard suburban work environment, there are two predominant situations: companies that occupy a whole building, and
Return to Normal: Why and What If
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Return to Normal: Why and What If

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Each of us has been impacted by the COVID pandemic in individual and likely unanticipated ways. The lessons we have learned and the resulting global shifts occurring create an opportunity not to return to normal but to do better, far better. As a baseline, it
Rethinking the Financial Workplace
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Rethinking the Financial Workplace

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With the escalation of the coronavirus pandemic, our world – and its built environments – shifted rapidly in ways beyond anything we could have anticipated or prepared for. The finance industry, like so many others, is establishing new protocols and strategies to safeguard healthy environments
How Will Lighting Play a Part in our New Future?
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How Will Lighting Play a Part in our New Future?

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The role of lighting and lighting controls in the coronavirus calculus might not be as readily apparent as PPE protocol, seating separation, or high-touch hygiene, but like all aspects of our physical work space, every point of contact and each environmental element needs to be
Media in the Time of COVID
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Media in the Time of COVID

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Notes on the Future of the Media Workplace Even in an industry that has dealt with a near constant level of change, the COVID-19 pandemic is a larger than usual event. The issues of the new competitive media environment, the cord cutters, OTT and VOD,
How the COVID Pandemic is Changing Commercial Buildings
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How the COVID Pandemic is Changing Commercial Buildings

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Getting Back to Work At HLW, we are looking into strategies that will help commercial buildings re-open safely in the near future as well as permanent changes for the long term. As states re-open and we all adjust to the “new normal” of a post-lockdown,
Cultural Resilience
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Cultural Resilience

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We’re All in This Together: Cultural Resilience in Times of Disruption   The last several months have been a trying time. Many of our social norms have been disrupted, forcing us to quickly adapt to a new reality and accelerate the adoption of new practices.