Tag: COVID-19

Employers Adopt Resimercial Office Plan – Making Workplace Feel Like Home

The trend toward home comforts in office interiors predates the pandemic. In some ways it began with the big tech campuses in Silicon Valley with amenities like ping-pong tables and beanbag chairs. The more recent version of the trend is a little more grown up. And it has a name; resimercial – a combination of […]

Here’s What A Post Pandemic Office Will Look Like

Employees are returning to the office looking to collaborate. Workplace Design leader, Thomas Quarticelli, AIA, LEED AP, shares his insights on post-pandemic office design in the latest Hartford Business Journal.

Designs for a Hybrid Workplace

What kind of environment can employers provide that will encourage people to come back to the office? How will employers and employees negotiate the politics of shared space? Our research has revealed three overarching ideas about the future workplace.

NBC NY FEATURES 575 MADISON AVENUE

Amenta Emma’s unique painted glass and wood design at 575 Madison Avenue in Manhattan was recently featured in an NBC New York story about the return to the workplace. The bright and eye-catching lobby will help differentiate this skyscraper in order to retain and attract tenants as companies sign new leases and bring employees back […]

Return to Office: Is There No Place Like Home?

With vaccine roll-out in high gear, it is time to consider our return to the office. What will that look like? Full staffing? Hybrid models? Changes in workplace design? One thing is certain: pandemic lockdowns have changed our perception of what an office should be.

Michael Tyre to Moderate BSA/SCUP Panel Discussion

Amenta Emma principal Michael Tyre will be moderating a Boston Society for Architecture and Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) roundtable discussion on April 9. Bringing together voices from commercial real estate, workplace design, and campus planning, this discussion will offer insight into how organizations are reacting to post-covid changes and what lessons colleges […]

UNIVERSITY BUSINESS PUBLISHES ARTICLE BY AMENTA EMMA PRINCIPAL MICHAEL TYRE ON SUSTAINABILITY AND INFECTION CONTROL

Amenta Emma principal Michael Tyre and BVH Integrated Services VP Richard Loveland co-authored an article for University Business on campuses striking a balance between commitments to sustainability and infection control measures implemented in response to COVID-19. A prime example is HVAC systems. While fresh, circulated air is crucial to coping with airborne diseases, the energy […]

FOX 61 FEATURES AMENTA EMMA SENIOR LIVING DESIGN

Amenta Emma was recently recognized with the 2020 IIDA NE Senior Living Design Award for the Southington Care Center second floor reception area and courtyard. FOX 61 met Myles Brown, who heads Amenta Emma’s senior living studio, at the site to discuss how the design is helping residents through the pandemic. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Myles and […]

AMENTA EMMA WINS IIDA NE AWARD FOR SOUTHINGTON CARE CENTER DESIGN

Amenta Emma Architects won the 2020 IIDA New England Senior Living Award for the firm’s design of the Southington Care Center second floor outdoor patio garden, garden room and nurses’ station. The award was announced September 16, 2020, at the IIDA New England Chapter’s virtual award presentation live from Boston. The International Interior Design Association […]

OFFICE SNAPSHOTS HIGHLIGHTS AMENTA EMMA IN RETURN-TO-WORKPLACE FEATURE

Amenta Emma’s design for the new Connecticut Innovations office at District New Haven is included in an Office Snapshots roundup of return-to-workplace solutions for the post-COVID office. Flexible glass spaces within an exposed, high-ceiling, semi-industrial environment turned out to be a better design choice than we ever could have guessed–and a big help in working […]

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION PUBLISHES ARTICLE BY MICHAEL TYRE

The New England Journal of Higher Education, the publication of the New England Board of Higher Education, published a detailed article by Amenta Emma Principal Michael Tyre about how colleges and universities can express and build their brand through campus design. Michael offers a framework for thinking about long-term campus planning, as well as questions […]

BOSTON HERALD PUBLISHES ARTICLE BY TONY AMENTA ABOUT THE FUTURE OF RETAIL

The Boston Herald recently published an article by Amenta Emma partner Tony Amenta about how the COVID-19 pandemic may reshape the retail landscape toward a mixed-used model and solve traffic and housing problems faced by cities. “Boston has a housing problem wrapped up in a transportation problem,” writes Tony, who explains that the rapid closure […]

BUSINESS INSIDER FEATURES AMENTA EMMA’S WORKPLACE READINESS ASSESSMENT

Business Insider recently published an article titled, “5 businesses detailed their reopening plans, including what they’re buying, how much it costs per employee, and a floor plan layout showing how it all works.” Amenta Emma Principal Michael Tyre is the main expert featured in the article, sharing insights from our workplace readiness assessment offering, as […]

SENIOR LIVING EXECUTIVE QUOTES AMENTA EMMA IN JUNE 2020 COVER STORY

The latest issue of Senior Living Executive (published by Argentum, the nation’s largest senior living association), explores the future of senior living design. Myles Brown, head of Amenta Emma’s senior living studio, is quoted several times in the cover story (page 11). “This crisis will accelerate the process of senior living communities becoming one of the more […]

Welcome Back! Strategies to Reopen the Office

After eight or more weeks of working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, people can begin going back to the office. But how? It is a confusing landscape, but experts in facilities can help interpret the new rules, and help you develop a plan.

Workplace Readiness Assessment

Amenta Emma’s Workplace Readiness Plan is a custom assessment and planning service which offers guidance for a safer and more productive Day-1 return to the office.