The radical transformations of existing buildings can provide chic and functional offices, Deborah Erwin discovers.

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Retail Space
The store environment is an essential branding tool for any retailer, explains Jerry Gelsomino.

Getting your product, service or built-environment noticed by the target customer is a prime motivation of any brand development campaign. Media marketers use electronic, print and digital media to communicate the promise of quality, value and availability for their retail clients.

Passive design and low-impact construction is on the rise, reports Deborah Erwin.

The heyday of prodigal building has passed. Well, at least for those regions injured by the economic downturn. There are still the Dubais and Macaus of the world, not to mention China’s multitude of overnight upstarts, which insist on creating fantastical urban landscapes with little budgetary restraint or care for environmental impacts, but, green and resource-efficient structures are on the rise and are gaining industry momentum as a research subject and branch of practice.