Property
Are the suppliers, specifiers and end-users of interior fit-out markets really embracing the green revolution? Ashford Pritchard investigates.
Asia Pacific’s commercial real estate market will continue to dive, plateau and recover depending on the domestic context in the next few years. It is widely acknowledged by market analysts that Asia will rebound faster and more confidently than its European and North American counterparts, in part because of international investment patterns, the rate of GDP growth in China, India and upstarts like Vietnam, and Asia’s volatile track record of peaks and troughs over a shorter period of time compared to older, more established markets.
The financial barriers to green real estate can be overcome, explains Lisa Michelle Galley.
Community officials, property owners and citizens are changing the world – working hard to extend regional social, environmental and commercial vitality. This is driving exponential growth in energy efficient and environmentally-certified (collectively called “green”) buildings, since some people realise that green buildings are clearly better performing investments that release funds trapped in wasted resources back into the pockets of workers and the local economy.
建筑风格、城镇规划和品牌战略正越来越多地应用于城市规划中。Nicolas Douay追踪报道了北京从奥林匹克标志性风格到BOBO（资产阶级波西米亚）风格的转变。
在当今经济全球化和城市化的时代，各城市开展着市场战略计划以吸引投资者和不同阶层的人群，以期扩大其人口数量。然而，这些战略计划已经导致了一种重大事件、市政工程和建筑语言的标准化形式。毕尔巴鄂和古根汉姆历史博物馆，以及Frank Gehry 通过“明星建筑”转变整个城市形象的例子，都可以说明这一规律。
