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Amazon unveils design plans for Virginia HQ2, with dramatic spiral ‘Helix’ building as centerpiece

GeekWire

” In a new blog post on Tuesday, Amazon’s global real estate chief John Schoettler offered up details on the architectural and ecological elements at PenPlace, the name of the site where Amazon will someday station 25,000 employees in the suburb of Washington, D.C. But that’s not Seattle’s Spheres.

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Modular architecture drives productivity and risk management at Gilbane

CIO Business Intelligence

Gilbane is one of the largest privately-held real estate development and construction companies in the US. Since these technology solutions can’t scale without a modular, well-architected foundation of platform services, she’s set her sights on moving from a set of customized and packaged software to a more modern architecture.

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Lynk & Co opens its first ‘Club’ for the 01 connected car

The Verge

It’s a place designed to attract people who, like Lynk & Co CEO Alain Visser, think car ownership is passé and that real estate dedicated to idle vehicles parked on city streets and inside sprawling garages should be reclaimed for residents. The Amsterdam Club, as it’s called, is more social hangout than showroom.

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Remote work is bringing the city to the suburbs

Vox

Developers are buying up real estate in the hope that it will become a destination for the life science and innovation sectors. The number of net new households that moved to the suburbs grew 43 percent last year , according to data from the Wall Street Journal, compared to 2019. Anton Grassl.

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12 tips for achieving IT agility in the digital era

CIO Business Intelligence

But it’s also important to recognize that pressures like these are an immense opportunity to rethink IT organizations’ strategic goals and execute a scalable architecture that expands with growing business needs.”. DuFour also recommends casting a wider net for IT talent. Following are a dozen of their best tips for getting there.

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Digital twins are primed to revolutionize the infrastructure industry

CIO Business Intelligence

billion, according to a report by MarketsAndMarkets.com, and the infrastructure and architectural engineering and construction (AEC) industries are integral to this growth. By 2026, the global digital twin market is expected to reach $48.2 Over time, these subscription-based services could add a significant amount to the original sale price.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Webby Award for Architecture & Design : The Urban Village Project Microsite by SPACE 10. Webby People’s Voice Award for Architecture & Design : Architectural Digest, Conde Nast. Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Net Art : 150 years of Nature by IBM Research AI - Northeastern University.

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