In This Issue:
Last month's Architecture Billings Index displayed signs of a softening demand for design services.
MillerKnoll Announces Makes Major Executive Changes / Virco Reports Solid Operating and Net Income for Second Quarter and First Six Months, Despite Significant Reduction in Revenue / Global Office Furniture Market Size to Reach USD 88.58 Billion by 2033 / Global furniture industry braces for heavy blow from US tariffs / Lifestyle Districts See Office Rents and Sales Outpace Traditional Markets / Houston Leads The Nation In Discounted Office Sales / Surprisingly Strong August Adds Wind To NYC Office Developers' Sails / San Francisco Office Market Edges Toward a New Cycle / How to reduce emissions of office renovations / 19 questions with MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen, who is done talking about return to office / Stanford Economist Debunks The Future Of Remote Work / A third of employees are quietly sabotaging workplace AI / Earlier Departures Expose the Costs of Office Mandates / After Mass Layoffs, DOGE Now Pleads For Tech Workers To Join Shrinking Federal Ranks / and much more…
What do the new U.S. import tariffs mean for Europe’s furniture makers? / Swiss National Bank reduces stake in Steelcase amid market shifts / Teknion Opens New Legacy Space in Toronto, In Partnership with the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund / Teknion Welcomes Magnus Aspegren as Chief Creative Officer / Government Taste Shift Could Reshape Certain Office Markets / Investors Pour $3B Into New York Towers as Demand Rebounds / 12 Cities Saw Office-Using Job Growth While Vacancy Rose in Others / Nearly Half of Office Sales Are Closing at a Discount / SURVEY: 35% Of Contractors Already Affected By Immigration Enforcement / Consumer Confidence In Jobs Sinks To Four-Year Low, Overshadowing Business Investment Gains / Ten Metros Lead Job Growth As Dallas Drops off List / Can design make you healthier? / Designing, Testing, and Perfecting Interiors Before They’re Built / Younger people want more office time as remote work leaves many feeling isolated / New Survey Finds Majority Of Employees Believe AI Will End The Office Era / and much more…
ABI July 2025: Business at architecture firms remains soft / New Survey Finds Majority Of Employees Believe AI Will End The Office Era / Three Years of Decline: What the ABI Reveals About Architecture’s Future / Groupe Lacasse Announces Key Leadership Appointments / Workrite Ergonomics Appoints Scott McPartlin as President / Why Empty Offices Are the Biggest Real Estate Opportunity of the Decade / How Can We Furnish a Better Future? / This furniture company brought midcentury modern design to America / Why working in an office still matters / Remote Work Cuts Time At The Desk Without Hurting Productivity, Gallup Finds / The Data-Driven Blueprint For Optimizing Corporate Real Estate In The Hybrid Work Era / Why We’re Leaving the Office Earlier but Still Showing Up on Time / AI is the new office spouse. Here's why that matters / Big Tech’s AI Obsession Is Creating Colossal Risks For The Future Of Work / AI isn’t just replacing tasks. It’s replacing the office, the manager, and maybe even the mission / Why Modern Hiring Centers Matter in Today’s Competitive Job Market / and much more…
Humanscale Tops MMQB Sustainability Scorecard / MillerKnoll Earns 2025–2026 Great Place to Work® Certification / Humanscale Living debuts in new Paris showroom during Paris Design Week / ‘It’s A One Of One’: Why The Mart Probably Won’t Sell Anytime Soon / New York City Office Visits Top Prepandemic Levels / Apple, Nvidia Among Tech Companies Buying Bay Area Office In Renewed Investment Push / Downtown LA Faces Billions In Losses As Office Towers Sit Empty / How Law Firm Office Fit-Out Costs Compare Across the U.S. / Prime Office Costs Climb as Demand for Class A Space Stays Strong / Small U.S. firms paying Trump tariffs face $202 billion annual hit / The Human Building and the New Productivity Metric for Real Estate / Can Rarify Revolutionize the Design Industry? / Where are the iconic office furniture products of yesterday? / These 3 Countries Are Leading The Pet-Friendly Workplace Pack / and much more…
Is TheMART for sale? Is this the end of NeoCon? / Kabin Arrives in Chicago: Walter Craven Leads Expansion with New Showroom at THE MART / Orlando Office Sector Poised for Strong End of 2025 After Q2 Leasing Plunges / San Francisco Peninsula Office Demand Recovers Thanks to Downtown Performance / Manhattan's Coworking Market Shrinks For The First Time / Manhattan Office Forecasted To See Strongest Annual Leasing in Six Years as Availability Tumbles / Embracing the Future: Insights from Patricia Urquiola / Office Culture Shifts as Employers and Employees Find Common Ground / CBRE reports strong demand for premium office space and record data centre growth in the UK / Surging Economic Anxiety Is Today’s Most Urgent Workplace Issue Employers Can’t Ignore / As Transactions Lag, JLL Leans Into Workplace and Advisory Services / Gallup Reports Employee Engagement Flat At 32%, Driving $2 Trillion In Lost U.S. Output / How AI is already changing the world of work / Growing number of businesses want people back in the office, but not in all sectors / Worker Mobility Is A Feature, Not A Bug, Of The Modern Workplace / and much more…
