MorenoMasey

Rod Moreno Masey takes a look back over the last decade from the early inception of the practice to where we are today.

This month the UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference bringing parties together to accelerate action against climate change.

The ‘New Normal’ revisited one year on. I question whether the pandemic has been a catalyst for change and reinvention in the hospitality industry and beyond in the way we live, work and play.

I miss the gym; I should clarify that because I don’t miss the actual gym. I miss meeting up with friends afterwards for lunch, maybe even a beer.

It is one of our great failings as humans to lack the imagination to foresee change.

When we can’t be on site all the time, we have to make our visits count.

With an end to the lockdown in sight and a sense of normality seemingly just around the corner, the government last week announced a quantitative easing of sorts for the hospitality sector...

With the government poised to set out new guidelines on how the lockdown will be eased, all businesses are looking at how they will operate in the months to come.

I was recently asked to describe the architectural inspiration that created the building at the bottom of my garden. My reply was straightforward: It’s a decorated shed.

We clearly have enough control over the design process to impact on waste in the design, construction and use of our buildings; that is well understood. There are however, bigger questions about where we build, what we build or whether we should build at all.