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How to Contour Your Face Shape

All contouring techniques are not created equal. Any makeup artist will tell you that your face shape will make a big difference in determining what type of shading and highligh...

How To Rent An Apartment with Low Income Or No Income At All

Here are some of the tried and tested work around to rent an apartment with low or no income at all.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

How to Make Mexican Tamales

I shied away from making tamales at home for the longest time, believing it was an undertaking so labor-intensive that it was only worth doing with the help of many, many extra hands. Turns out I was wrong—tamales, while requiring a small amount of assembly time, really aren't all that hard or time-consuming to make at all. After a few rounds of recipe testing, this version with three options for fillings will give you plenty of light, tender, airy, and incredibly flavor tamales…

More Metrics Needed for Medical Office Buildings Sector

Medical office buildings (MOBs) are starting to overtake hospitals as the preferred new property type for health care systems, but real estate market statistics for MOBs are still lumped into the broader health care category, making data and trends hard to obtain.

What’s the Outlook for Medical Office Buildings?

Investors are increasingly viewing MOB assets as more than just alternatives to core real estate sectors.

Is It an Office Building or a Donut?

If you’re like most of us, your cubicle is located in an office building shaped like a shoebox, or, if your company is fancy, perhaps a collection of mirrors. If you work at Apple, however, you might soon be working … Continue reading →

Preventing and Managing Mice in Office Buildings

When mice are found in office buildings, they are in search of food, warmth and shelter. With offices being the center of businesses where meetings are held and work is being completed, a rodent infestation can create less than ideal working conditions for your staff.

How Can An Office Building Embrace The Concept Of Placemaking?

Placemaking inspires communities to reimagine public spaces. How can office buildings embrace this concept?

Car Loses Control and Crashes Into Office Building

Car Loses Control and Crashes Into Office Building

The Future of Healthcare: Medical Office Building Design

With the future of healthcare relying on new designs to create forward-thinking and comfortable spaces, five finalists competed in the NEXT Student Design Competition sponsored by Steelcase to create the next medical office building design.

Insuring Your Office Building

Maintaining an office building is a large endeavor. It’s much like being an apartment landlord, but on a much bigger scale.

The Aggressive Pursuit Of Passive House Office Building Design

Office buildings featuring Passive House design reduce heating and cooling costs, provide more consistent temperatures and help protect employees from illness by reducing recirculated air that can increase disease transmission.

Class A Office Building Statistics

Boost Employee Health with Efficient Office Buildings

The concept of "going green" in the workplace is not new. Investing in programs and technologies that save energy and water in office buildings is an excellent way to support sustainability, but how do organizations promote employee buy-in and engagement? 

5 Ways to Reduce Office Building Energy Costs

Learn how to reduce your office building heating costs this winter. SolvIt works with businesses to understand their energy needs and ways to save money.

How three companies use office suites

These private spaces allow companies to give their employees a customized space for all their needs.

Bacterial contamination in household and office building tap water

Water is a source of concern for disseminating the bacteria Legionella pneumophila and Mycobacterium avium, which cause lung disease (legionellosis and pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterium disease, respectively). A new study has examined the presence of these microbes in tap water from residences and office buildings across the United States.

Working in an Office Building vs. Working at Home

At this point in my career, I’ve worked the same amount of time in an office building as I have at home. What I’m going to point out are the similarities and differences of working in these two very different settings. This will help if you’re deciding which is right for you. Working in an …

The Evolution of the Office Building

How shared work centers could reshape how and where we work.