To maximise occupancy rates in its office lets, property investor Hines is on a mission to modernise the workplace. Here, the family firm’s co-CEO tells us why a focus on mixed-use developments will transform the office…
Houston, in oil-rich Texas, isn’t a city you might associate with progressive or green credentials. And yet its inhabitants have just re-elected Annise Parker, a liberal who has put renewable energy firmly on the agenda,…
Economy-wise, Houston is bigger than Austria and South Africa, thanks largely to its oil and gas industry. But alongside the energy behemoths, small entrepreneurial businesses are finding a welcoming niche.
Texas is big. It’s about big money, big cars and big characters. But a new side is emerging that’s attracting a different kind of crowd – and looking kind of cool.
There’s more to a delicious meal at your favourite restaurant than quality ingredients – and an escape to your favourite hotel is about more than just smart staff catering to your needs. Crucially, it’s also about the…
Negotiating new civic spaces in Tirana, how Amsterdam’s calamitous North-South metro line got back on track, and British artist Stuart Semple takes councils to task over hostile design.
Henry Ford and Interstate highways put paid to the US railway’s glory years but new higher-speed projects could make riding the tracks part of life once more. Well, one day anyway.
