Nature not only deserves a seat at the table – she will soon be requiring one!
With nature based reporting around the corner for many corporations, how can shopping centre developers play their part? Claire Bowles explores some innovative applications and installations that are coming to...
Improvement Districts as a model for regeneration
A Business Improvement District (BID) is a partnership where property owners and retailers come together to make a positive and collective contribution to the good of their district. As Claire...
From best IN the world to best FOR the world. What does the rise in B Corps mean for retail?
B Corp Certification recognises businesses with high ethical standards. There is an increasing demand from customers that businesses serving them, adopt such standards. In this article, Claire Bowles, Regenerative Development...
Residential retail fusion – UK vs Australian perspective
This article co-authored by Claire Bowles and Joe Wright of i2C Architects was first published in SCN magazine. Premium members can view the full digital edition here Recent evidence shows...
Going local for global impact
When we talk about ‘sustainability’ in retail developments, much of our attention and energy is often directed toward the large new build retail assets that have multiple green stars or...
Retailers step up with pledges for Climate Action at COP26
This article by Claire Bowles, Regenerative Development Lead i2C Architects, was first published in SCN’s – September/October Mini Guns edition. Retailers pledged their support to accelerate a movement in the retail industry...
Seeding health and food citizenship through community gardens
Innovation… it’s a buzzword in our industry. Shopping centre rooftops have been turned into leisure and dining precincts – external spaces are used for pop-up retail usages. What else could...
Placing people at the heart of our centres
In retail property development, the importance of ‘community’ needs no explanation; it’s been an accepted fact for decades. But how is it achieved? How does a development attract and even...
What’s in store with new Green Star Buildings?
This article co-authored by Claire Bowles Sustainability Lead, i2C Architects & Chris Buntine, Sustainability Manager, Northrop Consulting Engineers was first published in SCN Vol. 39 No. 1, 2021 In October last year, the...
Practical place-making post-pandemic
We talk constantly of ‘place-making’. Our centres are community spaces and ‘places’ within them contribute significantly to the total experience. But as Claire Bowles and Sophie Hutchinson explains, a ‘place’...
Shifting perceptions and patterns are shaping our environments
Have you switched to supporting local businesses amid this crisis and found that the benefits of shopping with smaller local retailers outweigh the slightly increased prices you may pay for...
Carbon confusion
What’s a ‘Net Zero Carbon’ building? It may generate its own power, emit no carbon, but it might be constructed of materials full of carbon. On the other hand, it...
Regenerating retail
It’s all about how you look at a centre; how you perceive it. Is a centre an isolated component of the world in which we live; or is it a...
Making sense of Passivhaus for retail
There are massive programs underway in many Australian centres to minimise power usage and move towards sustainable structures. Passivhaus is a globally recognised building certification for producing buildings using minimum...
Spirit of Place
An interesting and intellectual piece on ‘place making’ and what it entails. What constitutes a ‘place’? What are its elements? Are they material or abstract; functional or emotive? Could they...
The Materials Shift, choose life in the Timber Age
“We often refer to human civilisations by the principal materials they employ, such as the Bronze Age, Iron Age etc. In this vein, the 20th century can be very much...
Better environments. Better experiences. Better economics.
Biophilic Design has entered the shopping centre world! It’s all about connecting with nature and when we do (in a shopping centre), it increases dwell-time and the retail spend, with...
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