PlaceTech Trend Talk Dublin: Summary, slides + gallery

How did the inventor of the ergonomic chair go from being 'just' a furniture company to providing software on space utilisation?

While exploring MIPIM PropTech New York, PlaceTech chatted to senior figures from specialist funds MetaProp and JLL Spark to reflect on the main events of 2019 and where they will be focusing in 2020.

Smart Docklands is an initiative of Dublin’s four local authorities, a smart city test bed trialling various projects along the banks of the River Liffey.

Kicking off New York Real Estate Tech Week, tech and real estate professionals from around the world gathered at Propmodo’s event to listen to some of the biggest players in the US from Brookfield Property Partners, Silverstein Properties and Vornado on how the firms are building for the future.

Landlords and tenants will ditch open plan in a return to cellular and invest in responsive systems that know when you have entered the building, writes Brandon Cook.

Property companies are continuing to make slow progress in upping their digital game, and enterprise-wide digital strategies remain far from common place, according to the latest KPMG Global PropTech Survey.

Global firm Bouygues has been making smart moves when it comes to the facilities management of our hospitals, higher education and government offices.

The threat of rising construction costs, tackling carbon emissions and the insatiable demand for affordable housing are all playing on developers’ minds as they plan for 2020.

Stefan Webb, director of digitising planning and standards at Connected Places Catapult, sets out the principles behind the innovation agency's joint vision with RTPI for a digital planning manifesto.