Pi Labs, Axeleo among Bright Spaces backers

The Pi Labs-graduate Romanian startup that takes office visualisation marketing tools to another level has secured its first UK project ahead of a major push outside its homeland in 2021.

The most advanced, fully interactive virtual reality digital twin of a major city area has been unveiled in a collaboration between the City of London Corporation, Innovate UK, New London Architecture and VU.CITY.

An urban village hall that adapts to local needs, a community art wall to enable public discourse, and a virtual reality game for development trade-offs are just three of 18 innovations profiled in a paper by the UK Green Building Council.

Adaptability and digital competence should positively influence job progression in the next decade, says planner Georgia Crowley.

Jack Brown is real estate consultancy Hollis' first unmanned aerial vehicle operator.

The construction company has created the new leadership role to help support its growing focus on tech and innovation, which the firm sees as a strategic necessity for the industry.

In 1966, architect Cedric Price exclaimed: “Technology is the answer, but what was the question?”, a quote very much relevant in 2019 as the built environment begins to embrace tech, according to Lauren Poon, head of digital at CallisonRTKL.

The quarterly PlaceTech Trend Talk series took us to Dublin, where we welcomed property and tech players to explore the latest trends and issues within property’s transformation.