The Commute
05/03/21
The Commute
by Kevin Goldsmith
So, who is looking forward to the return to the office and the commute?
This was supposed to be around 200-250 words but as I thought of my commute it just seemed wrong not to include a little about the normal journey as comparison.
Some may say its long overdue, others too soon, I personally will be looking forward to the face-to-face exchanges with colleagues, the incidental interactions with others, physical meetings and seeing more life, animation on the streets. However, to get to this there is the question of the travelling to get there, at least for most of us. When the call does go out from the Government will we see the floodgates open and the rush to get back on trains, tubes and buses or will we all be cautious and want to try alternate forms. Will this be the rise of people walking, something the lockdown seems to have made popular again?
WILL ACADEMY: Design Prize 2020
18/08/20
The WILL+PARTNERS DESIGN PRIZE was formulated on our beliefs and main theme of Wellness and Sustainability, a design prize that recognises and rewards outstanding design skills found in Brighton University Students- specifically Final year MArch Architecture and Final year Masters in Interior Design. It focuses on our effect as human beings within our architectural environment through our behaviour and wellbeing. One that enhances our quality of living and wellbeing through innovative and great design.

BLACK LIVES MATTER: Making a change
05/06/20
These past two weeks have been extremely tragic with the murder of George Floyd. His tragic death due to unfair police brutality has brought about an uproar from not only black Americans but people from all ethnicities globally. This unfortunately also served as a reminder of the racial injustice many experience and endure throughout the world and moreover racism as a whole. Read further to find out how we begin to make a change and tackle racism.

DESIGN PRIZE 2019: Winner Announced!
07/06/19
Already off an to amazing and eventful year, we took the initiative to introduce the WILL + PARTNERS Design Prize this year. A little something we've been planning, we had entries from Brighton’s innovative architecture students. There was one particular project that caught our attention and won us over. Let’s not forget how great all the submissions were.
SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM WILL+PARTNERS: 2018 - 2019
14/12/18
2018 has been an amazing year. We have laid our first footprints and followed our course, trusting the stars in the night. Our new team is going from strength to strength, great projects completed, and new ones started. It is time to say thank you to our fabulous clients and colleagues deepening our relationships with new friendships in 2019. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone from Will+Partners.

WELLNESS MATTERS: Health and Wellbeing in offices and what to do about it
18/06/18
This groundbreaking research project provides definitive guidance on how to enable Health and Wellbeing across an office building’s lifecycle. Our founder William Poole-Wilson has spent much of the last year working on the study as one of the select team of authors, drawn from the construction industry and academia.

WELLNESS MATTERS: Health and Wellbeing in offices and what to do about it
06/02/18
The rise to prominence of health and wellbeing as a priority within the office sector has been met with loud public enthusiasm and quiet confusion in private. Our experience is that decision makers at all points in a building’s lifecycle are intuitively convinced of the need for action but fundamentally unsure of the necessary inputs, and the achievable or desirable outcomes.
There is no doubt that health and wellbeing trends will be disruptive to the entire office value chain. Emerging occupant demands, new performance standards, and third party wellness ratings have the potential reshape notions of value within the sector. It needs to equip itself for this change.
To help all stakeholders to make informed decisions and to capture the benefits for occupants and society at large, a simple ‘go to’ resource is urgently needed. “Wellness Matters” is the BCO’s unique opportunity to apply research and practical guidance to address this knowledge gap:
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Providing a framework for incorporating health and wellbeing considerations at all points in the building lifecycle.
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Establishing a simple step-by-step design guide offering teams a health and wellbeing roadmap with roles and responsibilities pre-design, during design, in construction, commissioning, operation and ongoing maintenance
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Explaining how to set focused, achievable and evidence-based goals that can be applied to every office building, of all ages, in any location
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Enabling decision makers to maximise the impact of health and wellbeing investment based on a review of the strength of medical and behavioural research
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Maximising potential return on investment by connecting health and wellbeing considerations to the evidence base on productivity benefits
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Helping stakeholders to make an informed choice between competing third party assessment and rating tools, or deciding to incorporate high impact elements of these standards into their buildings without seeking certification.
For the BCO with Perkins+Will, Elementa, and Sentinel RPI, we are working on this guide to be launched in May 2018