“Advances in communications will continue to change our working lives but with a shift in focus from speed and reliability to content and personalisation.
The challenge technology vendors, content providers and telecommunications companies face is to simplify the multitude of media and communication devices, channels and services into a coherent architecture that can deliver next-generation products tailored for individuals.
The opportunity lies not in simply providing the means of connecting but giving people a more compelling reason to connect.”
“Connectivity will become central to people’s lives. Even today, residents in some German villages can activate street lights late at night by making a telephone call and entering a code.
We are just starting to imagine the potential of such services. Citizens will want to be connected wherever they are and to do on the move everything they can do on their home PC. The internet will be mobile and we will wonder why we ever used the term ‘the mobile internet’.”
“By 2020, the world’s leading universities will be deploying advances in communications to allow them to operate in major collaborative networks.
They will share laboratories, equipment, teaching and computing facilities, faculty and students, and develop global research and technological approaches to address global problems.”
“It’s 2020. Video communication between individuals is instantaneous wherever they are in the world. Bandwidth is free and effectively infinite. Everyone has equal access to information. Everyone is empowered.
Offices are somewhere you mainly meet colleagues to socialise rather than work. Location? Not as important as it was but there are still cities in the world whose inherent attractiveness makes them global hubs. Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, London are still the places to be.”
“Architecture will become even more central to economic development and regeneration plans, as cities across the globe aim to be the next Bilbao.
In a world where iconic projects are the order of the day, it will be critical to these projects’ success that they are underpinned by strong intellectual and artistic rigour, rather than being driven by fashion.
Architecture and engineering consultancies that can deliver innovative work will flourish in this climate.”
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The challenge technology vendors, content providers and telecommunications companies face is to simplify the multitude of media and communication devices, channels and services into a coherent architecture that can deliver next-generation products tailored for individuals.
The opportunity lies not in simply providing the means of connecting but giving people a more compelling reason to connect.”
We are just starting to imagine the potential of such services. Citizens will want to be connected wherever they are and to do on the move everything they can do on their home PC. The internet will be mobile and we will wonder why we ever used the term ‘the mobile internet’.”
They will share laboratories, equipment, teaching and computing facilities, faculty and students, and develop global research and technological approaches to address global problems.”
Offices are somewhere you mainly meet colleagues to socialise rather than work. Location? Not as important as it was but there are still cities in the world whose inherent attractiveness makes them global hubs. Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, London are still the places to be.”
In a world where iconic projects are the order of the day, it will be critical to these projects’ success that they are underpinned by strong intellectual and artistic rigour, rather than being driven by fashion.
Architecture and engineering consultancies that can deliver innovative work will flourish in this climate.”
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