The quest for a proper understanding of the links between the places we work, the things with which we fill them and our wellbeing and productivity has been ongoing for a very long time.
CRE Opinion: An Obituary For The Desk
Your open office might make you more active and less stressed
A study found that workers in open offices (where there are no partitions between desks, or the partitions are low enough to see over while seated) were over 30% more active while at the office than people working in private offices, on average.
Can the office be put to use 24 hours a day?
Most offices are left empty overnight, but is there a way to put these spaces to productive use, even as the main workforce is elsewhere. Steve Lang is a director in Savills commercial research team, and he has an answer.
How breakout spaces became the most important areas in the office
No longer just a restful oasis, breakout spaces now need seating that can work for both relaxation and work zones.
Quality coffee tops the list as the most important office feature
The quality of the coffee is the most important feature for office occupants, with two thirds of workers saying a decent flat white or cappuccino is an essential for a productive and engaged workforce.
Creating Collaborative Culture Through Office Design
The drab office designs of the 1980s and 1990s continue to infect the modern office of today, turning off millenials and hurting worker productivity in the process.
New Corporate-Office Design: No Ping-Pong, But Not Uptight
Today’s standout workplaces, as evidenced by this Manhattan financial-services office, combine the best of conservative culture and startup loosey-goosiness.
A Workplace Strategist's Response to the Harvard Research on Open Plans
Ted Moudis Associates‘ Workplace Strategist Kate Wieczorek shares her thoughts on the recent Harvard study examining the effects of the open plan.
Designing for Workplace Happiness
To Promote A Multigenerational Workforce, Landlords Focus On Human-Centric Office Design
As the U.S.’ largest generational cohort becomes the majority of the American workforce, architects and designers are working to answer a single question: What do millennials want?
Designing the Workplace for every Generation
If you’ve looked around your office, it’s likely you’ve noticed a fair amount of age demographic diversity.
How to Work Remotely—In an Exotic New City Each Month
Is it possible to keep your job and travel the world, too? These companies help professional nomads take a working gap year in places like Prague and Marrakesh
The future of work – told by the future users themselves
What is the future of work? This million-dollar question, which has kept the industry guessing for years, was recently asked to an unsuspected audience – a group of 50 children.
Working in an open office? Set rules about noise with your neighbors
No one wants to listen to colleagues’ conversations with significant others or hear Chris Brown blaring off Spotify at top volume while they’re trying to get some work done.
Open Offices: One Size Does Not Fit All
Reaching a Balance for Remote Work Design and Principles
Simple Desk Improvements That Make an Open Office Easier to Bear
Sitting in an open floor plan office or having flexible, unassigned seating at work is a challenge to be sure, but these tips can make your work space a bit more bearable.
What kind of Workplace will attract Gen Z? Just ask Colleges
People working in fully open plan spaces are generally fitter and less stressed
The open plan debate grinds on, and the latest grist to its mill is a study from researchers led by Esther Sternberg of the University of Arizona which suggests that it is those people who work in open plan spaces that are fitter and happier than their associate employee contemporaries in cubicles and private offices.