London-based Senior Project Designer Andrew McMullan shares strategies for designing the workplace to promote the health and well-being of employees.
HOK’s Andrew McMullan Discusses Designing Healthy Workplaces
Old San Francisco horse stable gets mod office makeover
Why flexible space is a major breakthrough in lab design
In the race to get new drugs from the research stages to pharmacy shelves, next generation lab space can be the catalyst for success.
Booking.com’s Orlando Office Illustrates Trend of Workspaces Designed to Attract, Retain Employees
The Orlando Business Journal looks at how employee input shaped HOK’s design of Booking.com’s new workplace, which won the paper’s Coolest Office Spaces competition.
It’s time for companies to ditch big corporate campuses
Once tech companies grow even larger, like Google or Facebook, they build huge headquarters and then create large satellite offices around the world, almost always in the downtown business districts of already-successful global cities.
THREE KEYS TO DIGITAL WORKPLACE ECOSYSTEM SUCCESS
Next-generation digital workplace ecosystems will place human engagement, technology and agility first.
If These Walls Could Talk: Reinvigorate Your Workplace Culture Through Your Branded Environment
Change is affecting businesses faster than ever before, forcing companies to reevaluate how they work and the value they place on work itself. But change can also affect your workplace environment.
WITH 5 GENERATIONS AT WORK TOGETHER, FLEXIBLE WORKSPACES COULD BE A BLESSING TO COMPANIES
Workplace design today is about much more than designing a pretty picture. Companies and individuals are seeking culture and community when they see office space.
Wellness in 2018: Community and Inclusion Drive Well-being
Although the success of co-working spaces is driven by multiple factors, a less touted but powerful advantage is the opportunity to pursue wellness, with inclusion a big part of the equation.
DEFINING AND MEASURING THE INFLUENCE OF “RESIMERCIAL” DESIGN IN TODAY’S WORKPLACE
Amanda Schneider, founder of Contract Consulting Group, shares a sneak peak of the results from their forthcoming study on “resimercial” design.
From Fitness to Bowling Alleys: How Commercial Office Buildings Are Differentiating Themselves Through Amenities
Today’s employees are sophisticated consumers who are choosing where they want to work based on specific preferences.
See Patricia Urquiola’s Colorful Refresh of Haworth’s Michigan Headquarters
Haworth’s refurbished headquarters is a truer reflection of the multi-brand company as it stands now, in its 70th year.
These Office Spaces Will Actually Get You Fit
Creating a workplace that truly makes us happy and healthy takes a lot more than standing desks and on-site yoga. Thankfully, new research has sparked a growing design revolution.
Designing People-First Workspaces
Across the industry spectrum, we’re seeing a move toward human-centric places as enterprises strive to meet rapidly changing expectations by modernizing their work sites to serve the specific ways their people want to work.
Greater attention must be paid on the aesthetics of the office to attract younger talent
According to the research, UK workers visit the same workplace five days a week (82 percent) and work from the same desk in the office (80 percent), but they are feeling bored and uninspired by their working environments.
A Day in the Life of an Agile Worker
As companies seek to gain efficiencies in the workplace, provide choice for employees, and attract and retain talent, strategies involving agile working and free-address have gained traction.
Design in 2018: Global Influencers of Today’s Workplace
Flexible working and the rise of coworking reducing demand for London office space
Five Workplace Trends The Commercial Real Estate Industry Must Prepare For
For companies looking to hire knowledge workers — of any age, who use and value the kinds of technological and workplace innovations that foster innovation and productivity — there's a market demand for flexible and amenity-driven workplaces.
HOK’s Tom Polucci on the Forces Reshaping Workplace Design
Tom Polucci, director of interiors at HOK, discusses cultural shifts influencing commercial interior design, changing client relationships, and his dizzying first experiences at NeoCon.