No. More. Open. Offices.
4 Considerations to Create Hospitality in Your Workplace
What’s Next In Workplace Design?
Are open plan workspaces truly evil or is this just fake news?
The findings by Bernstein and Turban provide valuable, quantitative evidence that line of sight and proximity may not increase the quantity of face to face communication within teams under all circumstances.
The design of Scholastic’s new headquarters is reason enough to show up to the office
Designed by Pentagram partner Paula Scher, the space is as much an artful tribute to the mythic 98-year-old publishing brand as it is a treat to the employees who work there.
Is noise the real enemy of productivity (and the end of open plan)?
Open plan studies are placing too much emphasis on collaboration and not focusing enough on the real cause of worker inefficiency - noise.
Flexible-office future trends point to market growth
Google Details Major New York Expansion
Search giant joins Amazon, Apple in growing outside the West Coast; addition of 7,000 jobs a ‘conservative estimate’.
Behavior By Design: Agile At Scale
The core challenge in almost all workplace renovation projects is to strike the right balance among individual preferences, team priorities, and the constraints presented by the building.
The Office Of Tomorrow: Reimagine Or Relocate?
As our workforce becomes more mobile, agile and diverse, the office of tomorrow will require a new level of workplace optimization to support business process and function.
What distribution centers can learn from high-end offices
Companies have been adding such amenities to workplaces in an effort to attract talented employees, and keep them from leaving. But the benefits are making their way into warehouses and manufacturing facilities.
Want A Winning Workplace Strategy? Dive Into The Occupancy Data.
Planning for 2019 and beyond? JLL shares how workplace and occupancy planning tools can help position your company for growth in the future of work
The dreaded open office is driving workers to do this
The pod — a small, free-standing box or space that is typically soundproof and designed to fit just one or two people — is taking over our offices, airports and other public spaces.
The Effects Of Feng Shui On Workplace Design
An analysis of feng shui techniques that are compatible with today’s emphasis on providing spaces that promote health and well being in the workplace.
Certified Green Buildings Linked To Healthier, Happier, More Productive Employees
When it comes to employee retention, the building itself can play a huge role in enticing people to stay. Workers
See Google’s spectacular new headquarters rising in California
Behold! More than three years after the first design was unveiled in 2015, and more than two years since a revised version was was approved by Mountain View’s city council, Google’s new campus is finally taking shape in the middle of Mountain View, California, like a titanic metal circus tent.
Designing The Awe-Factor: How To Create Workplaces That Evoke Emotions
How to create an aesthetic “wow” factor that inspires creativity, attracts new employees, and supports retention.
The Office As A Clubhouse
How the modern office has transformed from a siloed environment to an amenity space, acting as an enticing venue for employee activities, benefits, and interactions.
The growing urbanization of work and workplaces
What becomes apparent in both is that the most interesting aspects of human interactions take place in ritualized and predictable forms and that the best spaces can foster those interactions.
In open office hell? This company will sell you a safe haven
Kettal, a furniture company based in Barcelona, Spain, has focused on outdoor furnishings since 1996. But the company’s latest collection puts its 22 years of experience in organizing outdoor spaces to good use indoors–fixing the hell that is the open plan office, which reduces productivity, enforces sexism, and alienates workers, just so companies can save money on real estate.