Workforce, make way: the oldest members of Generation Z are graduating college and university.
How to Create Spaces that Empower Mothers in Your Workplace
We still display status in office design, but in new and subtle ways
There was a time, not so long ago, that one of the most important factors to consider when designing an office was the corporate hierarchy. The office was once the embodiment of the corporate structure.
Five ways the increasingly mobile workforce is transforming office design
The modern workforce is changing, with all signs pointing toward a future of remote workers and a level of flexibility never before seen in traditional offices. In fact, 68% of workers surveyed by PwC say they expect their work futures to include flexible hours and working remotely on scheduled days.
The Great Outdoors: Driving Organizational Success Through Meaningful Office Design
How to create meaningful outdoor space that will have long lasting impacts on both the organization and the community.
Office of the future "will only be a place where people come together" say Barber and Osgerby
We no longer need desks, say designers Ed Barber and Jay Osgerby, because the office of the future is more of a meeting place than a work environment.
Designing with Empathy: What Inclusive Design Means for Education and Workplace Architecture
At a Chicago Think Tank held at Cannon Design, architects and experts explored power asymmetries, racial dynamics, mental health considerations, and other challenges often neglected by designers.
Slack’s head of workplace design thinks open floor plans “suuuck”
The science of why you hate your open office
The backlash against the dreaded open office plan has been brewing for many years. Not without good reason: Many employees struggle to focus amid the endless distractions and noise that are inevitable when you put everyone in a giant room together, and people feel constantly watched without any private space to retreat to.
Space As A Service: It’s Time To Break The Norm
Why we should design spaces that are upgradable and adaptable to match the ever-changing organization.
Corporate Offices Evolving For Employee Engagement, Amenities
The demands for office are changing both inside and out, particularly in Silicon Valley, which is still known for its sprawling corporate campuses.
Today’s offices are taking design cues from hotels—and homes
Watch: Workers love AirPods because employers stole their walls
Workplace design in tech sector out of step with demands of modern work
“Intense competition, readily available capital and open frontiers are challenging tech companies to continuously adapt and innovate,” said Kay Sargent, co-director of HOK’s WorkPlace practice. “Yet many of their workplaces were designed for a completely different era of work.”
Why you must create space for workplace learning
Business leaders are wrestling with how to integrate formal and informal learning spaces at work to nurture a necessary upskilling culture.
Flipping the Workplace
The flipped classroom concept has been around for well over 10 years, although advocates for the tradition of live classroom lectures followed by homework remain.
Fine tuning office design and its most wonderful invention to our fundamental needs
Watch: Flexible design creates collaborative office culture in Minneapolis
StudioIDS is the new self-designed home of the Minneapolis office of international architecture and design firm Perkins+Will. The studio challenges what an office is and can be. Strategically located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, the office focuses on landscape architecture, planning, architecture, and interiors in the areas of healthcare, corporate + commercial + civic, higher education, urban design, and science + technology.
Space Encounters uses planted partitions to divide office in Utrecht
Tropical plants sprouting up from partition walls provide privacy to workers inside this office in Utrecht, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Space Encounters.
What You Can Do About Your Thermal Comfort At Work
If you’re unable to make systemic changes to your HVAC system, or to call in the troops for a major renovation, you can do more for your thermal comfort at work than you might expect.