Workplaces across the globe are becoming more collaborative, technologically sophisticated and departmentally integrated to foster innovation and attract talent.
Offices with designs conducive to these goals, like the co-working providers continuing to gain popularity, are commanding higher rents and tenant retention rates. Modern offices are simultaneously empowering their tenants to solve complex problems and challenging conventional offices to create engaging environments.
Universities, wishing to promote the exchange of information and ideas while easing their graduates' transitions to the working world, have begun incorporating office design elements.
"We're noticing that major research institutions have adopted aspects of office design," Talisen Construction Business Unit Director Jerry Belfiore said. "This allows them to prepare the next generation of business leaders."
Large research universities and small liberal arts colleges alike are emphasizing these three elements of modern office design.