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.
Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber?
Small rooms can build up heat and carbon dioxide from our breath — as well as other substances — to an extent that might surprise you.
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.
Biophilic Lines Of Sight: How The Outdoors Restores Cognitive Function
As more companies understand the wellness and economic impact of their real estate on employees, architects and designers will be called upon to transform them.
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.
HOK’s WorkPlace Group Releases Trend Report Focused on Tech Industry
HOK has released the second volume of HOK Forward, its annual report exploring a crucial issue in workplace design.
The impact of technology, cyber-risk and the future of corporate real estate
It’s no surprise to say that technology is having a significant impact on the workplace and the use of corporate real estate.
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
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.”
The New Mall Tenant Is Your Office
As retailers close, developers are converting the space into offices to bring in stable rent and generate foot traffic for remaining stores.
Joan: An interesting solution to the meeting room availability nightmare
There are roughly 11 million meetings a day in the United States, and if you figure that many of these meetings are delayed or interrupted by conference room scheduling snafus, we're looking at a tremendous waste of time.
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.
“Desk-less” organizations are finding creative ways to adapt Slack for their needs
Slack has already disrupted workplace communication by enabling real-time conversations and de-cluttering email inboxes.
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.