If you find yourself at the Green Exchange Building in Chicago, consider heading up to the third and fourth floors to take a peek at Coyote Logistics. There you'll find the fastest-growing logistics company in the United States working in nearly 100,000 incredible square feet of...
As a follow-on to Part I of this series, Bob Fox explores how the workplace has responded to massive shifts in our cultural and technological underpinnings. The open office concept has been pretty well established. Most companies had a combination of open and private...
Don't Let Mad Men Fool You Don't let sexy TV shows like "Mad Men" fool you: marketing, advertising, and public relations firms are not allknown for their opulent office spaces. Over the past six years, I’ve worked in agencies with workspaces that have run the gamut from...
Designing for Blended Teams NRG Energy is headquartered in the Houston Pavilions mixed-use complex in downtown Houston. Kirksey designed the 11 floors of this 262,000-sf project to ease the organizational transition of two merging companies, increase collaboration among...
The workplace is a complex integrated system, where everything is related to everything else. As organizations navigate changing economic times and increasingly competitive marketplace, there is an increasing emphasis being placed on the formulation and implementation of a...
Many projects start with discussions to crystallize the goals and expectations for a design build. But this (confidential) global company's goals were clear to the design team from the onset. The “Project OCX” effort kicked off under the guide of the following...
When I started work as an intern at FOX Architects in May 2010, I knew nothing about working at a commercial architecture firm. Yes, Auburn University’s famed interior design program taught me how to utilize programs such as AutoCad and Revit and select appropriate and...
The first-ever NeoCon (National Exposition of Contract Furnishings) was held in 1969 in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, which has remained its home for the past 40 years. Today, professionals and manufacturers consider NeoCon to be the "barometer" of the design industry;...
