Such was the interest in the workplace of the future that extra chairs had to be brought in to cater to the sell-out crowd at WORKTECH12: Melbourne. More than 200 people came together at the Telstra Experience Centre for WORKTECH’s first Australian conference. With...
Close your eyes and rewind back to when you were six years old and your imagination was working overtime. When you considered the future, perhaps you thought, “People will have jetpacks, cars will be able to fly, maybe even teleportation!” Brilliant ideas. How easy life...
Although a neat and organized workspace is a challenge in today's busy world, maintaining an organized and productive space is well worth the undertaking. It very well makes up in terms of time saved, morale and productivity boost and improved service delivery. Messy desks...
FOX Architects recently completed a project with Balfour Beatty Construction for their new offices in Fairfax, Virg., by way of the IPD process. What is IPD you ask? How does it benefit the project in the long run? I had those very same questions and went straight to the...
We frequently hear the term high-performance work space, and I think we are all seeing significant gains in efficiency as our office environments evolve. Yet, measuring the performance of an alternative workspace today is a tricky business -- especially given many of the new...
This article has been modified for publication with permission from its original author, Kay Sargent. It's the final installment in a 3-part series on the changing work environment. Timing is everything. Power lies in the realization of the pivotal shift that is profoundly...
This feature was submitted by Bruno Grinwis of BBG-BBGM to showcase their new office interior space -- and the thinking behind its design -- within the Empire State Building in Manhattan. Designed by the Washington office’s Workplace Interior Team, BBG-BBGM’s new 32,000...
Commuting to work today requires time, energy, and money. It stretches our country’s natural resources and makes people grumble. Workplaces today often provide hundreds of expensive parking spaces to accommodate a steady stream of commuters, while metro-area buses and...
This article has been modified for publication with permission from its original author, Kay Sargent. It's the second in a 3-part series on the changing work environment. Timing is everything. Power lies in the realization of the pivotal shift that is profoundly affecting the...
This article has been modified for publication with permission from its original author, Kay Sargent. It's the first in a 3-part series on the changing work environment. Timing is everything. Power lies in the realization of the pivotal shift that is profoundly affecting the...
