Overview
The workplace is undergoing radical change. As the millennium approaches, there will be more changes in office design than in any other period since the late nineteenth century. No longer is it necessary to have your own office from nine to five, five days a week. In fact, clever office design can cut costs while stimulating people to greater productivity. The first in a series of definitive design books, written by professionals for professionals, The New Office sets a new benchmark for books on this subject: exhilerating, stimulating, challenging, yet accessible.The book analyzes what the best business brains are saying about new ways of working, how to accommodate new kinds of technology, the dissolving of boundaries between office and home, the most innovative trends in products and services worldwide. Twenty case histories, complete with architectural plans and drawings, explore new models of office design from an international perspective: the office as village, as home, as theater, as workshop, reviewing the entire design process from initial concept to final evaluation.
This will be essential reference for architects, interior designers and facilities managers - but most importantly, for the growing group of lay people in the corporate world who are involved in office development and need to make the right decisions in a time of rapid change.