The open-plan layout was designed for collaboration, not isolation. Rising to prominence in the early 2000s and spurred on by young tech firms like Google, the open office signalled an end to the ...

Over the years, office layouts have changed from cubicle-heavy to open floor plans. Now, amid return-to-office efforts, office design is once again undergoing a shift.

While more expensive per square foot, the layout of the new office is configured in such a way that less space is needed. The firm had leased 22,500 square feet before, but needed only 12,600 ...

Traditional office spaces cost money. Whether you’re renting co-working space or have a smaller building footprint, spaces that fulfill multiple purposes cost less. If your company’s cafeteria ...

Ironically, the cubicle was created as an improvement over the early-20th century office design of choice: the regimented bullpen, a large, open floor plan in which rows of desks were neatly ...

Open plan offices are currently regarded as a novel form of office design, a way to level hierarchies and promote collaboration. But the same rhetorical justifications were offered when the open ...

"Today's office is a wasteland," said designer Robert Propst in the 1960s. "It saps vitality, blocks talent, frustrates accomplishment. It is the daily scene of unfulfilled intentions and failed ...

These may range in size, degree of visual and acoustic privacy, and furniture layout. These spaces have typically been offered as a complement to the dedicated office or cubicle, not as a replacement.