Total Office Design: 50 Contemporary Workplaces

Zumstein, Kerstin & Helen Parton

ISBN 10: 0500515867 / ISBN 13: 9780500515860

Published by Thames & Hudson, 2011

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How a cost-conscious and eco-aware approach to workplace design for a broad array of companies functions as a catalyst for architectural creativity.Architects and interior designers face new and increasing challenges in office design. Employers still want to have inspiring offices for their employees (and to impress their clients), often with exotic features alongside the usual spaces and functions, but the design brief also must consider tighter budgets, increasingly strict environmental requirements, and the changing nature of how and where we work. This international survey of fifty officesâ "all built since 2007â "profiles designs that have risen to the challenges. There are low-cost offices for smaller companies that typically use recycled materials and a craft-oriented approach to interiors. In what might be considered the â classical approachâ to office design, plans for medium-sized offices often place a strong emphasis on environmental sensitivity and working within a tight budget. Large, often multinational, corporations need significant floor area for their employees, and while the projects have greater budgets, they also have to answer major environmental requirements. 400+ full-color illustrations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Total Office Design: 50 Contemporary Workplaces
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500515867
• ISBN 13: 9780500515860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

How a cost-conscious and eco-aware approach to workplace design for a broad array of companies functions as a catalyst for architectural creativity.

Architects and interior designers face new and increasing challenges in office design. Employers still want to have inspiring offices for their employees (and to impress their clients), often with exotic features alongside the usual spaces and functions, but the design brief also must consider tighter budgets, increasingly strict environmental requirements, and the changing nature of how and where we work.

This international survey of fifty offices―all built since 2007―profiles designs that have risen to the challenges. There are low-cost offices for smaller companies that typically use recycled materials and a craft-oriented approach to interiors. In what might be considered the “classical approach” to office design, plans for medium-sized offices often place a strong emphasis on environmental sensitivity and working within a tight budget. Large, often multinational, corporations need significant floor area for their employees, and while the projects have greater budgets, they also have to answer major environmental requirements. 400+ full-color illustrations

About the Authors

Kerstin Zumstein is the editor of OnOffice, the leading workplace design magazine. Zumstein lives in London.

Helen Parton’s work has appeared in magazines including OnOffice, Grand Design, and FX. She lives in London.