They say that in times like these people increasingly turn to philosophy, so where is the philosophical element in today’s workplace design? Theories like Charles Handy’s portfolio worker and Shamrock organisation have been floating around in
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We’ve all encountered (or endured) corporate lingo like ‘blue skies thinking’ and ‘thinking outside the box’. But the designers of Ogilvy & Mather’s new Guangzhou offices have upped the ante on inspirational work mantras by applying
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Getting it right for the Soho headquarters of creative agency Fallon required some manoeuvring architecturally, but in the end, the fluidity of this workspace is down to the strategic placement of communal areas and free coffee.The orientation of
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The Student Loans Company needed a colossal space to accommodate its’ mushrooming staff of 650, which is what they got in the ‘Memphis’ building – originally a Patons & Baldwins thread-making factory in Darlington.  The gargantuan
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Clive Wilkinson has always been big news. His first workplace project, the TBWA/Chiat/Day complex in Los Angeles became known as ‘advertising city’ on account of its main street, central park, basketball court and billboards: it rewrote the way
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Frederika Whitehead visits Roeselare, Belgium’s city of light, to meet Modular lighting designer Wim Geilen 10am For such a well-known name Modular has surprising few employees, especially considering its 37m sales figures – just 125 on the
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To find out more about this art we turned to music connoisseur and head of Music Concierge, Rob Wood, who told us sound branding is bringing a new dimension to architecture and workplace design. We asked him to pick out the tunes of the moment to
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“Put a nickel into the cup and let’s talk.”American John Morefield is our hero this month. His mission: “To bring architecture to the people, get architects off unemployment and out on their streets engaging their communities.”After
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The Royal Borough of Windsor houses Eton College, Ascot racecourse, the Queen, most weekends, and less expected, one of Britain’s top ad
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