space design/planning

Hack my workplace: what the digital revolution really means

The first in a series of posts from architects BVN to explore the impact of digital on workspace suggests that new technology could cut out the middlemen in workplace design

Feelgood factor: how workplace design supports wellbeing

Employee productivity has become a limiting concept: using workplace design to promote a more holistic approach to the whole person is fast coming into view

Productivity in the office: why acoustics matter

People respond to design in different ways - here we look at how acoustics affect individuals and their productivity levels in the workplace

Mind the gap: supporting the boundary-less knowledge worker

The development of a distributed workforce, which goes beyond the bounds of place and time zones, can meet the gaps in knowledge, skills and talent faced by today’s employers

Workplace flexibility: the potential of the pavilion

It doesn’t have to be an ‘either/or’ conversation when it comes to open plan or private space - the proposition can include an 'and' scenario

Utilising space

Utilising space more effectively to address low occupancy rates is a creative challenge for architects and developers

Our workplace represents how we connect as an organisation

David Wilkie, partner in law firm Allen & Overy, discusses the importance of the workplace design to company behaviour

Taming technology in the digital-physical blend

It’s the big question around the future of work – how to control the technology before it controls us in the digital environment