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If there’s one room in the house that can get messy fast, it’s the home office. It’s a magnet for all sorts of papers, even in the digital age. Electronic devices and wires can end up accumulating in heaps. Books may get strewn about in piles. All in all, many …

This historic chapel in Belgium was recently converted by Studio klaarchitectuur into an unconventional office space. Dubbed Waterdog, the project aims to transform architecture work into an almost spiritual experience.“Due to the chapel’s status as a listed building, the renovation project was bound by several limitations,” the architects said. “For instance, …

Writing in the Pacific Standard, Greg Rosalky asks Why do we still commute? Why, in this age of internet and computers, do we still go to offices? He discusses Norman Macrae of the Economist, writing in 1975 about the impact of computers on the office. Once workers could communicate with …

A new approach from Steelcase suggests that it could be a little of both.Whenever we write about open offices, I get serious pushback from writers of words and writers of code, who complain that they work better in private offices. My arguments that open offices are better for the exchange …

Offices have changed a lot recently — cubicles and unwieldy file storage units have given way to the trend of open plan offices that can adapt to different functions, though problems like noise are causing some to call for the revival of the private cubicle once again. But the way …

Offices have changed a lot recently — cubicles and unwieldy file storage units have given way to the trend of open plan offices that can adapt to different functions, though problems like noise are causing some to call for the revival of the private cubicle once again. But the way …

We’ve often talked about how sometimes the greenest building is the one that’s still standing, and how adaptive reuse can give older buildings a second life, repurposing them for something other than their original function. It may or may not save money, but it does save a lot of waste …

Four years ago, we wrote Yahoo to homeworkers: Get back to the office. Now. There was widespread outrage at this order. In Quartz it was described as “the worst decision Marissa Mayer has made in her tenure as Yahoo CEO.” Now Yahoo is sold and Marissa is gone. Now the …

The concrete walls and roof of this headquarters for the Greek city of Lamia’s Municipal Water Supply are interrupted by voids and fissures that carve out different routes through the building. Read more Source link

Welcome back to the Home Organization challenge. We are almost finished! This week, we’re cleaning out the home office (or space where you pay your bills, etc). If you are new to the challenge, join us this week and complete the first 10 challenges when you have the time. Let’s get started. …