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APRIL 16, 2025
To stay competitive, aging office buildings must integrate flexible layouts, wellness features, and smart technology. Personalization through modular furniture and adjustable settings boosts employee satisfaction and productivity. Incorporating sustainable practices and wellness-focused amenities makes older buildings more appealing to modern tenants.
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APRIL 6, 2025
Gen Alphas upbringing with video games shapes their problem-solving and learning skills, making gamified workplace environments appealing. Applying gamification in design using badges, leaderboards, and interactive elements can boost collaboration, training, and company culture. Immersive, customizable spaces and tech fluidity will attract Gen Alpha, enhancing focus, collaboration, and engagement in the workplace.
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APRIL 2, 2025
The traditional office is outdated and struggles to meet the needs of a multigenerational workforce. Workplace as a Service (WaaS) offers dynamic, flexible spaces that adapt to individual and team needs, enhancing collaboration and personal productivity. Technology drives WaaS, enabling personalized work environments with AI and IoT to enhance comfort, collaboration, and employee engagement.
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MARCH 30, 2025
Gyms are rebranding as wellness and social clubs, offering more than just fitness, focusing on community and lifestyle. Workplaces can adopt similar strategies, emphasizing connection, collaboration, and creativity to boost employee engagement. By offering flexibility, community-building spaces, and holistic experiences, offices can become destinations employees want to visit.
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MARCH 26, 2025
Design and architecture are embracing sustainability and circular principles to reduce waste and energy consumption. Data-driven design is enhancing adaptability and efficiency, helping create functional, future-proof spaces. Projects like M Mosers Amsterdam studio and the Circadian Building demonstrate the integration of sustainability, inclusivity, and technology in shaping urban spaces.
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MARCH 19, 2025
UI/UX principles can create office spaces that boost creativity, collaboration, and well-being. Office layouts should guide employees smoothly through their day, enhancing productivity. Thoughtful design and branding connect employees to the company culture and create a memorable experience. This article was written by 3D Identity s Bob Bangham for Work Design Magazine.
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MARCH 16, 2025
Wellness-centered office design boosts morale, attracts talent, and fosters a culture of support. Balancing collaborative and focused workspaces helps meet diverse employee needs, improving productivity and creativity. Dedicated wellness spaces, like fitness centers and tech-free zones, promote physical and mental well-being, enhancing employee satisfaction.
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MARCH 10, 2025
Neurodivergent employees face sensory and organizational challenges in traditional workspaces. Thoughtful design elements like clear signage, customizable workstations, and quiet zones improve accessibility. Inclusive design offers a balance of choice and sensory sensitivity, enhancing the overall workplace environment. This article was written by Brian Ledder, Senior Design Strategist , and Gavin Hughes, Design Director, of HLW , for Work Design Magazine.
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MARCH 9, 2025
Modern workplaces across industries are prioritizing human-centered design, focusing on collaboration, wellness, and adaptability. A human-centered approach inspires workplace environments that foster innovation, enhance employee well-being, and support flexible work models. Features like flexible layouts, wellness amenities, and adaptable infrastructure create dynamic spaces that evolve with organizational and technological shifts.
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MARCH 6, 2025
CEO of PLASTARC Melissa Marsh says that companies are at a halfway point between pre- and post-pandemic work models, with many still figuring out their hybrid and remote policies. Marsh emphasized the importance of creating flexible, human-centered workplaces that foster strong employee connections. She predicts that cities will transform into mixed-use spaces with less office space, leading to vibrant, more livable urban environments.
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MARCH 4, 2025
About This Episode As organizations wrestle with return-to-office policies, hybrid work models, and defining the role of physical workplaces, Melissa Marsh , Founder & CEO of PLASTARC , offers a fresh perspective. With expertise in social research, workplace innovation, and real estate strategy, Melissa shares compelling insights on why companies should rethink office design, how cities are transforming, and what truly makes a workspace desirable.
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FEBRUARY 23, 2025
Gen Z and Alpha prefer simple, relaxing spaces that balance comfort, functionality, and wellness, reflecting their tech-integrated lives. Social spaces designed for interaction, movement, and collaboration are key to appealing to younger generations, encouraging creativity and connection. Augmented and virtual reality tools are a must for younger generations, who expect responsive, interactive technology to be integrated into their environments.
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FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Restrooms are essential for employee wellness, offering moments of respite and comfort. Modern restrooms need upgrades like better privacy, ventilation, and amenities to improve experiences. Office designs should incorporate fitness-friendly features and strategically placed restrooms to boost morale, creativity, and physical activity. This article was written by PLASTARC s Melissa Marsh for Work Design Magazine.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2025
In todays open-office environments, noise is a big distraction, but it isnt the only one. Visual interruptions like coworkers moving, chatting, or even impromptu snacking can disrupt focus. The Acoustic Lounge leverages ROOMs proven acoustic insulation technology combined with 59-inch high panels to block visual stimuli and provide a sense of privacy, creating a distraction-free environment amid the chaos of open offices and hybrid work environments.
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JANUARY 27, 2025
The office is evolving to prioritize social connection and comfort, with companies investing in design that draws people together while making spaces feel more residential. Workplace flexibility is becoming more nuanced, focusing on hybrid workstyles to find the right balance for organizations and teams. Theres growing optimism about workplace growth in 2025, with most companies planning to expand headcount and increase pay while adapting to major shifts like AI integration.
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JANUARY 14, 2025
As VP of Global Research at MillerKnoll, Anderson advocates for converting office buildings into mixed-use spaces (e.g., housing, community hubs) to create stronger, more connected urban communities. Anderson stresses the importance of coordinated hybrid work models, where office spaces are designed to meet both productivity and social connection needs, ensuring employees can easily collaborate.
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DECEMBER 25, 2024
AI is transforming coworking operations, enhancing sales, analytics, and member experiences, pushing the industry toward more personalized, data-driven services. Despite headlines about office returns, corporations are increasingly turning to coworking for hybrid work solutions, driving significant demand for flexible, hospitality-driven spaces. Niche coworking spaces catering to specialized industries like Med-Tech or fashion are on the rise, fostering collaboration and networking within specif
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DECEMBER 17, 2024
The goal of a hybrid office isnt simply to increase office attendance, but to ensure that when employees do choose to come in, their experience is outstanding. By offering a flexible array of spaces and services, organizations can accommodate the varied demands of their workforce. Workplaces with high satisfaction in variety also score highly across other satisfaction metrics.
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DECEMBER 8, 2024
Employers are less confident this year (76%) than in 2023 (81%) that their workplace enables employees to be innovative. Employers that ensure their offices are set up for hybrid meetings already have a serious leg up against organizations that havent made an investment in dependable tech. Leaderships cultural capital can promote interaction, teamwork and concentrative work, at no additional design cost.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Employees who are highly engaged, have strong team relationships, and work within an innovative culture experience superior work environments and outcomes. Workspace design has shifted from standardized, cookie-cutter approaches to more nuanced, tailored solutions that align with the specific functional and cultural needs of different regions and industries.
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Inclusive design focuses on creating spaces that cater to a diverse range of human abilities and experiences, aiming for equitable access and comfort rather than just meeting functional minimums. Implementing inclusive design requires involving diverse user groups in the design process, balancing competing needs, and employing varied design elements like zones, materials, colors, and lighting to accommodate different users.
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
A Journey Through Workplace Design: Insights with Janet Pogue McLaurin Setting the Stage: An Architect’s 42-Year Legacy We kick off with a warm welcome to Janet Pogue McLaurin , who has dedicated over four decades to Gensler , contributing her vast expertise to workplace research and design. Janet’s experiences range from working with the largest global corporations to managing offices across continents.
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Effective collaboration between facility staff, building owners, users, and consultants is crucial for the success of zero waste buildings. Achieving TRUE certification involves a comprehensive approach, including maintaining a 90% diversion-from-landfill rate, implementing upstream and downstream waste management practices, and ensuring staff training and reporting.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Traditional offices were designed as a compromise for broad needs, but are now evolving into specialized spaces catering to either hyper-focus or hyper-collaboration, driven by societal shifts and technological advances. The pandemic underscored the need for distraction-free, personalized workspaces like focus pods and smart environments, exemplified by Deloitte’s “The Edge,” which uses IoT to optimize conditions for deep work.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The reliability and speed of internet services, which have become essential in our work and personal lives, depend on the efficiency and location of data centers. Far from being replaced by the cloud, harming the environment, or detracting from neighborhoods, modern data centers are evolving to be more efficient, sustainable, and community friendly.
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AUGUST 25, 2024
To attract employees back, offices need to be redesigned to offer home-like comfort, personalization, and added amenities such as wellness facilities and ergonomic workspaces. The key to accommodating current trends involves flexible, shorter-term leases with fully fitted spec suites, allowing quick and cost-effective customization. Getting people back to the office involves two key conversations: one with tenants about their specific needs, and another with property owners about creating more f
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AUGUST 18, 2024
Ensuring outdoor environments or biophilic elements are in workspaces can improve employee well-being, creativity, and productivity. Incorporating natural elements like wood, plants, and natural light into office design can address challenges where outdoor workspaces aren’t feasible. Outdoor workspaces must provide reliable internet connectivity, charging facilities, and comfortable, climate-sensitive environments to be functional and appealing.
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AUGUST 14, 2024
The evolution of the internet into a creator-based Web 2.0 can help guide organizations through a successful transition to Work 2.0. Success in both Web 2.0 and Work 2.0 hinges on having a clear, compelling purpose that resonates with participants (employees), fostering engagement and cohesive culture. Organizations, like Web 2.0 creators, must offer value and opportunities for personal and professional growth, creating a learning environment that rewards creativity and collaboration.
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JULY 31, 2024
Traditional offices prioritized process, hierarchy, and task-oriented workflows, with spaces assigned based on title and status. Modern offices emphasize purpose, belonging, and community, promoting wellness, culture, and engagement to better accommodate employees’ evolving work needs. Creating a people-centric workplace boosts employee engagement, which leads to lower turnover, higher retention, and increased productivity and revenue for organizations.
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JULY 28, 2024
Modern building façades in Australia are evolving from glass-heavy designs to high-performance, environmentally responsive skins that enhance energy efficiency and reduce emissions. The integration of computational design with architectural practices is crucial, allowing for optimal solar shading, natural light optimization, and innovative building forms.
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JULY 24, 2024
Upcycling and sustainable furniture manufacturing can mitigate the significant landfill waste and carbon emissions from discarded office furniture. Upcycling old furniture is cost-effective, reduces demand for raw materials, and aligns with the preferences of eco-conscious consumers, especially younger generations. As society continues to emphasize the importance of sustainability, workplace designers must acknowledge their role in the waste cycle and implement innovative solutions to strive tow
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JULY 21, 2024
A culture of optimism can lead to a thriving and successful organization, and the design of the workplace offers the platform to create that culture. Optimism in the workplace can be fostered through human-centered design focusing on employee well-being, process support, and social connectivity, with elements like adaptable workspaces, biophilic design, and advanced technology.
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JULY 17, 2024
Creating a seamless workplace requires a holistic view of the organization’s culture, goals, and ways of working, supported by both quantitative data and qualitative team feedback. An efficient work environment provides versatile options tailored to meet varied employee needs, whether through adaptable spaces or integrated smart technologies. Involving employees in the process and understanding their individual preferences and pain points fosters engagement and productivity, ensuring that
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JULY 14, 2024
Future meeting rooms will use AI, wearable technology, and smart building controls to create environments tailored to participants’ needs and preferences, enhancing productivity and well-being. Existing technologies like smartwatches and wellness rings will communicate with room sensors for real-time adjustments in lighting, temperature, and other environmental conditions.
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JULY 7, 2024
Modern employees require office environments that go beyond basic amenities, offering purpose-built spaces that enhance productivity and accommodate diverse workstyles. Creating adaptive and thoughtfully designed zones that cater to different activities and needs — while eliminating friction and promoting a positive brand experience — is critical for motivating employees to return to the office.
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JULY 3, 2024
The design industry must shift toward adaptive reuse, reclaimed materials, and flexible environments to reduce the carbon footprint and promote a circular economy. Implementing energy-efficient building systems and passive design techniques can significantly lower both embodied and operational carbon emissions. The climate crisis demands bold and immediate action from designers to integrate climate considerations fully into every project, moving beyond half measures.
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JULY 1, 2024
Workplace design should prioritize creating spaces that fulfill emotional and professional needs, rather than focusing solely on technology and infrastructure. Design should reflect a clear purpose and foster a sense of belonging, drawing inspiration from storytelling to create deeper connections among employees and with the company’s mission.
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JUNE 26, 2024
Art in the office improves mental health, reduces stress, and fosters a sense of community and cultural cohesion, making the workplace more enjoyable and collaborative. Featuring diverse artists and artwork that reflect varied backgrounds promotes inclusivity, multiculturalism, and reinforces organizational values and commitments to culture. Allowing employees to have input in art selection and placement provides a sense of agency and ownership, which is linked to increased professional performa
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JUNE 23, 2024
Humans lead in idea generation, enhanced by AI’s data analysis, creating innovative, employee-centered workspaces. Companies like Cisco implement intelligent desks and IoT-enabled office solutions to improve employee wellness, satisfaction, and space flexibility. Smart furniture uses PoE connectivity to gather real-time data, driving automation, energy efficiency, and informed workplace strategies.
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JUNE 19, 2024
Regulatory pressures, investor demands, and environmental consciousness are driving corporations to adopt eco-centric commitments to reduce carbon emissions and conserve natural resources. Environmental certifications like LEED and BREEAM are evolving to focus more on carbon emissions, alongside the rise of new frameworks such as NABERS. The integration of data analytics and smart building technologies is essential for carbon management and sustainability in the built environment.
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JUNE 16, 2024
Hybrid work is transforming traditional office setups into collaborative hubs, emphasizing teamwork and creativity over individual tasks, which can often be handled remotely. HP has invested in equipping shared workspaces with advanced technology and ergonomic designs to mirror home setups, prioritizing employee comfort and productivity. Personalization extends to different work environment needs, fostering inclusivity.
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JUNE 12, 2024
Architects and designers are increasingly prioritizing sustainability, focusing on low-VOC, recycled materials, and reducing embodied carbon through reuse and modular construction. The circular economy emphasizes reuse, deconstruction over demolition, and material circulation — aiming to eliminate waste and regenerate nature, shifting away from the traditional consumer culture.
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JUNE 2, 2024
As a force for change, design is as much about practicality and structure as it is emotional and intellectual. Where we work needs to support the moods of human beings and the modes of work. The design can not be homogenous, or static. Human-centric environments that represent, reflect and empower people with a sense of place can and will create cultural optimism.
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APRIL 9, 2024
Coffee shops serve as dynamic work environments where the ambient noise and social presence can boost productivity and creativity for many individuals, in contrast to the quiet, sometimes less stimulating office spaces. There are psychological and physiological reasons why coffee shops are effective workspaces, such as varied scenery, social facilitation, white noise, and enhanced creativity, which companies might consider incorporating into their workplace design to entice employees back to the
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