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From the Publisher
DESCRIPTION
The building is a company’s most expensive capital asset. Failure to coax the maximum benefits from it is, at least, irresponsible and, at most, financial suicide.
Companies around the world are recognising the importance of integrating pleasure and leisure with office routine.
Out goes strip lighting, paper thin partitions and closed doors. In come spaces that are new, fun and challenging with windows that open, decent coffee, groceries that are delivered to your desk, a massage when you most need it and workmates who actually talk to you.
This new book demonstrates how to get the best out of office buildings and improve the efficiency and enthusiasm of the people who work in them. Packed with information, case studies and practical tools, it will help designers, facility managers and space planners to:
• meet employees’ space and task needs • respond to changing work patterns and attitudes • plan offices both large and small, private sector and public agency, owned and leased • use hands-on checklists, rules of thumb, charts and guidelines to quickly solve design dilemmas and answer design questions • resolve environmental issues, such as air quality and temperature • make expert choices on lighting, furniture and other fixtures.
While every workplace is individual, almost all can be improved!
CONTENTS
Introduction; Location-free Work; Knowledge is Power; Leveling the Space Pyramid; Four Walls and a Door; The Open Plan Office; Sick Building Syndrome Avoidance; Amenities; Information Technology; Renovation and Relocation; Further Reading; Index.
THE AUTHORS
Both authors are based in London and are involved in many interesting projects – most recently they designed the offices at Tate Modern.
PREVIEWS
"The industry is hungry for books like this...more practical and design details than other books."
Marilyn Zelinsky, author of New Workplaces for New Workstyles and The Home Office Bible.
"fills an obvious gap in information...extremely useful for students of architectural programming and in business courses."
Mary Comerio, Vice Chair, Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
