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The Business Journals
For years, companies were caught up in the debate about open vs. closed workplaces and their respective merits. Recognizing this debate never led to a strategic solution; companies have been ramping up investment in research and employee engagement to better understand the types of work their office spaces need to support. Even more recently, organizations are beginning to look toward other industries like education, art, hospitality, and more for design ideas that can spur innovative cultures and enrich company offices.
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Kontor
“An awesome office environment communicates an overall feeling. The office isn’t just a place to execute work, but rather it's a safe and comfortable space that supports people and the exchange of ideas,” says April Warner, a project manager and senior project designer at lauckgroup. “Personally, my criteria for such an environment would be a connection to a larger community, the availability of outdoor spaces, and a people-based culture. When I approach a design, I am consistently reminded of these criteria and creating an atmosphere for people. It provides a foundation to most of my decision making.”
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The New York Times
Where once the campus amenities arms race was waged over luxury dorms and recreation facilities, now colleges and universities are building deluxe structures for the generation of wonderful ideas. They and their partners in industry are pouring millions into new buildings for business, engineering, and applied learning that closely resemble the high-tech workplace, itself inspired by the minimally partitioned spaces of the garage and the factory.
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Business Insider
Our homes are tricked out with comfortable furniture, stylish decor, and the latest technology – shouldn’t our work spaces be equally awesome? From the indoor lawns at Japanese ad agency TBWA to the bright blue slide at footwear company Toms, the coolest office spaces around the world understand that a well-designed workplace can impact people’s happiness just as much as where they live.
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The Boston Globe
Marrying history with the future was the charge that General Electric gave to Gensler when the industrial giant hired the architectural firm to design a new headquarters complex overlooking Boston's Fort Point Channel. The end result: A striking 12-story glass building, topped off by a giant, sail-like solar "veil" and an illuminated GE logo, connected to two renovated, century-old brick warehouses.
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The award-winning Acrovyn Wall Panel system provides designers the opportunity to reset their standards with extensive new design selections that install in half the time previously required. With new trim and edge options, panel depths and endless finishes, designers can create unique spaces that are protected and easily maintained.
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Hospitalitynet.org
While some recent office construction plans have focused entirely on open-plan layouts and stand-up desks, one particular feature of the modern workplace has shot up the priority list of many companies – interactive technology. Ten years ago, technology costs represented about seven percent of a company's interior construction budget. Now, they can consume 25 percent or more of a total build-out cost. Companies are much more focused on digitization and connectivity, with common examples including more sophisticated conference rooms featuring interactive audio/visual technology and smart TVs, as well as cloud-based solutions for employee mobility.
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Yahoo
The rise in the number of office buildings and technology parks in the U.S. has enhanced the sales of office furniture in the past few years. With multinational companies expanding their businesses into new cities and countries, and with the rise in the number of employees, office spaces across the country are also expanding. This is expected to lead to increased demand for recycled office furniture over the next five years. Technavio analysts forecast the recycled office furniture market in the U.S. to reach $2.68 billion by 2020, according to their latest report.
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Behavioral Healthcare
Architecture and design goals for behavioral healthcare facilities typically have the same universal thread: Create a space that is safe, calm, and inviting for patients and their families. But the way those goals are achieved can vary greatly based on where a project is located. Geography is often a key factor in shaping the design of a behavioral healthcare facility and can influence design choices such as color, materials, lighting, or structural elements of a building. A behavioral healthcare facility in a rainy suburb of Seattle may look nothing like a facility in a hot desert like Arizona.
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Healthcare Design
Both institutions emphasize performance. Athletes, of course, understand the importance of exercise in enabling their bodies to perform at their peak; however, research also shows us that exercise also activates thinking and enables the brain to perform at its peak. For sports medicine and academic medical centers alike, we need to design environments for health and exercise, in order to achieve high performance of both mind and body.
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Any environment you design that integrates a Corian® solid surface can get a boost from Corian® Charging Surface. In an airport, a high-rise, office spaces, hospitals, hotels or more, you can now offer customers a solid surface that charges smart devices wirelessly. Learn more about specifying Corian® Charging Surface.
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IIDA
Join IIDA at the second annual IIDA Advocacy Symposium for three days of sessions, speakers, and panels focused on the advocacy topics that matter most to commercial interior designers. Learn critical skills, including how to build relationships with decision-makers, work with other stakeholder groups, and promote grassroots involvement, and connect with passionate, dedicated, and persistent commercial interior design advocates from across the country. IIDA members must login prior to registering to receive the IIDA discount. Register today.
IIDA
IIDA, in cooperation with EDmarket, has created the EDspaces Innovation Awards to recognize manufacturers and designers for excellence in product design for the learning environment. Exhibitors at EDspaces 2016 are eligible to submit product
entries. Products not displayed at EDspaces 2016 are not eligible to participate. Products must be designed for the learning environment and offered for sale or use after Nov. 1, 2015. The deadline to enter is Friday, Oct. 14. Enter now.
Boutique Design
There's no escaping the fact that however similar the finished product, working with sub 10-ft. ceilings, fire retardancy regulations, load limits, traffic volume issues, and weight limits on shipboard projects poses a unique set of challenges. Pulling the rabbit out of that hat means ditching go-to solutions for making spaces stand out. The upside? There's a plethora of takeaways here for projects on shore.
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Fast Company
Airbnb is unveiling the first project for Samara, their new division tasked with inventing new futures for the company: A communal housing project designed to revitalize a small town in Japan. A key part of the design is where it will eventually be installed: Yoshino, in the Nara prefecture, which is home to Japan’s most famous cedar forests. That location, and Nara's strong community of craftsmen, made it relatively easy to source all the building materials locally, from the upholstery to the furniture. On the ground floor, there's a living room available for community use, a kitchen, and a 16-foot-long center dining table.
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Fast Company
The average person generates 4.3 pounds of waste every day, so why not put some of that trash to better use? In London, Bloomberg is doing just that with a program called "Waste Not Want It," which has commissioned 37 artists to create original works using discarded materials from the company's office over the project's five years in existence. Each designer used different materials and methods in approaching the task, and Bloomberg's office has gained meeting areas, work spaces, tables, and even a decorative wall screen.
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Interior Design
The 1928 neoclassical building started as a bank. "Over the years, a mezzanine was added, and the space was cut up into small rooms," says designer Dwayne Oyler. Then came the programmatic components. The entry flows into an open kitchen used for demos and other events. Its main feature is an L-shape island fronted in birch plywood milled into a wave relief. Beyond the kitchen, a glass box encloses the 3-D printers, the heart of the operation.
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LEDinside
LAVA's design for the new Philips Lighting Headquarters features an experiential welcome in the atrium and office spaces that foster creativity. Visitors are greeted by a huge parametrically designed interactive light "tree," a sculpture of light containing 1,500 "leaves," panels suspended from the ceiling. Reflective surfaces create a play of light and shadow. The concept is of golden light filtering through trees. Light was used for information, visualization, emotion, and enabling. LAVA not only showcases the latest lighting technology – the sculpture gives shape and visibility to light. Light is the tool to create a volume of space.
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Inc.
If you're like most, you're drowning in things that need to get done. You probably find productivity advice such as "focus on what's important and urgent" useless, because everything that hits your desk is important and urgent. No matter how hard you work, stuff falls through the cracks. Fortunately, there's a quick hack you can add to your day that should help catch more stuff from falling. It's called the 30/30 Rule.
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Entrepreneur
Being a leader today isn’t what it was 20 years ago. Employees – millennials in particular – want more than a paycheck and benefits; they want a mission. They need to understand the larger vision and how their day to day efforts feed into the ultimate goal or purpose of the company.
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Inc.
A car with a flat or missing tire won't get very far. Like any machine with missing or ineffective parts, it simply won't operate properly. And the same is true of organizations. Organizations are only as successful as their employees are, so attracting and retaining top talent is vital to success. These five things will help you get and keep your best employees.
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