Elise Shapiro is a contributing editor. Little did she know that her first job, in the facilities department at Ralston Purina, while obtaining her M. Arch at Washington University, in St. Louis would foreshadow where her career would lead. She has always been a strong advocate for providing the best possible spaces for people to work – where aesthetics meet function and drive business success.
Employees may never have a desk that feels like ‘theirs’ again, employers should take individual workers’ personalities into account in workspace design + more.
The push for nicer offices is becoming more about practical design solutions, why architecture students must understand the existing political, social, and economic systems, and more.