Exploring ideas that shape the places we work
The design team* approached the 275,000 square feet of space with security, sustainability, and appropriate imagery in mind. And the end result? A LEED-certified, award-winning space — including Glass Magazine’s \”“Most Innovative Energy-Efficient Glass Project– Crystal Achievement Award in 2010.
Companies have moved beyond focusing on reducing costs; rather, they–â„¢re seeking alternative work strategies (without spending their own extra money to execute their own strategies) to provide an engaging workspace–one which offers what coworking provides — community, collaboration, and productivity.
We asked NexSpace’s CEO Jeremy Neuner to tell us about what it’s like to cowork in his facility. Here’s what he had to say.
What made coworking a sensible idea is the shift in technology from big bulky desktop machines to a mobile world we live in now, where anyone can work from anywhere. That being said working from coffee shops or your couch isn’t the ideal situation. Technology liberated us from our cubicles and stuffy offices; however, it didn’t provide a better physical space for us.
Coyote fosters a culture of youth, energy and tenacity. And it was imperative to the company that their headquarters reflected these values. The space is an airy office environment in a loft building with open ceilings and a communicating steel staircase connecting their two floors together.
We asked RocketSpace’s CEO Duncan Logan to tell us about what it’s like to cowork in his facility. Here’s what he had to say.
There are several companies around the world with beautiful workspace where anyone would love to work. Apart from being creative and vibrant, these workspaces have intelligent architecture. These are designed in an organized manner to ensure optimum space utilization without being cluttered.
Thankfully, many agencies — including my own — are embracing the necessity of well-designed workspaces. My current office space is perfectly suited to the work that we do.
For the software engineers and information analysts at Quid–â„¢s San Francisco headquarters, the prevailing aesthetic is Stanley Kubrick meets Isaac Newton meets John Le Carre.
Duke Corporate Education commissioned Alliance Architecture, to renovate their new headquarters in the Lucky Strike Building at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, North Carolina.
When the new Dutch ABN AMRO bank hired Janko Rasic Architects, PLLC to design its New York City office, the importance of lighting was stressed during one the first client/architect meetings.
The Design District in Miami, better known as “The SOHO of the South,” serves as Ground Zero for the world famous Art Basel’s American…
NRG Energy is headquartered in the Houston Pavilions mixed-use complex in downtown Houston. Kirksey designed the 11 floors of this 262,000-sf project to ease the organizational transition of two merging companies, increase collaboration among co-workers, and successfully leverage the unique retail location for their PR efforts.
Over the past ten years, a new way of working has emerged along with people who live it every day. We call them the free radicals and, to us, they represent the future of work: they operate 24/7 through nimble, networked collaboration; they are averse to rigid hierarchies and set processes; they value career fluidity, not job security.
WWF asked Envision Design to gather a team of consultants for a sustainability charette focused on improving the overall sustainability and operational footprint of the building. The project was called \”“Beyond Platinum– because WWF was seeking innovative thinking on a long-term sustainability strategy, not simply meeting the requirements of the LEED rating system.