In this third and final post in my series on planning for the open office environment, I’ll look at the interplay between open office design and the needs of office occupants within the context of demographic variations.

A good initial design can be a significant factor in reducing courthouse operational costs. By contrast, less than optimal design features can have just the opposite effect. In this blog, I will explore three principal design considerations that can have the greatest impact on future courthouse...

In my last mobile workplace article Programming Mobile Office Facilities, I presented example furniture and facilities neighborhood groups for the three predominant work practice styles that I first discussed in Mobile Office Work Practices. These example neighborhood groups included the principal...

In 1970, Alvin Toffler published the best-seller Future Shock. He cautioned us that not only would change come quickly in the foreseeable future, but the rate of change would begin to accelerate as technology took a greater foothold in our societies. Nowhere has this proven more correct than in the...

In my previous post about space reduction, Technology, Mobility, Flexibility, and Beyond, I discussed the evolving work environments of today’s office space. In the series to follow, I will review some of the key components of today’s mobile office environment, as well as a review of the...