I have written many posts about courthouse planning in the last year. From space allocation to courthouse design, we’ve explored these issues qualitatively. In today’s entry, I will shift gears and begin a series on courthouse design and planning from a quantitative perspective.

Over the past year, I have posted numerous articles addressing courtroom layout and design topics and discussed judges’ chambers and courthouse circulation. Each post focused on a single issue relevant to that particular courthouse component in courthouse planning.

Designing modern, open offices that facilitate collaboration requires more than the right furniture and floor plan, we must also design these offices within the context of basic human needs.

In this and the following two entries in this three-post series, I’ll look at the interplay between modern office design and the needs of office occupants. Specifically, I’ll address modern office design within the context of basic human needs and demographic variations. This first article will...

In my last article on planning for mobile offices, I presented an example office layout for collaborative employees. In this third and final piece in the series, I will review the principal furniture and facilities needed for employees who often work remotely or away from their main office. This...