"Employees that find the office layout challenging are encouraged to focus first on the small things they can tweak to fit their needs." Thanks to several over-the-top movie and TV portrayals, many ...

From open plans to hybrid zones, every design choice sends a message. Here's how the right balance between openness and ...

Don’t tell my boss, but our open office is slowly driving me nuts. I feel like someone is constantly creeping up on my workstation, and the softest chatter from across the room makes the hairs on my ...

Communal space has found more favor than closed-in offices in recent years. But what are some of the features or policies companies can add for maximum productivity? Think Company's main lounge. When ...

We’ve learned a lot about open office floor plans over the past decade, and not all of it is bad. Some of the top reasons companies switch to open offices include lower overhead costs associated with ...

If you’re an entrepreneur with plans to build or design a new office, Brian Chen and Ethan Bernstein would be good people to know. ROOM co-founder Brian Chen (left) and Harvard Business School ...

In 1967 chemical company DuPont gutted a floor of an office building in Delaware and rebuilt it. The firm put almost everyone into one big room with low partitions. In one corner, they provided a ...

Open offices have taken quite a hit in the media in the past couple of years. The Chicago Tribune even went so far as to use the headline “The open office plan is a disaster.” I disagree. I know what ...

Open floor plans have been the dominant trend in new construction since the 1990s, and they’ve been the goal of many remodeling projects in older homes as well. Turn on any home design television show ...