The Changing Workplace
Published on 24. April 1992
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-85454-120-8 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of articles, reviews and studies on the subject of office and workplace design. Each of the five chapters deals with a major theme in workplace design and incorporates four articles, with side notes consisting of up-to-date commentaries. Of the four articles, one is characterized by marking a shift in the design debate when it was first published, one is a theoretical piece and another is usually an illustrated case study. The book is intended for the use of architects, interior designers, office space managers and office administrators.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
25 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85454-120-8 (9781854541208)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Opening the debate: the case for Buronlandscaft; facing the dilemmas of status; arguing for useful social research; building critique - CEGB Barnwood. Part 2 Cultural crossover: Buronlandshaft revisited; the Princeton dissertation; Corporateness compared; building critique - Central Beheer. Part 3 Conflicting times: the unstable agenda; six of the past; learning from Europe; building critique - NMB and Colonia. Part 4 Wiring up the world: chip on the edge; intelligence from three continents; the office is the computer; building critique - Lloyd's. Part 5 City of today or tomorrow: a city workplace for the consumer; comparing the competition; capacity in the city is everything; building critique - Broadgate.