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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809962203321

Titolo

Reinventing the workplace / / edited by John Worthington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Burlington, MA, : Architectural Press, c2006

ISBN

1-136-36910-4

1-280-64200-9

9786610642007

0-08-045551-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WorthingtonJohn <1938->

Disciplina

658

725.2

Soggetti

Architecture, Industrial

Work environment

Office buildings

Architecture - Technological innovations

Intelligent buildings

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Reinventing the Workplace Second Edition; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Sponsors; Contributors; Introduction: the Changing Workplace; Section I Charting a Future; 1 the Logistical City; 2 New Patterns of Work: the Design of the Office; 3 Real Estate and the Future; 4 the Future Workplace, Opportunities, Realities and Myths: a Practical Approach to Creating Meaningful Environments; Section II Real Estate Dilemmas; 5 Office Cultures: International Differences in Workplace Design; 6 New Real Estate Models to Support Distributed Working

7 Competing for the Future of Corporate Real EstateSection III the Opportunities of Information Technology; 8 from the Intelligent Building to the Distributed Workplace; 9 Technology for a New Office; Section Iv Management Responses; 10 Delivering the Operational Workplace; 11 Supporting Organisational Change; 12 Making Change Work; Section V Working Solutions; 13 Emerging Building Forms and



Accommodation Solutions: New Building Typologies or Distinctive Place-making; 14 Asia Pacific: a Melting Pot of Global Experience; 15 North American Office Design at the Start of the New Millennium

16 the Dynamic Workplace: Scottish Enterprise Headquarters, GlasgowFigure Acknowledgements; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Incorporating a diversity of practices, cultural and organization change, and new building forms, this book provides ideas, inspiration and analysis of the multitude of ways in which an office space can be designed and utilized. Updated to cope with technological advances, as well as including a new series of case studies on recent Australian, North American and Scandinavian experiences, the contributors draw on a wealth and variety of professional experience to present the best and most innovative solutions for today's office - and tomorrow's workplace.