Meet the Designers Behind The Wing, the Coworking Company Creating Spaces For and By Women
Working together, architect Alda Ly and designer Chiara de Rege have shaped an instantly recognizable interior identity for The Wing.
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Upali Nanda Blends Science and Design to Connect Wellness to the Built Environment
Nanda, HKS's principal and director of research, has developed a system she calls point-of-decision design (PoDD); it seeks maximum healthy returns from the simplest solutions.
How Conventional Offices Can Compete With Shared Workspace Providers
A Metropolis Think Tank panel at SmithGroup's Washington, D.C. office explored the new amenities that property managers are deploying to retain tenants.
New Exhibition Contemplates the Past, Present, and Future of the Workplace
Open until September 6 at Brooklyn's A/D/O by MINI, Out Of Office highlights key themes and objects from the past 70 years while projecting what the next 30 years may hold.
This Office Is a Fresh Take On a Workspace For a Female-Focused Product Company
Michael Yarinsky Studio designed this open office in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood for women’s shaving company Billie.
How Olson Kundig Renovated and Expanded Its Seattle Office
The 27,000-square-foot workplace carefully reflects and shapes the firm's process, from collaboration and workflow to materiality and aesthetics.
Comfort and Performance: 13 Designs That Capture the Workplace's Shifting Needs
Whole genres of contract furniture now aim to satisfy the need for teamwork, a power source, and an internet connection, as well as privacy, flexibility, and freedom from distraction.
From the Metropolis Archives: Designing the First "Googleplex" Office
Originally published in July 2006, this article explores an early exemplar of tech workplaces: Clive Wilkinson Architects' design for Google's Mountain View HQ.
Innovant Finds the Sweet Spot Between Customized and Standardized Solutions for Workplace Desking
New York–based manufacturer Innovant creates tailored workplace solutions for companies' needs without the financial challenges of 100% bespoke design.
The Opportunities and Blind Spots of Data in Workplace Design
At a Metropolis Think Tank discussion hosted one of AECOM’s New York offices, a team of experts delved into the high-tech cutting edge of workplace design.
Sensors, Privacy, Data, and the High-Tech Workplace
A Think Tank panel discussion hosted at AECOM’s office in Los Angeles mulled over the consequences of building integrated data capture and analytics.
In Atlanta, Gensler Designs One Workplace for Three Different Companies
The firm recently completed an adaptive-reuse project in Stockyards Atlanta to colocate advertising giant IPG’s sister agencies Fitzco, Weber Shandwick, and Momentum.
In Pittsburgh, Schoolhouse Electric Reimagines an Abandoned Midcentury Modern Building
The Detective Building, which hosts a Schoolhouse Electric store, co-working space, and coffee shop, will help fund improvements to the fast-developing East Liberty neighborhood.
WeWork Is Retraining a Generation of Architects to Think in Terms of Data
Data influences WeWork’s real estate deals, construction sequence, and design choices. There’s a sense that acquiring data literacy makes architecture relevant in a tech-dominated era.
StudiosC Fills a Brooklyn Law Office with a Rich Stone, Metal, and Wood Palette
The design features a restored timber-frame ceiling and custom furniture that creates a refreshing dialogue between past and present.
Alexander Fehre Designs a Surreal, Postmodern-Inflected Office in Germany
The Stuttgart, Germany–based interior architect combined vibrantly painted furniture, ample applications of zinc and wood, and bold black-and-white zigzags.
How Coworking Can Help Architects Reassert The Importance of Design
While tech-driven workplaces present new opportunities, if architects fail to show how design shapes workers' performance, then architecture could easily loose its relevance.
Will the Culture of Good Taste Devour McDonald’s?
Two new sparkling buildings in Chicago—designed by Carol Ross Barney and Gensler, respectively—demonstrate a new design direction for the ubiquitous fast-food chain.
Design Studio Space Encounters Brings a Dash of Eclecticism to Amsterdam
As part of our 2018 Design Cities issue, Metropolis looked at projects, firms, and places that are driving global design culture today.
This New Acoustical Lighting Product Spruces Up the Workplace with Space Age Flair
Silent Field 2.0, a new item from Artemide North America designed by Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Laura Pessoni, aims to remedy the shortcomings of the open-office plan.
