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.
Workplace
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.
6 Ways IDEO Cambridge Designers Stay Creative
When Metropolis visited the global design company's new Cambridge outpost, we quizzed its designers on how they stay fresh, collaborative, and imaginative.
Ghislaine Viñas's Convention-Defying Approach to Interiors
Viñas’s flair for color and narrative—a talent she sharpened in residential work—makes her firm a growing force in workplace and product design.
At SFO, a 1960s Airplane Hangar Conceals a Working Design Office
Big Room, a temporary workplace constructed inside an airplane hangar, brings teams together by leaning into scrappy solutions and a sense of fun.
Design Legend Klaus Nienkämper Looks Back on 50 Years of Furniture Innovation
The German-born designer reflects on pivotal moments in his career, his first Neocon, and how his firm stayed on the cutting edge of design.
Meet Dani Arps, New York's Go-To Designer for Start Ups
With a dozen-odd start-up offices under her belt—including Venmo and SeatGeek, the designer is making waves in the world of workplaces.
