Detail in Contemporary Office Design

Office design has changed significantly over the last few years and is now one of the most innovative areas of interior design. It used to be the case that only the public spaces of an office were creatively designed, but increasingly the staff areas are seen as key reflections of the company brand as well. In more radical offices, there is also a growing belief in the importance of work areas as social spaces and a blurring of the distinction between work and recreation. This book explores in detail 42 of the best recent office design schemes, featuring projects from leading architects around the world. Each project includes photographs as well as detailed drawings and plans, where appropriate, in addition to informative text describing the design concept and process. A bonus CD contains drawings featured in the book, in both eps and dwg (generic CAD) formats.1. INTRODUCTION 2. PURPOSE BUILT 395 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, Studio O+ A Anna, Basel, ZMIK Dreamhost, San Francisco, Studio O+A Caja de Arquitectos, Pamplona, Inglesias and Silanes GLEM Office, Rio de Janiero, Mareines + Patalano Architects Google Engineering HQ, London, Penson Hue Plus, Tokyo, Schemata Architecture Office Khan Project Office, Seoul, Khan Project Kirchplatz Office, Muttenz/Basel, Oppenheim Architecture + Huesler Architekten, MR Design Office, Tokyo, Schemata Architecture Office Microsoft Headquarters, Vienna, Innocad, VOV, Seoul Void Planning, WOW, Sendai, Upsetters Architects Yandex, St Petersburg, Za Bor Ymedia, Wink, Yperform, Madrid, Stone Designs Lego PMD, Billund, Rosan Bosch and Rune Fjord 3. CONVERSIONS A Red Object, Shanghai, 3Gatti Architecture Bar Code, Singapore, Ministry of Design Brandbase, Amsterdam, Most Architecture Cheap Monday, Stockholm, Uglycute Epean Studio, Shanghai, Fei Wang Goldberger, Budapest, Terhivatal Headvertising, Bucharest, Corvin Christian Kantoor IMd, Rotterdam, Ector Hoogstad Architecten Netlife Research, Oslo, Eriksen Skajaa Architects No Picnic, Stockholm, Elding Oscarson One Size, Amsterdam, Origins Architects Power Office, Amsterdam, 29 and Eckhardt & Leeuwenstein Pride and Glory, Krakow, Morpho Studio Red Bull, Amsterdam, Sid Lee Architecture Saii+Kama, Seoul, M4 Shophouse, Bangkok, all(zone) Skype Office, Stockholm, PS Arkitektur Tribal DDB, Amsterdam, i29 Urban Station, Buenos Aires, Total Tool 4. UPGRADES OF EXISTING INTERIORS Edison House, London, Adjaye Associates FA Law Office, Ragusa, Chiavola+Sanfilippo Architetti Logan Offices, New York, SO-IL Myer Head Office, Sydney, Buro North OfiSera, Izmir, Yerce Architecture Pumpkin Room, Beijing, edg Creatives Red Town, Shanghai, Taranta Creations Sierra Space, San Francisco, Logan Johnson Architecture Taoyuanju Office, Tianjin, Vector Architects The JWT Agency, Paris, Mathieu Lehanneur Thin Office, Singapore, Studio SKLIM DIRECTORY OF ARCHITECTS' DETAILS / INDEX AND CREDITS