At officeinsight, we don’t hand out official awards during Chicago Design Week. There are already plenty of colorful acrylic trophies floating around THE MART and Fulton Market. Instead, we keep a running list of the…
The influence of 21st-century member clubs like SoHo House on commercial workplace interiors is undeniable. Known for their exclusivity, these spaces have sparked a design movement that celebrates the balance between access and allure—exclusive,…
Many design competitions pad the resume of designers or stroke the egos of manufacturers, but the Wege Prize creates ideas that might change the world. The Wege Prize — an annual international competition run…
For years, the conversation around the future of work has swung between two extremes. On one end was the prediction that offices would largely disappear, replaced by remote work and digital collaboration. On the other was the…
Architecture prizes often attempt to capture something that is difficult to measure. They look for influence, rigor, cultural relevance and the elusive idea of vision. Every so often, however, the selection feels less like a judgment and more…
Haworth has acquired a majority shareholding in Tayco, adding the Toronto-based manufacturer’s production capabilities and casegoods portfolio to its North American platform. The deal strengthens Haworth’s manufacturing network and expands the range…
On Manhattan’s east side, where First Avenue becomes a corridor of diplomacy, a transformation is taking shape inside Three UN Plaza. The Kevin Roche-designed tower, long a fixture of the United Nations…
Rev your engines. This research and development center brings together five previously separate teams under one roof in the C5 Tower at Bengaluru’s prime business hub of Brigade Tech Garden. Vestian was appointed to deliver a 255,000…
There are no official managers, no goals, no quotas, and no forecasts. Titles are practically nonexistent. Teams at Washington Workplace operate with near-total autonomy, an unusual approach that somehow works brilliantly. Based in Arlington, Va,…
Over the years, architecture and design firm Spacesmith has both witnessed and contributed to the evolution of college and university campuses from the inside out. For more than a dozen institutions, the…
The beautiful thing about preservation is that we begin with something that already exists and is local. In addition to retaining the collective memory of the building, preservation optimizes our consumption patterns.…
Kinzo Architekten have remodeled and redesigned three floors of the Kollhoff Tower at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin for the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The brief called for an inviting, cozy…