New Office Design: Planning and Design

Modern working worlds need not have a complex organisation or be perfectly equipped technologically. More and more, office interiors are becoming architectural visiting cards for enterprises. Transparency, openness and modernity are qualities which are often requested in the architecture of company headquarters and administrations. The selection of a three-piece suite in the reception area already contributes to the way an enterprise communicates its image. This volume presents approximately thirty office interiors designed by German-speaking architects and designers. With pictures, texts, drawings and a great deal of detailed information, The New Office Design investigates the manifold formal language of the contemporary working world. AUTHOR: Daniela Pogade studied Germanic and Romance languages and literature in Berlin and Vienna. She is a freelance journalist concentrating on architecture and film. Her publications include Architecture and Urban Development in Leipzig (2005) and Space Signs. Architecture and Communications Design (2005). 295 colour illustrations t95 b/w plans idrawings