A large national study suggests that the layout of your office may shape workplace relationships, with traditional open-plan designs linked to a higher risk of bullying while more flexible ...

Your company’s design choices may be accelerating employee burnout. Lots of ink has been spilled on the pros and cons of the open plan office layout, and you may have strong opinions about your office ...

Bullying is more likely to happen in open-plan offices, according to new research. The layout leads to a "clearly increased risk" of workplace bullying compared with employees having their own office ...

From open plans to hybrid zones, every design choice sends a message. Here’s how the right balance between openness and privacy builds real trust in today’s workplaces. Workspaces influence employees’ ...

Kelso Harper: Do you hate your open-plan office? Are you even in an office anymore? COVID changed how we use office spaces, and now many employers are starting to rethink their design. Today, we’re ...

Osaka, Japan - Researchers at The University of Osaka have developed a novel framework for measuring occupancy in open-plan offices with unprecedented precision. This innovative system uses computer ...

Clive Wilkinson Architects championed open offices for big companies such as Google and Microsoft. Now, as the pandemic has led to a massive overhaul of work life, they envision something completely ...

The new study, from researchers in two Spanish universities, involved fitting test subjects aged between their mid-20s and mid-60s with wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) devices. The workers were ...

These sound absorption tiles use algorithms to translate images into felt material designed to absorb unwanted office sound. Science confirms it: Open offices are a nightmare Your open-plan workplace ...

An open-plan layout—also known as open concept—is a design term used in residential and commercial architecture that refers to large, open spaces without enclosed rooms or walls (in office spaces, it ...