Month: October 2016

• Quicker, simpler, less expensive, better: Why design and build is often the best option for a new office design or refurbishment project 

  Posted on October 13, 2016 by Fresh Workspace

  

  The best way of getting what you want is invariably to follow the simplest route. Research, experience and common sense tell us that in most cases, simple systems achieve better, faster and less expensive results. It is this that is the underlying principle behind ‘Design and Build’; often the best, fastest and least expensive method […]

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• Our ideas about office design are shaped by their communal spaces

  Posted on October 13, 2016 by Fresh Workspace

  

  Our ideas about the design of offices are shaped by their communal spaces. Receptions, meeting rooms and hospitality spaces may hog the media spotlight, but we shouldn’t forget that good old workstations are just as important in making people feel welcome at work. Exhibitions, books, case studies and features are invariably skewed towards receptions and meeting […]

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• How the office intertwined itself so closely with our lives

  Posted on October 13, 2016 by Fresh Workspace

  

  The office as we largely know it has only been with us for a little over a hundred years. It was in 1903 that architect Frank Lloyd Wright completed his groundbreaking designs for The Larkin Building in Buffalo, New York (pictured). The building he conceived is still viewed as the first truly modern office and […]

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• How to manage change when you are relocating your offices

  Posted on October 12, 2016 by Paul Goodchild

  

  They do say that moving house is one of the most stressful experiences that many of us will go through in our lives. It’s equally true that workplace relocations can be equally traumatic for many people. What is important is that organisations develop an enlightened approach to managing change if they are to carry the […]

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