Design

Reduce, reuse, recycle – at skyscraper scale

2022’s World Building of the Year takes recycling to the next level, wrapping a 1970s office core in new fit-for-the-future floors

Water at work: is more blue space the answer to the blues?

We’ve all heard of green space but what about blue space? Research shows that environments with a water feature may be even better for you than traditional plant-based biophilic design

Beyond accessibility: what’s next for the inclusive Danish workplace?

A new report from Design Denmark takes a deep dive into the future of work and outlines key themes which will become crucial to developing a more sensory and sustainable workplace

The Frank Lloyd Wright office towers that never were

Brilliant new renderings of unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright office towers show how advanced his vision was and set the bar for today’s architects of tall buildings to match

Question of focus: how can office design address new priorities?

What’s holding people back from returning to the office? New U.S data tracked by global design firm Gensler explores how employee priorities are changing in favour of supporting individual work

Diversity by design: five ways to enhance inclusion in the workplace

After the social inequalities of the pandemic, there is now a growing onus on workplace designers to cater more effectively for a diverse range of employee needs through attention to marginalised groups

Creative masterclass 2023: plan the future of work with RCA

As workplace professionals face a crunch time on making hybrid work happen, WORKTECH Academy has again teamed up with the Royal College of Art to create an online learning experience centred on creative and design thinking

Unworking: new book on the reinvention of the modern office

Over the past 100 years, the office has dominated working life. Now it must be reinvented as part of a flexible future of work. A new book by the co-founders of WORKTECH explains how and why