| Description |
ix, 171 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. The future office : design, practice, and applied research / Chris Grech and David Walters --- Pt. I. Place making. Organizational change / Philip Kuttner ... [et al.] -- The interior environment / Vivian Loftness, Jacqueline Vischer, and Jack Tanis -- Towards a psychology of the work environment : comfort, satisfaction and performance / Jacqueline Vischer -- The cultural and physical environment as drivers of workplace design / James H. Thompson -- Workplace and the new American community / David Walters -- Reinventing the American suburban business park / Scott Wilson -- New office, new community / G.B. Arrington and Craig Briner -- Challenges and lessons learned at Arlington Potomac Yard : a work in progress / Dan Kohlhepp --Pt. II. Technological integration. Enthusiastic pragmatism / Christoph Ingenhoven -- Form, function, and aesthetics in the design of tall buildings / Eugene Kohn -- Green design / Kenneth Yeang -- Best practice : a developer's perspective / Michael Harrison -- The added value of sustainable design / Chris Hays, Brad Smith, and Steven Ott -- High performance building envelopes / John Breshears, Christoph Ingenhoven, and Kenneth Yeang -- Information technology and building infrastructure / Wolfgang Wagener, Jupp Gauchel, and Matthew Spathas -- Connected buildings / Wolfgang Wagener -- Pt. III. The future--. Measurement : the key to reinventing the office / Francis Duffy -- Index -- Illustration credits. |
| Subject |
Office buildings -- Design and construction
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Office layout
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| Added Author |
Grech, Chris
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Walters, David
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| ISBN |
9780415385916 (pbk.) |
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0415385911 (pbk.) |
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0415385903 (hbk.) |
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9780415385909 (hbk.) |
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