Extraordinary Offices

by Cerver, Francisco Asensio

• ISBN13: 9780823066162
• ISBN10: 0823066169
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Random House Inc

Summary

Many of the world's most appealing office environments are open for a visit between the covers of this inviting volume. An ideal sourcebook for architects, interior designers, and students, this book identifies the new relationship between workers and the workplace brought about in large measure by the radical transformation of communications systems. Lavish photos and elucidating text describe how space planning is affected by these new systems, as exemplified by the offices of Chiat/Day, Alliance Communication, and BBDO, among others.

Table of Contents

Interactive + creative = ...	6	(12)
At Least We Still Have the Music	12	(6)
Maybe We should Stop Calling it an ``Office''	18	(4)
Semi-Transparent Words	22	(6)
The Media also Has a Little Heart	28	(6)
Giving Underrated Materials Their Due	34	(6)
A Granary in the Office	40	(6)
Little by Little, a Tree	46	(6)
Simplicity	52	(6)
Foregrounds	58	(6)
Chance Encounters in Unlikely Places	64	(6)
The digital City	70	(6)
Where the Wood Used to be	76	(6)
I:I Model and We Carry on Working	82	(6)
Legitimate defense	88	(8)
The Strategy of Opportunity	96	(6)
Words Suspended in the Half-Darkness	102	(4)
Money curves	106	(4)
Avant la lettre	110	(6)
Conspiring with the Past	116	(6)
Wooden Computers	122	(6)
Rowing Against the Current	128	(6)
Reflections on the 15th Floor	134	(6)
Clean Technology	140	(6)
Jonas Inside the Whale	146	(6)
The Opulent Void	152