A primary intention for the design of a building to house the London headquarters of telecommunications company Sky Central was maximizing natural light throughout its 11,490 square feet.
Family owned since 1916, the Washington Fruit & Produce company in Yakima asked Seattle firm Graham Baba Architects to design its new headquarters with a look departing from that of most industrial agribusiness facilities.
This January, workplace-software developer Slack got an office in Lower Manhattan befitting its reputation as a pioneer of free-flowing, unencumbered intra-office communication.
From cutting into dropped ceilings to strategically spacing baffles, architects and designers have long sought unobtrusive ways to specify good sound control alongside appropriate lighting without compromising either.
Rhe annual contract furnishings show in Chicago may include products suitable for various contract environments, but it is still chiefly a bellwether of workplace design.