by Alexi Marmot
and Joanna Eley

A one-stop, on-the-job resource for modern office space planning and design!

Coax the maximum benefits from any professional space with this practical guide to planning and designing leading-edge workplaces. Offering help with both open-plan and enclosed space systems, this resource from two top international experts is packed with information, case studies, and tools that will help you:

• Meet employees' space and task needs
• Respond to changing work patterns and attitudes
• Plan offices both large and small, private sector and public agency, owned and leased
• Use hands-on checklists, rules of thumb, charts and guidelines to quickly solve design dilemmas and answer design questions
• Resolve air quality, temperature, and other environmental issues
• Make expert choices on lighting, furniture and other fixtures
• Plus much more!

Office Space Planning is an invaluable guide for any architect or designer.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Location-free Work
3. Knowledge is Power
4. Leveling the Space Pyramid
5. Four Walls and a Door
6. The Open Plan Office
7. Sick Building Syndrome Avoidance
8. Amenities
9. Information Technology
10. Renovation and Relocation

Index

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