“The new HQ was as far away from Taylorism in aesthetic and organizational terms as you could get: a city of its own on the outskirts of a city.”

• “The academy” – A campus with high corporate visibility, such as Apple’s headquarters.
• “The agora” – A porous corporate workplace, open to the city and marketplace, such as London’s King’s Cross redevelopment, home to a transit hub, a large Google office and many shops and offices.

“The networked office repositions the office building as one node in a dynamic organizational network, not a static artifact that stands alone.”

“A combination of clarity and empathy, for example, can be seen to create a strong foundation for well-being, as empathic spaces such as rest areas and services for better health are given clear visual priority in the workplace.”

“Results during lockdown showed that 45–50 % of people were happy to continue working from home, with the remainder mostly wanting a hybrid existence.”

“An app-based experience will analyze past performance, look at current activities, review the ‘data lake’ and recommend where to work, in what space and with which people.”

• Modern office came in over 100 years ago, as an extension of the factory floor
• Backlash against the machine-inspired modern office led to new designs aimed at making the workplace feel like a community