Open plan offices have come with potential drawbacks. These include noise, lack of privacy, distractions, reduced focus for tasks that require concentration and potential negative impacts on employee ...

With hot-desking, working from home and co-working on the rise, Space10 co-founder Simon Caspersen calls for the end of the open-plan office. The wall-free layout that has dominated offices over the ...

A recent study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania examined ways that office designers might be able to ameliorate the negative effects of open-plan environments. The study, conducted with ...

The call center on the 11th floor of this 19-story office building in downtown Seoul had a layout that would look familiar to many a white-collar worker: Long rows of shared desks line each side of ...

Open-plan office workers with more visual control over their environment rated their focus, productivity, and teamwork more highly, according to a study published April 28, 2021 in the open-access ...

The IT security concerns are greatest among IT leaders of small companies, with 94% concerned about the level of security available in open plan work areas compared to 85% of medium companies, and 79% ...

“to create a six-foot radius around each employee, companies may have to pull desks apart or stagger employees so they are not facing one another.” This is ludicrous. The six-foot rule is intended for ...