A spectrum of opinion also shows up when it comes to a design trend that became hot in the early 1990s: the nonterritorial office, in which workers have no assigned space at all.

Jennifer Moore has worked in financial services, tech, and SaaS for 20 years. During that time, she's worked in cubicles, open plan offices, and has had her own office spaces.

Open Floor Plan vs. Broken Floor Plan vs. Closed Floor Plan One way to distinguish these layouts is to see how the space is broken up, whether with architectural elements or temporary ones.

Completed in 2024 in Shanghai, China. Images by Hu Yanyun & Yu Shuyang. In this workspace, Shang Interior Architects breaks away from the rigid norms of traditional office layouts by ...

Researchers at The University of Osaka have developed a novel framework for measuring occupancy in open-plan offices with ...

The new space, which is across the street from the older Google office, will house around 300 employees bringing the total number of Google employees in New York City to around 1,500.