Workplace innovator is looking for designers to imagine the future of offices

Last week, we published the results of our survey of the architectural community, which focused on workplace trends and a return to offices. Key findings from the survey, which can be read in its entirety here, included the finding that just over half of respondents had either returned to in-person working or had chosen to work some of their time in the office. Of those who were working in offices that had re-opened, almost 90% said that changes had been made to their office infrastructure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The results demonstrated a continuing dependence on local health requirements, adaptions to technology, and employee preferences, adding further credence to a prevailing view that workplace trends, including what we expect from the offices of the future, will be permanently changed long after the pandemic has ended. In this respect, architects sit at an interesting crossroads. As office users, architects will be among the professions whose work environments are destin...