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Richard Rogers: Talking Buildings,
Sir John Soane’s Museum, London
18 June 2025
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‘Back to the Future: University Design: Past Present and Future’.,
London
25 June 2025
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Purpose of Place Nicola Gillen - Cushman & Wakefield,
Online
09 July 2025
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Routes to a Stronger Workforce,
London
10 July 2025
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WORKTECH Chicago - Explore the future of work and the workplace,
Chicago
15 July 2025
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WORKTECH Sydney - Explore the future of work and the workplace,
Sydney
31 July 2025
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WORKTECH Auckland - Explore the future of work and the workplace,
Auckland
05 August 2025
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Safe Spaces: Unlocking the Power of Psychological Safety Rebecca Greier Horton - MillerKnoll,
Online
13 August 2025
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From The Top

June 24, 2025

ROOM Launches The Room Collection: flexible architecture for today’s hybrid workplace 

ROOM, the leading modular architecture company behind the award-winning Phone Booth and pioneer in hybrid workplace design, has introduced The Room Collection: a new series of scalable and adaptable rooms, designed to provide privacy in open floorplans and meet the dynamic needs of today’s businesses and office workers.ROOM, the leading modular architecture company behind the award-winning Phone Booth and pioneer in flexible workplace design, has introduced The Room Collection: a new series of scalable and adaptable rooms, designed to provide privacy in open floorplans and meet the dynamic needs of today’s businesses and office workers. A major pain point for employees is working in an office that hasn’t yet been optimized for the hybrid workplace. Simultaneously, businesses may find it difficult to swiftly adapt to changing workplace needs. While insufficient meeting spaces, poor acoustics and back-to-back virtual meetings plague workers, inflexible leases and hefty construction costs prevent business leaders from adapting accordingly. The Room Collection helps solve this through its easy-to-assemble, soundproof modular office system that can evolve to meet the needs of businesses at any stage. More →
by Freddie Steele

June 24, 2025

The Kafka trap of return to office arguments

This month I witnessed somebody misapplying the work of Kafka in an attempt to make a middlebrow point about the so-called return to officeRecently, I bemoaned how Orwell is often invoked in support of an argument by people who haven’t read him. They are usually drawing on some laundered misperception of his work, and especially Nineteen Eighty-Four. Well, just a few days ago, I witnessed somebody misapplying the work of Kafka in a similar attempt to make a middlebrow point about the so-called return to office. More →
by Mark Eltringham

June 22, 2025

Data centres are the real powerhouses behind AI

For many year data centres have remained anonymous and physically low-key with a light air of mystery and suspicion around what actually happens in these technical boxes on the landscape. Yet, they are so vital to our lives, and this is only set to increase as the players in the datacentre world need to stand up to be counted.The Datacloud Global Congress took place during the first week of June, handily nestled between BCO Milan and London Tech week where the government announced an £86 billion boost to science and tech, with the intention of propelling Britain to world-leading status for research and innovation. These are three events with very different content, yet are also intrinsically linked for progressive and high performance societies and organisations. This was the 20th anniversary of Datacloud Global Congress, the flagship event for the sector – “mipim for data centres” some say. More →
by Anna King

June 22, 2025

Study claims that working from home can significantly boost productivity

A new study of a large Turkish call centre provides fresh evidence that working from home can improve productivity and workforce diversityA new study of a large Turkish call centre provides fresh evidence that working from home can improve productivity and workforce diversity — though in-person onboarding remains crucial to long-term success. The research, conducted by economists from King’s College London, Stanford, the Paris School of Economics and the EBRD, examines Tempo BPO, a Turkish business process outsourcing company that moved fully remote in 2020. The authors include well-known remote work researchers Nick Bloom and Steven Davis, alongside Cevat Giray Aksoy, Victoria Marino, and Cem Ozguzel. More →
by Neil Franklin

June 19, 2025

The pace of office downsizing appears to be slowing to a stop

The majority of organisations have already reduced their real estate footprint – but the pace of office downsizing is slowingA new report from Leesman claims that the sharp reductions in office space seen in last five years may now be levelling off. According to the Focus Forward study, which draws on data from 132 senior corporate real estate (CRE) leaders worldwide, the majority of organisations have already reduced their real estate footprint – but the pace of office downsizing is slowing. The report states that 68 percent of organisations surveyed had downsized over the previous 18 months. However, only 49 percent said they intended to reduce space in the next 18 months. Of those, just 11 percent anticipated what the report refers to as “considerable” reductions. More →
by Neil Franklin

News

June 22, 2025

Study claims that working from home can significantly boost productivity

by Neil Franklin

June 19, 2025

The pace of office downsizing appears to be slowing to a stop

by Neil Franklin

June 19, 2025

Microsoft research lays bare the rise of the ‘infinite workday’

by Neil Franklin

June 18, 2025

One in ten UK workers take on side jobs while working from home

by Neil Franklin

June 18, 2025

At home down under: hybrid working has become a way of life in Australia

by Marvin Gort

June 16, 2025

Government partners with tech firms to boost AI skills of UK workforce

by Marvin Gort

June 16, 2025

Half of company directors think their board is of no value to the business

by Neil Franklin

June 12, 2025

Turns out that hybrid working is indeed the new normal. For a minority of people

by Neil Franklin
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Comment

June 24, 2025

The Kafka trap of return to office arguments

by Mark Eltringham

June 22, 2025

Data centres are the real powerhouses behind AI

by Anna King

June 9, 2025

Rise of AI gives us a chance to rediscover a world beyond the screen

by Anthony Brown

June 6, 2025

Milan proves to be the perfect setting for an optimistic BCO conference

by Anna King

June 5, 2025

The enduring allure of workplace bullshit

by Mark Eltringham

May 28, 2025

The amenity trap: why more isn’t always better

by James Mohsen

May 12, 2025

The shattering of self-image can be a very serious matter

by Mark Eltringham

May 12, 2025

Is anyone really thinking about the future beyond what happens next?

by Stephanie Fitzgerald
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Features

May 19, 2025

Clerkenwell Design Week 2025 will testify to the reinvention of the office design sector

by Freddie Steele

March 12, 2025

Genuinely unmissable workplace events are thin on the ground. The Workspace Design Show is one of the best

by Mick Jordan

January 22, 2025

The constant craving to put numbers on working relationships

by Mark Eltringham

December 20, 2024

Workplace politics: When free speech becomes a faux pas

by David Browne

December 5, 2024

Measuring and rewarding what people do at work? It’s a rat trap, baby, and you’ve been caught

by Mark Eltringham

November 4, 2024

Is salutogenic design the next big issue for the workplace?

by Mark Eltringham

October 29, 2024

Why does colour psychology make so much difference to us?

by Abi Eskdale

October 7, 2024

Office design goes to the movies

by Mark Eltringham
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Premium Content

June 11, 2025

WORKS Magazine Issue 14 is here for you

by Neil Franklin

April 16, 2025

Come fly with me. The new digital issue of IN magazine is here for you

by Mark Eltringham

December 18, 2024

A divine spark of inspiration for office occupiers and designers

by Mark Eltringham

November 19, 2024

The new digital issue of Works magazine would look just dandy on your screen

by Mick Jordan

October 22, 2024

Issue 22 of IN Magazine is here for you

by Neil Franklin

August 30, 2024

New issue of Works Magazine just for you (and in perfect time for your return to work)

by Neil Franklin

August 6, 2024

Endlessly distracted? Get some focus with the new issue of IN Magazine

by Neil Franklin

July 24, 2024

How do you encourage people to spend more time in the office? Find out in our special report

by Neil Franklin
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Company News

June 24, 2025

ROOM Launches The Room Collection: flexible architecture for today’s hybrid workplace 

by Freddie Steele

June 18, 2025

AgileAcoustics Unveils hilo.work- the World’s first electric height-adjustable office privacy screen

by Freddie Steele

June 12, 2025

Material Matters to move to new venue for 2025

by Freddie Steele

June 10, 2025

Zumtobel and Thorn deliver energy efficient lighting to MEMS Power Generation’s new HQ

by Freddie Steele

May 30, 2025

How BPO enables business flexibility in rapidly changing global markets

by Freddie Steele

May 26, 2025

Leading UK practice tp bennett acquires Dubai-based design consultancy Bluehaus

by Freddie Steele

May 20, 2025

The Furniture Makers’ Company announces Design Guild Mark 2025 holders

by Freddie Steele

May 9, 2025

Journal of Biophilic Design to launch Biophilic Design Sourcing Hub at Clerkenwell Design Week

by Freddie Steele
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Featured

  • ROOM Launches The Room Collection: flexible architecture for today’s hybrid workplace 

    ROOM Launches The Room Collection: flexible architecture for today’s hybrid workplace 

  • The Kafka trap of return to office arguments

    The Kafka trap of return to office arguments

  • Data centres are the real powerhouses behind AI

    Data centres are the real powerhouses behind AI

  • Study claims that working from home can significantly boost productivity

    Study claims that working from home can significantly boost productivity

  • The pace of office downsizing appears to be slowing to a stop

    The pace of office downsizing appears to be slowing to a stop

  • Microsoft research lays bare the rise of the ‘infinite workday’

    Microsoft research lays bare the rise of the ‘infinite workday’

  • One in ten UK workers take on side jobs while working from home

    One in ten UK workers take on side jobs while working from home

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