Workspace Design
How to create the ideal workspace for a multi-generational workforce
Millennials are taking over the modern workforce while Baby Boomers remain reluctant to retire until they are debt free. So how do you balance this diverse workplace? And what can we learn from design that will encourage cross-generational collaboration?
Five ways to reduce workplace noise
Have you ever been in a workplace where it’s so loud you can’t even hear yourself think? It’s a growing issue as more businesses embrace open plan working environments. Here are five top tips to helping your employees block out noisy distractions.
Are open plan offices killing employee interaction?
Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers. But an innovative new study has found that employees in open-plan offices spend 73% less time in face-to-face interactions. Email and messaging use shot up by over 67%.
Green with envy at the office
Research shows that incorporating nature into workplace design has a significant impact on employees’ happiness, wellbeing and productivity. But these global office spaces take it to the next level, with green designs of the highest order each crafted to provide wellbeing and the most serene – and spectacular – working environments for staff. Here are five of the best:
Facilities management – the strength of diversity
Kate Langan is CoreNet Global’s Board of Directors Chair. CoreNet Global is the world’s leading professional association for corporate real estate executives, with more than 10,000 members in 50 countries. In part 2 of our interviews into diversity in the FM industry, we sit down with Langan to learn how the association harnesses the strength of diversity.
Not just a man’s world – diversity in facilities management
Spring Professional is an international recruitment firm specialising in attracting talent for the FM industry. Associate director – facilities management, Louise Rowe sits down with Annie Reid for a Q&A session on how her business is adapting to new trends in diversity.
VIDEO: Robert Di Pasquale, CBRE
Ahead of Total Facilities 2018 Speaker Series, we interviewed Robert Di Pasquale, Senior Director, Global Workplace Solutions, Enterprise Facilities Management at CBRE.
5 design and facility ideas to boost workplace productivity
Productivity is key to optimising workplace performance — and the design and facilities of work spaces play a significant role in increasing productivity, enhancing efficiency, and encouraging collaboration. We’re already experiencing open-plan offices and collaborative spaces, but what about science-backed design, environmental elements, and modular fit outs? Here are five design and facility ideas that can boost workplace productivity.
Breathing new life into old buildings
Industrial building conversion has become increasingly common in residential real estate, but what happens when a heritage building loses its shine and is reinvigorated to generate new business? The results can be magical. We’ve found six Australian offices that have breathed new life into buildings built between the 1880s and 1970s.
5 work spaces that look like home
Modern manifestations of work, play and home continue to blur the boundaries of conventional office spaces. We’re already experiencing fit outs as luxe as lounge rooms, but what about boardrooms that mirror dining rooms? Or outdoor work areas as cosy as courtyards? Here’s our round up of the newest and most stylish work spaces that’ll have you seeing double. So, while there’s no place like home, your work space isn’t far behind.
