The open-plan office
The open-plan office has become an urban archetype, ingrained in our consciousness – an ineluctable and inescapable element of modernity, writes Edwin Heathcote.
But there is nothing particularly modern about the idea. It originated towards the end of the 19th century, when construction technology using steel beams allowed architects to create big, column-free spaces. These became the clerical equivalent of the factory floor, with workers seated at rows of desks, overlooked by executives in enclosed, glazed offices.
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