Here is one building that attempts to reinvent the workplace...
"Connecting the atriums are two indoor "boulevards" that run the length of the building. Like all the other public spaces shared by employees, they are designed to encourage chance encounters and an informal sharing of information. To allow for this, 225 meeting rooms of various sizes are scattered throughout the building, pretty much everywhere - off of the cafés and restaurants, for example. And because no one is tied to a desk by a computer or telephone line, people tend to be out and about more."
In addition to work enhancing and communication fostering qualities, the design is backed by several sustainable features. One of them is the regulating of internal temperature with the water from the adjacent sea... (check out link 2 for in depth details)
Here are the links on this building:
-Leonard
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