Tag: Workplace design | Architecture Now

Masters of reinvention

Projects | Amanda Harkness takes a tour of Precinct Properties’ revitalised head office, by Warren and Mahoney, and finds a series of dramatically different elevations.

Boutique office bucks WFH trend

News | Financial adviser Alex Wang opens art-filled, designer office in Victoria Park — the design led by Buster Caldwell of concept and interior design studio Wonder Group.

Ebbs and flows: Spark Christchurch

Projects | The telco’s new Christchurch headquarters by Sheppard & Rout Architects mimics and reflects its context and industry with its decorative and functional glass façade.

Through the vines: Zespri HQ

Projects | Zespri’s new headquarters by Warren and Mahoney intertwines the language of the orchard with that of the corporate workplace.

The future of workspace is about workers

Practice | Workspaces of the future will be centred on the needs of the people — but not necessarily in the ways we imagine.

Co-working buzz

News | The B:Hive office building at Smales Farm, North Shore, has been created with flexibility and co-working practices in mind.

Reinventing what privacy means

Practice | Partner Content: Most people think about privacy in terms of other people bothering us, but it’s really about control.

Energy flows

Projects | Trustpower moves with the times, embracing Activity Based Working in the design of its new premises.

Engagement and the global workplace

Practice | Partner Content: A Steelcase research study on the links between employee engagement and workplace satisfaction.

Future-focused workplaces

Practice | From Airbnb to Lego, new book Spaces for Innovation explores how well-designed workspaces affect creativity.

Spatial report

Review | Sarosh Mulla explores how changes in news delivery and consumption are affecting the design of the modern newsroom.

The death of the desk

Practice | Partner Content: Workplace experts Unispace believe the traditional office will change irrevocably in as little as five years.

Water for wellbeing

Practice | A report on solving design challenges for health through the presence of water.

Cradle of disruption

Projects | Sarosh Mulla explores GridAKL, Auckland’s innovation precinct on Wynyard Quarter, in its new home in the Lysaght Building.

Biophilic design in the workplace

Practice | Partner Content: An Interface research study on the relationship between psychological well-being, work environments and employee expectations.

Igniting a sense of startup culture

Practice | Partner Content: A Steelcase paper on reconnecting with the startup mindset without getting weighed down by the sheer scale of a large enterprise.

Freedom at work: Medibank Place

Projects | Medibank enlisted design firm Hassell to create a head office in Melbourne where employees choose how and where they work.

Zespri Server Room Reboot project

News | Partner Content: the Server Room Reboot project is a collaborative effort by Microsoft, Zespri and creative agency Y&R.

Thinking outside the cubicle

Review | Encouraging creativity and innovation in our workplaces requires a new way of thinking as to where and how we work.

ANZ Head Office

Projects | Renovation of the ANZ Centre in Auckland focuses on the fitout works undertaken by Warren and Mahoney and Hassell.