Behind the Curtain: Quid, Inc.
byFor the software engineers and information analysts at Quid–â„¢s San Francisco headquarters, the prevailing aesthetic is Stanley Kubrick meets Isaac Newton meets John Le Carre.
Projects
Behind the Curtain: Duke Corporate Education
byDuke Corporate Education commissioned Alliance Architecture, to renovate their new headquarters in the Lucky Strike Building at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, North Carolina.
Behind the Curtain: ABN AMRO Bank
byWhen the new Dutch ABN AMRO bank hired Janko Rasic Architects, PLLC to design its New York City office, the importance of lighting was stressed during one the first client/architect meetings.
Behind the Curtain: The brpr Group
byThe Design District in Miami, better known as “The SOHO of the South,” serves as Ground Zero for the world famous Art Basel’s American…
Behind the Curtain: NRG Energy
byNRG Energy is headquartered in the Houston Pavilions mixed-use complex in downtown Houston. Kirksey designed the 11 floors of this 262,000-sf project to ease the organizational transition of two merging companies, increase collaboration among co-workers, and successfully leverage the unique retail location for their PR efforts.
Behind the Curtain: Grind
byOver the past ten years, a new way of working has emerged along with people who live it every day. We call them the free radicals and, to us, they represent the future of work: they operate 24/7 through nimble, networked collaboration; they are averse to rigid hierarchies and set processes; they value career fluidity, not job security.
Behind the Curtain: World Wildlife Fund
byWWF asked Envision Design to gather a team of consultants for a sustainability charette focused on improving the overall sustainability and operational footprint of the building. The project was called \”“Beyond Platinum– because WWF was seeking innovative thinking on a long-term sustainability strategy, not simply meeting the requirements of the LEED rating system.
Loosecubes Makes Coworking its Business
byWhen it comes to the coworking movement, Loosecubes is leading the charge. Their very own “Captain Awesome,” Anthony Marinos, tells us how they came to find coworking spaces like Applicake in Krakow, Poland, to home offices like Zen Home Workspace in SF.
There’s something for everyone on Loosecubes.
Inside DC’s Affinity Lab
byAffinity Lab is its own microcosm. Its sense of community and coworking culture is so strong that an outsider (like me) who was simply passing by for thirty minutes could understand it. I was really taken with how this community just kind of formed of its own accord.
Coworking, Coast to Coast
byLet’s say you’re working from home regularly, isolated from all human contact, slowly turning into Jack Nicholson–â„¢s character in \”“The Shining.– So you decide to gain some social interaction and head to a coffee shop, but it’s not exactly a productive environment.
What’s a mobile worker to do?
Behind the Curtain: ASH by RTKL
byWhen the American Society of Hematology (ASH) headquarters was designed by RTKL, they had no idea they ultimately would win the NAIOP MD/DC Award of Excellence in the Best Sustainable Design LEED category once the project was complete.
But marrying flexibility and sustainability to demonstrate a commitment to the changing workplace was a core component of the project.
CoWork Breathes New Life into Greenville Space
byI had the absolute pleasure of interviewing designer Matthew Smith, Principal at SquaredEye, on his role in spearheading CoWork Greenville (SC). Check out the images of CoWork Greenville (taken by Mykal McEldowney) and Matthew’s answers to my questions — all to get a peek into their modern cowork environment *and* understand the context, dynamic, and goals behind its existence.
