Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organizations don't need as much floor space or as ...
A recent study shows that an open-plan office puts pressure on the brain more than private spaces, requiring more effort into ...
We all know poorly designed chairs cause physical strain. But here’s why poorly designed workplaces are so mentally draining.
In the work pod, the study found beta waves – associated with active mental processing – dropped significantly over the ...
New research tracking brain activity in real time has confirmed what many office workers have long suspected: sitting in an open-plan environment forces the brain to burn extra cognitive fuel just to ...
DPR Construction marked the official opening of its new Silicon Valley Office and Prefabrication Assembly Facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating a major regional investment and ...
Opinion

Make toilets beautiful again!

Britain is in the midst of a public toilet crisis. Roderick Bates makes the case for making toilets plentiful - and beautiful again.
Morgan’s offers stunning views and regular appearances by Jamie Dimon, but running a pub is hard work—even for America’s ...
Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organisations don’t need as much floor space or as many desks, given many staff now do a mix of hybrid work from home and ...
In other words, in the open-plan office, participants’ brains had to work harder to maintain performance. Even when we try to ignore distractions, our brains have to expend mental effort to filter ...
India’s first-ever Dharmika Soudha (religious complex) is to be constructed near Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru at an estimated cost of ₹27 crore. The proposed building will come up on land belonging to ...
Arlington Research/Unsplash , CC BY Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk . Many organisations don ...