But as the New York Times recently reported, dwellers in these office “bullpens” are building walls to gain some privacy. There are two kinds: Makeshift physical ones, by stacking file ...

Today’s offices are no longer defined by drywall and closed doors. Companies are redesigning their spaces to reflect ...

Capitalism has resulted in the creation of some truly soul-sucking ideas, including the cubicle: an office without the privacy, comfort, or permanence of a real room. But if the open office trend ...

In offices where there are no walls, millions of workers have embraced a work-around to reclaim a little bit of privacy: wireless headphones. Read: How to make your open office less annoying The ...

One method for making your home office feel more private is to install privacy screens or faux walls to create a makeshift cubicle. This can work for the style of some homes, but if you want your ...

An inflatable balloon wall is seen April 7, 2021, at Google’s office R&D lab that wheels into place in situations requiring more privacy at Google’s campus in Mountain View, California.

On the other hand, as many commenters on the Times piece stated, cubicles and four walls allow for more privacy and quiet. Which do you prefer and where do you think you work best? Let's hear your ...

Tropical plants sprouting up from partition walls provide privacy to workers inside this office in Utrecht, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Space Encounters. Occupying the 14th ...

He says that workers in open spaces quickly develop psychological fourth walls, the conceptual boundaries ... which are different for every office. He suggests iterating one floor of office ...

But they take up floor space. The solution? Companies are going vertical by covering their retail and office walls with plants. Interior plant walls first sprouted about three years ago.