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The Power of Data, or How AI Transforms Workplace Design: An interview with Ulrich Blum

The workplace design architect Ulrich Blum will give a presentation at the Work Culture Festival on 24 October 2024 on the topic “The Power of Data: How AI Transforms Workplace Design”. The IBA Forum editorial team spoke with him about the future of work environments, the role of architecture in a… Weiterlesen

Ulrich Blum, architect for workplace design

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New Worlds of Work at MLP: Interview with Angelika Zinkgräf

The “IBA Forum” editorial team spoke with Angelika Zinkgräf, the Human Resources Manager at MLP, about New Work, the importance of corporate culture and the concept of lifelong learning. Weiterlesen

Angelika Zinkgräf, Human Resources Manager at MLP

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Tradition united with innovation: New adidas offices in Mexico City

The Spanish office furniture manufacturer Actiu created a work environment for adidas Mexico where creativity and community go hand in hand. Weiterlesen

New adidas offices in Mexico City

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The new headquarters of KPMG’s Munich branch

In the summer of 2023, the auditing company KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft moved into its new headquarters in the OPTINEO in the Werksviertel München. Weiterlesen

KPMG Optineo München, entrance. photo: KPMG

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New Work environment at JLL London

TRILUX has developed a holistic lighting concept for the new London headquarters of the international real estate group JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) and its New Work environment. Weiterlesen

New Work environment at  JLL London

Interzum 2023

Warm and/or cold — colour trends for the furniture industry

Whether kitchens, bedrooms, the office furniture industry – manufacturers looked to Interzum in Cologne in May. Colour expert Christiane Scharpf found plenty of new products. She has summarised the most important colour trends for us. Weiterlesen

Colour Trends at Interzum - Collage: Christiane Scharpf

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New Work Look: Office meets lifestyle

Grey and cramped: this cliché of IT workplaces is still widespread. The designers at Brust + Partner wanted to change this. Their spatial design concept developed for Barmenia Insurance breaks through the stereotypes of boring, dusty insurance offices and IT departments. Weiterlesen

Barmenia Welcome Place, photo: Brust + Partner

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The office as a “place to meet“

With the establishment of hybrid working concepts, new habits and demands on the world of work have evolved. When returning to the office, the office becomes more than ever a meeting place. Because it is precisely this togetherness that many people missed during their time working from home. The… Weiterlesen

Dauphin hospitality case study - Zueco Averio @Dauphin

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Anchor for employees and a tribute to Frankfurt’s diversity

With the relocation of the Microsoft office from an industrial district in Bad-Homburg to Frankfurt, Microsoft is continuing its strategy of moving to attractive and conveniently located sites in city centres and creating good conditions for hybrid working. In the new Frankfurt office, only 22… Weiterlesen

Microsoft Headquarters Frankfurt am Main, Photo: Konrad Kastenmeier

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Uwe Linke, Spatial psychologist

Companies are faced with the task of getting their employees back to the office. On the occasion of the current discussion about the attractiveness of offices, we asked the spatial psychologist and designer Uwe Linke on spatial experiences, spatial quality and corporate hospitality. Weiterlesen

Uwe Linke, spatial psychologist

Added value office

What offices need after the pandemic in order to keep employees in the main office and in the company

Stefan Camenzind, Evolution Design AG, talked about the added value of offices as part of Fraunhofer IBP’s “People in Spaces” symposium at ORGATEC. Weiterlesen

photo: Kinnarps