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Many companies use artificial intelligence as an assistance or automation tool. At the same time, new approaches are emerging with agent-based systems in which AI independently assumes roles and actively helps shape work processes. This shift is changing not only the technology itself, but the… Weiterlesen

Is AI merely a tool, or the megatrend that will change everything? To answer this question, we first need to imagine what new forms of collaboration with AI might look like. What is driving the new division of labour between humans and machines in organisations? What does the shift from assistance… Weiterlesen

When international architecture practices address strategic questions about the future, they are usually concerned with more than purely aesthetic trends. The current Design Forecast 2026 by Gensler positions itself explicitly as a strategic compass for an industry in transition. Weiterlesen

The question of how offices will be designed in the future is more relevant than ever. As companies and employees wonder what the workplace can still offer in the wake of pandemic-driven change and ongoing digitalisation, the latest Tomorrow’s Office Insight Report presents five forward-looking… Weiterlesen

In 2024, together with many committed partners, we opened a new chapter with the Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival at ORGATEC, creating a stage for perspectives, ideas, and inspiration centred on the future of work. The interplay of exhibition, discussion, and experience generated a special… Weiterlesen

From 27 to 30 October 2026, ORGATEC in Cologne will once again be transformed into an international stage for the work environments of the future. In 2024, the IBA launched a new format that brings together decision-makers, visionaries and creative minds from all over the world: the Wherever… Weiterlesen

Generation Z and the Boomer generation came together at the Work Culture Festival in a special exchange format. Yaël Meier opened the discussion with a keynote speech on the living environment of Gen Z, after which she spoke with Michael and Oskar Trautmann in the live podcast “GEN Z Podcast: Weiterlesen

Artificial intelligence is increasingly changing the processes and structures of knowledge work. In her recent “New Work Order” study, trend researcher Birgit Gebhardt analyses the effects of these developments on forms of collaboration, work organisation and the design of office and learning… Weiterlesen

What does the new role of the office look like, and what does this mean for its design? You can read more in the current issue of IBA On the subject. Weiterlesen

Thomas Löhmer, Partner, Central Services at the auditing company KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, talks about the new workspaces at the OPTINEO in the Werksviertel München. The company’s teams moved into the building in July 2023. Weiterlesen