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Employees may never have a desk that feels like ‘theirs’ again, but the trade-off might mean an agile office that works for everyone.

A visual timeline of the past and future of the office spanning architecture, furniture, floor plans, computers, the dreaded cubicle and flexible work.

From the future of remote work to the integration of AI and the changing demands on leaders, what are the trends set to shape the workplace in 2024?

Corporate headquarters aren’t vanishing; they’re being rebuilt as vehicles for collaboration, innovation, and talent attraction. Traditional office districts impose heavy costs through long commutes and fragmented daily logistics. But knowledge campuses support the full rhythm of daily life—work, meetings, learning, socializing, and movement—within a single, highly connected place. Linked to major transportation hubs, they cut down on commuting time and improve workers’ productivity and overall life satisfaction. In this article the authors explain how and why place has become a key factor in talent attraction and productivity. They outline the four key elements of the knowledge campus. And they lay out the principles that business leaders can use to think more deliberately about location—not as a real estate cost or as a marker of status but as a driver of competitive advantage.

Now that hybrid work is the norm in offices nationwide, the question is: How do we optimize hybrid work for our teams and the organization?

To design the office of the future, Jodi Williams and Susan Soehnlen of Arcadis share the four ways we must imagine it. 

Unispace's strategy expert, Albert DePlazaola, outlines the five keys to success for an innovative hybrid workplace. 

HOK Forward 2026 explores neuroaesthetics in the built environment and how design shapes the brain, body, behavior and well-being.

People are starting to expect their AI to feel human, and that expectation is moving into the workplace.

Human sustainability is no longer a wellbeing conversation, it has become a leadership, economic, and societal one, argues Emily Pearson.

A five-year Gallup study of 351,000 workers finds wellbeing rests on enjoyment, purpose and choice, and that leaders must design it rather than buy it.

Banks in Germany are rapidly cutting back on office space as a rising number of staff work from home, putting them at the vanguard of a global shift that could permanently change the way bankers work.

Office leasing volume was the highest since before the pandemic as asking rents climbed, though availability remains near the record-high recorded this summer.

New quarterly Zurich office market report of JLL Switzerland

Spending on construction is set to hit $174.1B between 2021 and 2023.

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