In Western countries, one of the consequences of the globalization of the economy has been the concentration of workers in the tertiary sector; more than half the population works in offices, a percentage very similar to that of the population living in the world's big cities. This has given rise to a social class that, despite have very disparate purchasing powers, moves in very similar environments: the city and the office. Although the technological revolution of the last thirty years may have changed our way of understanding the world, the work space continues to be the same as it was two centuries ago: a table, a chair, a space for storing information, writing material and artificial lighting for working when there is little or no natural light.
Introduction
Aguirre & Newman Eduardo Gasc6n Wolf Ollings Affinity in Sant Joan Nord
Agusti Costa Institut de Sociolinguistica Catalana
Architectengroep Laakhaven Den Haag
Architecture Studio Wison Chemical
Arconiko Architecten Irides
Atelier d'Architecture Chaix & Morel et Associes Crystal Defense
B720 Arquitectura Mestre Nicolau Office
Baas Arquitectes Ibercon
Barkow Leibinger Architects Trumpf
Broek en Bakema Kropman
Buratti + Battiston Architects Unione degli Industriali della Provincia di Bergamo
Cheeeeese Cheeeeese
Cho Slade Architecture Third Point Management Company
Cossmann De Bruyn A.T. Kearney
Driendl Architects TT5 Twist Tower
Estudi Carme Pinos Torre Cube
Foster and Partners 30 St Mary Axe
Francisco Cavas Polaris
GCA Arquitectes Associats Acesa
GCA Arquitectes Associats ZAL
Gray Puksand Bourke Place Studio
Gray Puksand Medibank Private
Hangar Design Group Hangar House
Hector Restrepo Zona
Kunath Trenkwalder Architects Education Center of the Socialist Democratic Party
Massimo Marini Architetto Bank Branch Office in Cerreto Guidi
Massimo Marini Architetto BCC Fornacette Branch Office in Pontedera
Murray O'Laoire Architects Mayo Institute of Technology
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Office
Paul de Ruiter Head Office Department of Water Management and Traffic
Pich Aguilera Arquitectos 22@
Francesc Rife Duravit
Francesc Rife PBS Offices
Salvador Grinan Roda Golf
Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen Kromann Reumert Headquarters
Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen Nykredit
Shuhei Endo Architect Institute Growtecture S
Studio Granda Skejfar
Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates Metal Office
Tele Design News Complex Building
Toyo Ito & Associates Architects Mahler 4 Block 5
Un Studio Offices La Defense
Vicente Martinez Gadea FREM
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