Henri Cleinge adapts grand Montreal bank for Crew Offices and Cafe
A former bank in the historic centre of Montreal has been transformed into an office for a tech start-up and a cafe for freelance workers by local architect Henri Cleinge. More
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Santiago Calatrava plans Zurich office block with 1000 bicycle parking spaces
Architect Santiago Calatrava is set to create a grass-topped office block on the plaza in front of his Stadelhofen Station in Zurich with public parking for 1000 bicycles on the ground level. More
Wilkinson Eyre adds mirrored laboratory and sports hangar to Dyson's countryside campus
Wilkinson Eyre has added an assortment of new buildings to the headquarters of technology company Dyson, aiming to create a campus to rival "those in Silicon Valley and Singapore". More
Zaha Hadid Architects sits rippling glass lump on top of Antwerp port building
A huge, faceted glass volume sits on the roof of the new headquarters Zaha Hadid Architects has designed for Antwerp's Port Authority (slideshow). More
Open-plan offices make workers more unfriendly and less productive
Workers in open-plan offices are more distracted, unfriendly and uncollaborative than those in traditional workplaces, according to the latest industry survey. More
Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 begins to take shape in drone video
This unofficial drone video captures the construction of Foster + Partners' Apple headquarters in California as the outer shell of the campus nears completion (+ movie). More
Shanghai office transformed into aluminium-clad tech incubator by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has transformed an ageing Shanghai office block into a business incubator, featuring a new translucent aluminium skin (+ slideshow). More
Bernardes Arquitetura completes Rio office block fronted by perforated metal and plants
This office block in Rio de Janeiro features a triple-layered facade with a window wall, a screen of plants, and a thick lattice of perforated metal (+ slideshow). More
Moving walls open Stal Collectief's charred timber workshop to the elements
Raised on stilts above a field in northeast Belgium, Stal Collectief's self-designed studio features charred timber walls that can be wheeled back to reveal the interior (+ movie). More
Carlo Ratti building digitally connected retreat in the Himalayan mountains
Construction has started on a digitally connected co-living and co-working retreat in the Himalayas, designed by Italian architect Carlo Ratti. More
Fritz Hansen kits out UN president's office with mid-century Danish furniture
The president of the United Nations General Assembly's office has received a makeover with furniture by Danish designers Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjærholm (+ slideshow). More
Tehran office building by AWE Office features faceted windows and louvres
Faceted recesses in the stone-clad facade of this office building in the Iranian capital, Tehran, contain wooden louvres that provide shade to the large windows behind (+ slideshow). More
IFUB transforms former chocolate factory into office with secret storage
Munich architecture firm IFUB has converted the ground floor of a Berlin factory into an open-plan office with a wall of hidden cupboards and rooms (+ slideshow). More
Dropbox opens industrial-style cafeteria by AvroKO at California headquarters
American studio AvroKO has completed a cafeteria and coffee bar in the new San Francisco headquarters for tech company Dropbox, providing a "place of comfort" that aims to keep employees from leaving the office (+ slideshow). More
Mirrored facades reflect plants around office for Viennese nursery
Mirrored panels reflect views of the surrounding gardens around the lower half of this star-shaped office designed by Josep and Gerhard Haumer for a plant nursery near Vienna (+ slideshow). More
Airbnb models Tokyo office on local neighbourhoods
Home rentals website Airbnb has created a multipurpose office space based on traditional Japanese interiors and neighbourhoods for its Tokyo employees (+ slideshow). More
Cúre and Penabad illuminates double-height office building in Guatemala with long skylight
Miami studio Cúre and Penabad has completed the corporate headquarters of a Guatemalan sugar cane plantation, which includes an open-plan workspace illuminated by a monumental skylight (+ slideshow). More
Ergonomics not evolving quickly enough for the modern workplace, says Haworth
Haworth white papers: working styles are changing, but ergonomic design is stuck in the days of the "cubicle farm" and not evolving quickly enough to support more mobile employees, according to US furniture giant Haworth. More
MAD designs "building with skin and bones" for Chinese fashion brand
Construction has started on a human-body-inspired headquarters for Chinese fashion group Xinhee, designed by architecture studio MAD (+ slideshow). More
Stacked shipping containers form temporary pavilion by People's Architecture Office
People's Architecture Office has used 12 shipping containers to build a temporary, red and yellow pavilion in a fast-growing town in China's Shanxi province (+ slideshow). More