Developments in IT have challenged traditional concepts of office design. This book examines the implications of this revolution on current urban design and identifies new trends in office design from an international perspective.

Introduction Future Office: Design, Practice and Applied Research Section One: Keynote Presentations Measurement: The Key to the Reinvention of the Office. Pragmatism. Green Design. Form, Function and Aesthetics in the Design of Tall Buildings. Best Practice: A Developer's Perspective. Section Two: Discussion Panels New Office, New Community. The Added Value of Sustainable Design. The Interior Environment. Organizational Change. High Performance Building Envelopes. Information Technology and Building Infrastructure. Section Three: Essays Workplace and the New American Community. Reinventing the Surburban Business Park. Challenges and Lessons Learned at Arlington Potomac Yard: A Work in Progress. Towards a Psychology of the Work Environment: Comfort, Satisfaction and Performance. The Cultural and Physical Environment as Drivers of Workplace Design. Communications Driven Architecture