It's more likely that the "giant monolithic office" is dead, and will transform into a hybrid of WeWork-esque distributed offices, complete with pay-per-minute

It's more likely that the "giant monolithic office" is dead, and will transform into a hybrid of WeWork-esque distributed offices, complete with pay-per-minute only-works-half-the-time videoconferencing walls and $6 lattes. If a new WeWork manages "subdivided office space" all around a city, then a company could lease space from all of them, and pay just slightly more than they used to, with the freedom that their employees can spend more time at the office because commuting is less of a chore. Supplement that with all the luxury add-ons and suddenly it looks like the office is reborn, not dead at all. And remember: cities are getting bigger, not smaller. Why not rent an apartment in the same skyscraper as a coworking space, along with your co-workers who also live in your city? Especially if your job sets aside money to help pay for it? Again you can squeeze "more productivity" out of your little mechanical turks, but you don't have to deal with the management overhead of typical offices. Less logistics, more productivity, still (basically) an office.