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nothing beats walls and a door. this open plan office would not be so nice once people are on their phones. i adore FLW, but this is not his best work by far.
by pinaceae 13y ago
nothing beats walls and a door. this open plan office would not be so nice once people are on their phones.
i adore FLW, but this is not his best work by far.
- hristov 13y agoTo be fair to Wright, the open plan was probably a design requirement. I very much doubt he had a choice in that.
- rhizome 13y agoTo be sure, most (if not all) of the workers in the great workroom here did not have phones on their desks.
- andrewflnr 13y agoYou can handle the noise with decent headphones, but I'm never really comfortable without my back to a wall.
- bcoates 13y agoWithout the close ceilings or walls it might not be as bad, if he got the acoustics right it might be more like being outdoors than the echoing-cave effect most open plan offices have.
- mynameishere 13y agoYeah, I'd rather work in a shipping container. This kind of design is psycho-manager-centric.
- mcdoh 13y agoI wish I didn't have a phone at my desk.
- bdunbar 13y agoI just changed employers. Found the new desk does not come with a phone, and may never come with a phone. We communicate via email, or hipchat, or just walking over and saying 'hi'. I might miss it .. but so far, so good.