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Author:
Kaufmann-Buhler, Jennifer, author.
Title:
Open plan : a design history of the American office / Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Visual ArtsBloomsbury Publishing Plc,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
ix, 204 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Office layout--History.
Offices--United States--History.--History.
Work environment--United States--History.
Office layout.
Offices--Design and construction.
Work environment.
United States.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
6. Facilitating Movement. 2. Managing Change -- 3. Negotiating Privacy and Communication -- 4. Personalizing the Workstation -- 5. Supporting Technology -- 6. Facilitating Movement.
Summary:
"Inspired by a progressive vision of a working environment without walls or hierarchies, the open plan office has come to be associated with some of the most dehumanizing and alienating aspects of the modern office. This fascinating new book examines the history of the open plan office concept from its early development in the late 1960s and 1970s, through its present-day dominance in working spaces throughout the world, examining the design, meaning, and use of the open plan from the perspective of architects and designers, organizations, and workers"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Cultural histories of design
ISBN:
1350044725
9781350044722
1350044733
9781350044739
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1155556473
LCCN:
2020024164
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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