Adrian Buck’s Reviews > Understanding Offices: What Every Manager Needs To Know About Office Buildings > Status Update

"Concentrate on storage, and do so well in advance. Destroy anything redundant. Archive anything not actively needed. Offer incentives to people to get rid of as much as possible. See to it that new workplaces are equipped with suitable, sufficient storage but not overprovided."

"Each jump in technology in the past - the typewriter, the telephone, the desktop computer and now the internet - has been allied to a change in the way knowledge work has been done." Really?

"... the offices of the 1960s and 1970s did not measure up to the demands of the IT revolution.... Older buildings have often fared better..."

"Windows are a brilliant invention. They let in light, keep out heat, cold, dirt and noise, and they provide a view."

"Comfort is generally considered to be related to temperature, relative humidity, air movement and probably light and noise levels." Admission - I get uncomfortable when my classrooms are too quiet.

"The laptop does not allow the screen and keyboard to change position in relation to each other, except by altering the angle that the screen makes with the keyboard, which is not sufficient. " - actually since switching from a desktop to a laptop, all my back and shoulder pain has disappeared.

"As in other situations, the more sophisticated and complex the object, the higher the cost and more that can go wrong."

"When masonry load-bearing walls and timber ceiling joists were the form of construction used, only small rooms were possible."

"Time is now a much more important dimension in providing space than it was in the past. "

"In the UK, 1993 guidance from the Health and Safety Executive asks for a minimum volume per person of 11 cubic metres, which in a typical office would imply an average floor area of 4.6 square metres. "