In Western countries, one of the consequences of the globalization of the economy has been the concentration of workers in the tertiary sector; more than half the population works in offices, a percentage very similar to that of the population living in the world's big cities. This has given rise to a social class that, despite have very disparate purchasing powers, moves in very similar environments: the city and the office. Although the technological revolution of the last thirty years may have changed our way of understanding the world, the work space continues to be the same as it was two centuries ago: a table, a chair, a space for storing information, writing material and artificial lighting for working when there is little or no natural light.

Introduction

Aguirre & Newman Eduardo Gasc6n Wolf Ollings Affinity in Sant Joan Nord

Agusti Costa Institut de Sociolinguistica Catalana

Architectengroep Laakhaven Den Haag

Architecture Studio Wison Chemical

Arconiko Architecten Irides

Atelier d'Architecture Chaix & Morel et Associes Crystal Defense

B720 Arquitectura Mestre Nicolau Office

Baas Arquitectes Ibercon

Barkow Leibinger Architects Trumpf

Broek en Bakema Kropman

Buratti + Battiston Architects Unione degli Industriali della Provincia di Bergamo

Cheeeeese Cheeeeese

Cho Slade Architecture Third Point Management Company

Cossmann De Bruyn A.T. Kearney

Driendl Architects TT5 Twist Tower

Estudi Carme Pinos Torre Cube

Foster and Partners 30 St Mary Axe

Francisco Cavas Polaris

GCA Arquitectes Associats Acesa

GCA Arquitectes Associats ZAL

Gray Puksand Bourke Place Studio

Gray Puksand Medibank Private

Hangar Design Group Hangar House

Hector Restrepo Zona

Kunath Trenkwalder Architects Education Center of the Socialist Democratic Party

Massimo Marini Architetto Bank Branch Office in Cerreto Guidi

Massimo Marini Architetto BCC Fornacette Branch Office in Pontedera

Murray O'Laoire Architects Mayo Institute of Technology

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Office

Paul de Ruiter Head Office Department of Water Management and Traffic

Pich Aguilera Arquitectos 22@

Francesc Rife Duravit

Francesc Rife PBS Offices

Salvador Grinan Roda Golf

Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen Kromann Reumert Headquarters

Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen Nykredit

Shuhei Endo Architect Institute Growtecture S

Studio Granda Skejfar

Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates Metal Office

Tele Design News Complex Building

Toyo Ito & Associates Architects Mahler 4 Block 5

Un Studio Offices La Defense

Vicente Martinez Gadea FREM

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