New research tracking brain activity in real time has confirmed what many office workers have long suspected: sitting in an open-plan environment forces the brain to burn extra cognitive fuel just to ...

You've probably walked into a trendy apartment or modern office and marveled at the spacious, airy feel of an open floor plan. It looks great in photos. It seems so inviting, so connected. Yet after ...

The debate in the workplace-design world between advocates of private spaces and those in favor of open-plans needs to end, according to Janet Pogue McLaurin, a workplace leader at global architecture ...

Another reason not to like open-plan offices: they could be making people sick. A recent study published in the journal Ergonomics found that workers who share open spaces with multiple colleagues are ...