Typically, you likely have to choose between a house that's open to its surroundings or one that focuses on privacy. However, an upcoming German residence by KWK Promes will embrace both: though open ...

Along the way, she bumps into an old friend and current colleague, a radiologist with whom she shared an early-morning physics class in her undergraduate days; he is now a nuclear science professor at ...

Capitalism has resulted in the creation of some truly soul-sucking ideas, including the cubicle: an office without the privacy, comfort, or permanence of a real room. But if the open office trend ...

Kids don’t do school the way they used to, and buildings are evolving to reflect that—and to adapt over time. Think about your high school for a second. Chances are you’ll visualize a long corridor ...

In businesses across the country, cubicle walls are coming down. New companies eliminate walls from the start. Employees can quickly scan the immediate area and locate fellow team members who are hard ...

Designers are adding kinetic elements to office spaces to provide more flexibility and accommodate greater collaboration. By Jane Margolies In recent years, new office designs have encouraged ...

The same folks who brought you the bland office cubicle are turning a profit these days by trying to kill it off. As the nation's economy recovers, office-furniture makers, who were hit hard by the ...

A new product allows you to put a magic force field around your cubicle. Cube Guard is a banner that can be attached to cubicle walls, with messages such as "Please Do Not Disturb." You can even order ...

Here's a quick video for all my fellow office drones. My employer is generously hooking us up with standing desks, but our cubicle walls are a bit short. I built this mahogany planter for a coworker ...