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An attractive office: Enhancing the quality of stay with a coffee bar, a kitchenette, a cafeteria and co.

More and more companies are realizing the importance of a pleasant workplace atmosphere and planning to upgrade their offices. Accordingly, they are taking on the role of a host, or at least intend to do so.

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Inside out – Outside in: A talk about biophilic design

The well-known architect Peter Ippolito considers the future office as a space that opens up many possibilities. However, one of the aspects Ippolito emphasises is that it can only be part of a comprehensive New Work approach. Weiterlesen

Peter Ippolito, Managing Partner Ippolito Fleitz Group GmbH

Interzum 2023

Warm and/or cold — colour trends for the furniture industry

Whether kitchens, bedrooms, the office furniture industry – manufacturers looked to Interzum in Cologne in May. Colour expert Christiane Scharpf found plenty of new products. She has summarised the most important colour trends for us. Weiterlesen

Colour Trends at Interzum - Collage: Christiane Scharpf

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New Work Look: Office meets lifestyle

Grey and cramped: this cliché of IT workplaces is still widespread. The designers at Brust + Partner wanted to change this. Their spatial design concept developed for Barmenia Insurance breaks through the stereotypes of boring, dusty insurance offices and IT departments. Weiterlesen

Barmenia Welcome Place, photo: Brust + Partner

Added value office

Hospitality in the office – project examples by IBA members

What is the added value of the office? For many employees, it is the personal encounter with colleagues, creative teamwork in a stimulating… Weiterlesen

Added value office

Redesign to Return: Clara Ott on the redesign of workplaces

As part of the IBA theme day “From employer to host?”, Clara Ott, architect and project manager at the world’s largest architecture platform… Weiterlesen

From experience

10 tips for more hospitality in the office

Offering more quality of stay in the office is currently on the agenda of many companies. Find out how to increase the feel-good factor in the office… Weiterlesen

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Modern Workplace: Techniker Krankenkasse focuses on transformation of the world of work

The world of work is in transition. New Work and hybrid working are just two of the most important keywords. Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) is… Weiterlesen

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The office as a “place to meet“

With the establishment of hybrid working concepts, new habits and demands on the world of work have evolved. When returning to the office, the office becomes more than ever a meeting place. Because it is precisely this togetherness that many people missed during their time working from home. The… Weiterlesen

Dauphin hospitality case study - Zueco Averio @Dauphin

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Anchor for employees and a tribute to Frankfurt’s diversity

With the relocation of the Microsoft office from an industrial district in Bad-Homburg to Frankfurt, Microsoft is continuing its strategy of moving to attractive and conveniently located sites in city centres and creating good conditions for hybrid working. In the new Frankfurt office, only 22… Weiterlesen

Microsoft Headquarters Frankfurt am Main, Photo: Konrad Kastenmeier

Added value office

What offices need after the pandemic in order to keep employees in the main office and in the company

Stefan Camenzind, Evolution Design AG, talked about the added value of offices as part of Fraunhofer IBP’s “People in Spaces” symposium at ORGATEC. Weiterlesen

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Engelbert Strauss lets “hospitality” move into its spaces

Engelbert Strauss, the leading manufacturer of work, industrial and protective gear, has opted for corporate hospitality at its CI Factory in… Weiterlesen

5 questions to ...

Uwe Linke, Spatial psychologist

Companies are faced with the task of getting their employees back to the office. On the occasion of the current discussion about the attractiveness of offices, we asked the spatial psychologist and designer Uwe Linke on spatial experiences, spatial quality and corporate hospitality. Weiterlesen

Uwe Linke, spatial psychologist

Added value office

What offices need after the pandemic in order to keep employees in the main office and in the company

Stefan Camenzind, Evolution Design AG, talked about the added value of offices as part of Fraunhofer IBP’s “People in Spaces” symposium at ORGATEC. Weiterlesen

photo: Kinnarps

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Learning venues: MED Campus Linz

The new building project of the MED Campus Linz has a special kind of charm. That’s because it’s the result of a unique plan: to connect the General Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Linz on an effective area of about 12,500 m² in the city centre. Weiterlesen

ANDREU WORLD Case Study Med Campus Linz

Added value office

Sophia Klees: Shaping office culture by lighting design

Sophia Klees, the co-founder of the lighting design firm jack be nimble, gave a presentation at ORGATEC about the challenges faced by lighting design… Weiterlesen

On the subject

Implementing desksharing – what needs to change in companies

According to a survey conducted by the planning and consulting company Drees & Sommer, 66% of all companies in Germany are currently promoting… Weiterlesen

On the subject

What remains of ORGATEC 2022?

ORGATEC, the leading international trade fair for the modern working world, took place end of October 2022. What remains, which topics will we take home? Weiterlesen

ORGATEC Review

Orgatec 2022
ORGATEC-Highlights

Attractive working environment

Dr Katharina Radermacher, Academic Councillor at the Institute of Human Resources Management at the university of Paderborn, talked on 27 October 2022 at the invitation of Personalmagazin and IBA about how corporate architecture can affect employer attractiveness. Based on a scientific study, she… Weiterlesen

Dr. Katharina Radermacher, Photo: Koelnmesse

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Co-working in the “Kaisersaal”

An innovative community in rural Weserbergland – that is the main goal of the lighthouse project zedita of the Weserbergland University of Applied Sciences (HSW). In cooperation with various research and business partners, including WINI Büromöbel, a digital hub called “zedita” was created in the… Weiterlesen

WINI Case Study zedita

Trend colours

Latest office trend colours

Colours are a popular creative tool. They have an unconscious effect on human interaction and have the power to change the message of spaces. Used… Weiterlesen

Future of Work

Smart office: The networked working environment

An office that switches on the light when you enter, adjusts the temperature of work areas according to the preferences of the respective users and… Weiterlesen

Orgatec 2022
ORGATEC-Highlights

Co-creation of workplaces at Spotify

On invitation of the design magazine FRAME and IBA, Sonya Simmonds, Head of Workplace Innovation & Design at Spotify, talked at ORGATEC about the importance of co-creation in the evolution of workplace concepts. Weiterlesen

Sonya Simmonds, Spotify

AOK Rhineland

New office culture: Experience the modern health insurance

AOK Rheinland is breaking new ground in its office culture. The new office concept, which illustrates the health insurance company’s self-image as a modern health insurance company, is being introduced in around 60 offices nationwide. Weiterlesen

Cover photo AOK offices

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Well networked:
New DB Netz AG headquarters
in Frankfurt/Main

The new corporate headquarters of DB Netz AG in Frankfurt am Main is a hub for communication and example of the use of colour in new working… Weiterlesen

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Acoustic barriers: Acoustic design in offices

IBA member Hund Möbelwerke about acoustic barriers and acoustic design in offices. Weiterlesen

psychology of space

The power of spaces

London in October 1943. After their assembly halls were destroyed by the German Luftwaffe in 1941, the Members of Parliament in the House of Commons… Weiterlesen

On the subject

The desk and what it must be able to do in the future

Will conventional workstations still exist in the future, when offices are becoming meeting places? Yes, but in many cases it will look different. We… Weiterlesen

From experience

10 tips for more biophilia in the office

Nature has a positive effect on human well-being. Biophilic design has become a popular design concept for office workplaces. Weiterlesen

Image: Ippolito Fleitz Group, Stuttgart, Copyright: Katrin Binner

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