A Harrison, P Wheeler, C Whitehead ed., The Distributed Workplace, Routledge , 2004 ISBN 0-415-31890-4
Based on a European Union study called SANE (Sustainable Accommodation for the New Economy), this publication by architects DEGW proposes the model of companies have a mix of private, privileged and public accessed space.
F Becker and F Steele, Workplace by Design, Jossey-Bass Wiley, 1995 ISBN 0787900478
Co-author Franklin Becker is an international guru of workplace design who has written widely on the ‘ecosystem’ of office environments. This book called for the corporate work setting to have the same task flexibility as the primary school classroom.
Digital Office Collection, The Times /Gestetner, Good Books, 2002, ISBN 0-946-55555-9
Gestener worked with The Times to identify the 100 most innovative offices in Britain, resulting in a collection of well-designed workspaces suited to a variety of purposes.
F Duffy, The New Office, Conran Octopus, 1997, ISBN1850298912
DEGW founder Dr Frank Duffy invented the autonomy-interaction matrix at Princeton in the 1960s, a framework for workplace design based on the relationship between the degree of autonomy a worker has and the degree of interaction with others. This book shows case studies based on this model.
J Eley and A Marmot, Understanding Offices, Penguin Group, 1995, ISBN 0140169121
A comprehensive primer on the office covering such issues as management science, space planning, acoustics, furniture and managing change.
C Handy, The Empty Raincoat, Hutchinson, 1994, ISBN 0091780225
An important book by management thinker Charles Handy which signalled a shift away from management efficiency towards personal goals and satisfaction through work.
J Myerson et al, Design for Change: The architecture of DEGW, 1998, Watermark/Birkhauser Basel ISBN 376435738X
A compendium of essays by the senior consultants and architects at DEGW, a design practice consistently at the forefront of new thinking in workplace design.
J Myerson and P Ross, The 21st Century Office, Laurence King Publishing, 2003, ISBN 185669 2973
A book of case studies from around the world showing projects completed since 2000. Its aim is to suggest how a more expressive, connected and neighbourly 21st century office will differ from its historical predecessors.
J Myerson and P Ross, The Creative Office, Laurence King Publishing, 1999, ISBN 1856693244
A look at how large, inflexible corporations around the world are trying to develop more agile traits by aping the workplace design of smaller creative firms such as fashion houses and record labels.
J Myerson and G Turner, New Workspace New Culture, Gower, 1998, ISBN 0566080281
Authors Myerson and Turner argue that any change management programme will not succeed unless it is reinforced and complemented by a corresponding change in workplace design.
E Pelegrin-Genel, The Office, Flammarion, 1996, ISBN 2080135899
A lavish look at the historical development of the modern office through the eyes of a leading French writer. Includes many famous offices including the private suite of Charles De Gaulle.
J Myerson and P Ross, Space To Work, Laurence King Publishing, 2006, ISBN 13 9781 85669 456 8
This book investigates the most appealing and appropriate work settings for ‘knowledge workers’, providing evidence in more than 40 international case studies.
Other publications
Working Without Walls: An insight into the transforming government workplace, DEGW and OGC, 2004
DEGW and the Office of Government Commerce combined to produce this comprehensive publication which explores reform in the design of workplaces across government in Britain.
BCO Guide 2005: Best Practice in the Specification of Offices, British Council for Offices, BCO London, 2000
The Impact of Office Design on Business Performance, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and the British Council for Offices, May 2005
F Duffy, The Changing Workplace, Phaidon Press, 1991, ISBN185454120X
M Nathan and J Doyle, The State of the Office: The politics and geography of working space, Work Foundation, 2002