An open floor plan has long been considered a design choice that promotes collaboration and communication among teammates in an office environment. However, that’s not the case for every team.

In the long run, Sarva says, getting back to work is not just about floor plans, but about a dramatic shift in office life as we know it. As both a design trend and a cost-saving measure ...

In 1967 chemical company DuPont gutted a floor of an office building in Delaware ... This was the first major corporate adaptation of an “open plan” office in the U.S., following the latest ...