Space planning : designing the office environment /

Shoshkes, Lila

Space planning : designing the office environment / Lila Shochkes - New York, NY : Architectural Record Books, c1976 - x, 150 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. The professional planner -- 2. Designing for people -- 3. Management and the space planner -- 4. Analysis of the organization -- 5. Data collection -- 6. Using the computer -- 7. Paper flow -- 8. Designing the light environment -- 9. Acoustics -- 10. Power -- 11. Design's obligations -- 12. Changing the technology and the office -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book is concerned with examining the basic problems of design and planning with regard to the glowing body of knowledge of how people work and the changing technologies of the office. It is an expanding subject with contributions from a host of consultants in the social sciences, hardware, acoustics, computers, lighting, paper flow, and audiovisual fields. The aestheticm, functional, and psychological aspects of the office have become very specialized subjects in a relatively short period of time. Because it is a serious subject for examination and study, the office offers a creative challenge to designers and architects.

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