Frank Duffy, of architect and space planning specialist DEGW, famously proclaimed in the early 90s that office workspace was changing. This was not immediately evident, as a mixture of open plan and cellular offices continued to dominate supply. Derwent London's letting to advertising agency Mother at theTea Building in Shoreditch in 2000 was the first time we noticed a radical change. At the agency's behest we built a giant concrete staircase from their main entrance, formerly an industrial loading bay, to the second floor, where it turns into a giant desk running the whole length of the building before banking like a race track and continuing down the edge of the floorplate. This is 'hot desking' in its rawest form. Since then creative media and tech companies have led something of an office revolution, encompassing a mixture of vibrant max-packed workstations, calmer low-density break-out and leisure spaces, replete with pinball machines, table tennis tables and well-appointed canteens.Their design has incorporated the latesttechnologies and enhanced levels of sustainability.
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