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Second Home Hollywood Offers A Genuine Approach to Coworking Post-WeWork

2019-11-22T12:03:00-05:00

If American fast-food chains expanding to the furthest corners of the planet was the most widespread symptom of globalization in the 90s and aughts, for us in the late 2010s, the coworking space might represent a contemporary analogy. Any major city on the planet right now—if it’s a node for international business—will have shared coworking spaces. Like the proliferation of gig-economy labor, the short gains offered by decentralized contract workers means that work is becoming increasingly informal: No central office, no binding contracts.

While this arrangement has freed up employers and employees to reduce their obligations to each other and to bureaucratic blockage alike, it also means that a lot of people are left without a homebase from which to do these jobs.

Aftershock #2: "Serendipity Machines" and the Future of Workplace Design

2013-11-27T17:59:00-05:00

AfterShock is a non-conclusive series that grapples with the impact and responsibility of contemporary architectural design, hoping to instigate dialogues on how to make architecture more accountable.

Working out of the Box: Bryan Boyer

2013-10-01T13:55:00-04:00

Working out of the Box is a series of features presenting architects who have applied their architecture backgrounds to alternative career paths.

In this installment, we're talking with architect-turned-public-design-instigator Bryan Boyer.

Are you an architect working out of the box? Do you know of someone that has changed careers and has an interesting story to share? If you would like to suggest an (ex-)architect, please send us a message.