Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office

by Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler and Grace Lees-Maffei

Book Overview

Originally inspired by a progressive vision of a working environment without walls or hierarchies, the open plan office has since come to be associated with some of the most dehumanizing and alienating aspects of the modern office. Author Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler traces the history and evolution of the American open plan from the brightly-colored office landscapes of the 1960s and 1970s to the monochromatic cubicles of the 1980s and 1990s, analyzing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350044725
• ISBN13: 9781350044722
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"