Workplace & Office
The perfect workspace can make all the difference when defining the right live/work balance for your lifestyle. Take a look at these examples of modern office spaces that maximize both productivity and comfort.
A Composer and Fashion Designer Add an Inspiring Creative Space to Their Los Angeles Backyard
The two-level ADU is decked out with a light-filled recording studio for him, and for her, a luminous design space with soaring ceilings and sliding glass doors.
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Budget Breakdown: An Architect DIYs a Luminous Work Shed for $10K
Tim Vander Hoek designs and builds a 60-square-foot office using a mix of lumber and a hallmark wraparound acrylic clerestory.
In Norway, a Writer’s Studio Wrapped in White Brick Breaks the Mold
Part workspace, part garage, this curvaceous addition houses an entrepreneur’s passions while serving up a new twist on traditional masonry.
Meet the Young Firm Shaking Up the Design Scene in Mexico
Chuch Estudio plays with color and form to create furnishings and spaces that are seriously fun.
19 Back-to-School Supplies That Will Amp Up Your Office Space
Because back-to-school shopping is an all-ages affair.
When the Office Starts to Look Like Home
As companies try to shape workplaces that employees want to come back to, swapping desk chairs for comfortable couches and other domestic flourishes could be the new standard.
Black Metal Steels the Show at This Renovated Live/Work Space in Toronto
Design firm UOAI uses metal panels and beams to give definition to a once-open plan inside a 19th-century laneway building.
Budget Breakdown: Four Minnesota Housemates Turn Their Dingy Garage Into a Workspace for $26K
The friends scoured Facebook Marketplace and local salvage centers—locating such treasures as decades-old Douglas fir flooring from a decommissioned munitions plant—to remake the...
An Architect Builds a Bunker-Esque Workspace That’s Designed for Future Updates
Architect Mathieu Levesque adds an office to his family’s Brisbane property with plans to renovate when his firm, LADA, grows out of the space.
Two Designers Turn a Vintage Camper Into a Dreamy Mobile Office for $36K
Alternative Design Studio transforms a 1970s travel trailer into a mobile studio with a workspace that converts into a queen-size bed.
A Tiny Cabin in Finland Is a Creative Temple for Its Filmmaker Owner
Pirinen Salo Oy looks to church architecture and the illusions of cinema to craft an inspirational lakeside retreat.
A Smart Bassinet and Better Baby Monitor Are Providing Parents With Peace of Mind in 2022
Also hear from Priya Patel and Esther Beke of Brooklyn-based interior design firm 4|MATIV, who are on a mission to make school environments more tactile and hands on.
Perched on a Portuguese Hilltop, an Inspiring Studio Lets Creativity Take Flight
Architecture firm Madeiguincho found inventive uses for windows and wood to craft a space for creating—or just relaxing.
A Madrid Artist’s Studio Is Filled With Sunlight, Texture, and Creative Inspiration
Zooco Estudio creates a sublime workspace on the top floor of a painter’s home.
A New Prefab Office Pod Lets You Work From Practically Anywhere
The Denizen Archetype offers everything you need to get things done—whenever and wherever you desire.
A Los Angeles Screenwriter’s Enchanting Backyard Gets a WFH Studio to Match
With an arch motif, cozy interiors, and parapets resembling perfectly coiffed egg whites, the ADU by designer Ben Warwas and architect Chris Skeens turns an Echo Park garden into...
Roll Up Your Sleeves and Build This DIY Office in a Box
You might want to push out those weekend brunch plans—Japanese design firm Nosigner is giving away plans to create a compact workstation on wheels.
Budget Breakdown: An Architect Couple Find Work/Life Balance With a Backyard Office Built for $144K
The founders of Austin-based Hunt Architecture create an elegant workspace and guest room without breaking the bank.
An Architect Designs a Tiny Painter’s Studio in Upstate New York for His Artist Mother
This 440-square-foot studio by Tal Schori proves that wondrous things really do come in small packages.
A Writer’s Copper-Clad Live/Work Space Blends Into the Forest in Denmark
Danish architecture firm SLETH designs a flexible office and home where a nonfiction writer can get creative surrounded by woodlands.
21 Storage Solutions to Keep Your Home Office Shipshape
Get your ducks in a row—and keep them there—with these cabinets, drawers, shelving units, and more.
Nova Scotia’s B2 Lofts Put a Contemporary Twist on a UNESCO World Heritage Site
In the historic center of Lunenburg, old and new mixed-use apartment buildings find common ground.
A DIY Couple Build a Scandi-Inspired Guesthouse and Office for $275K
Tarah and Drew MacAlmon dreamed big to create The Lofthouse, a collaborative workspace and Airbnb in their hometown of Black Forest, Colorado.
A Prefab Office Adds Rugged Good Looks to a Backyard in Madrid for $68K
Architects Delavegacanolasso expand a client’s work-from-home office space by adding a Cor-Ten steel design to the backyard.
Airstream’s New Office Trailer Is Perfect for Working From the Open Road
The Flying Cloud 30FB Office was designed with productivity and connectivity in mind.
Here’s How to Humanize Working From Home, According to Experts
Designers from Google, Nike, Logitech, and more weigh in on how we can create inclusive and healthy spaces for ourselves.
Make Over Your Home Office With These Game-Changing Goods
We’ve gathered an assortment of work-from-home items that are as attractive as they are functional.
19 Backyard Offices and Studios to Inspire Your Own Work-From-Home Escape
From prefab pods to cozy cabins, these backyard offices make working from home a breeze.
Choose Your Own Adventure With a Finnish Prefab Pod That Can Pop Up Anywhere
Less than 100 square feet, Studio Puisto’s new modular cabin can be configured as a home office, gym, or forest retreat.
These $6.6K Prefab Office Pods Can Pop Up in Less Than a Day
My Room in the Garden is a modular work-from-home solution that’s affordable and stylish.