This prefab house is built around a system of 4' by 4' concrete modules and a reusable formwork to save on costs and materials.

The Tinbeerwah house and studio keep a low profile among the site’s eucalyptus trees.

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A student from PS 47 in the Bronx.

Assemblance by Umbrellium (2014) This interactive light display by Usman Haque and Dot Samsen, their first indoors, will feature a grid of laser sculptures. Image courtesy of Umbrellium

For PS 234 in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood, Macrae-Gibson designed a colorful walkway to connect the main school building to a modern addition designed by the firm in 2008. The walkway, adjacent to a play yard, protects students and teachers from the elements as they move from one area to another.

Site work in progress.

The red steel-framed structure is lined with perforated metal panels in a variety of colors.

2007 Office Pets.

2009Tribute to Camper.

2002 Repeat, for Maharam.

1999 The Kasese Chair.

The addition’s two stories of cedar-framed sliding doors and window provide generous views of the house’s prized jacaranda tree. The addition’s polished concrete floor and white cladding extend into the garden, drawing occupants to the serene rear porch. There, they can relax on stools designed by Alvar Aalto and Charles Wilson while admiring the luscious greenery.

2006 Worker Chair for Vitra.

Future site view. Overgrown 21+ acre forested site.

Collage of site photos overlaid on top of previous owner's site plan. Site was unoccupied when purchased.

OPA wanted to free themselves from logic imposed by a grid and considered various inefficient configurations of shipping containers. They settled on a combination of options, seen in the trikselion shape here. The Presidio, San Francisco, California. Mobile exhibition pavilion for the For-Site Foundation. © Tim Griffith.

BuzziVille by BuzziSpace BuzziSpace products seem tailor-made for a more relaxed start-up environment. Their new conference picnic table features a ridge designed to hold iPads, and their workspace solution, BuzziVille, not only sounds like the next Zynga mobile game, but looks about as comfortable as an executive hoodie, a comfy cocoon of felt perfect for ducking away for a quick meeting. They also offer a wall panel with a small triangular nook, meant to encourage informal meeting throughout the day. Photo by BuzziSpace

Halcon by Lex When done poorly, open office space recalls the drab, dehumanizing, rip-and-run style rows of desk space found in Boiler Room, or dimly lit call centers. Lex’s refined design for collaborative workstations by STUDIOS Architecture adds a stately imprimatur to an open floor plan. If only the slate walnut and smoked glass surface could block your neighbor’s annoying phone calls. Photo by Lex

"Riverbed," Olafur Eliasson, 2014. This site-specific installation for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark, creates a complete rocky enviornment inside the white-walled gallery.

Puckered upholstery: It is happening and it is everywhere.

site design group, ltd. The award-winning landscape firm behind sites such as Mary Bartelme Park took over the penthouse of the historic Crane Company Building, designed by Holabird & Roche in 1912, and turned it into a playful, open workspace.

For more informartion on the project, visit gracefarms.org.

The site of much permit-wrangling.

A wider look at the building's siting.

Hella Jongerius / Jongeriuslab in Berlin

2005 Cupboard, an experimental one-off for Galerie Kreo.