ABSTRACT
NOTE Some important aspects of design relevant to offices will be found elsewhere in this handbook. In particular:
Sanitary accommodation in Chapter 3 Car parking in Chapter 4 Lifts and escalators in Chapter 5 External works in Chapter 6 Counters and cash offices in Chapter 14 Eating and drinking areas in Chapter 18 Thermal environment in Chapter 38 Lighting in Chapter 39 Acoustics in Chapter 40 Fire safety in Chapter 42
Security in Chapter 44 Access for cleaning Chapter 45 More on service distribution in Chapter 46
1 INTRODUCTION
1.01 Office design is at a turning point. For many decades, especially in the developer-dominated Anglo-Saxon world, office users have been passive. Vendors have concentrated on perfecting the delivery of buildings at most profit, least risk and maximum convenience for themselves. The buildings that result can satisfy the relatively simple demands of highly routinised and unchanging organisations. The key question is whether such office buildings are capable, without substantial modification, of accommodating the emerging requirements of organisations.
