Archinect - Features 2024-05-20T08:15:13-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150212719/are-the-doors-closing-on-the-open-office Are the Doors Closing on the Open Office? Newton D'souza 2020-11-17T18:59:00-05:00 >2020-11-17T18:59:05-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5b8e6e068017cb9eb4b2c2b35bb36da9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As workers return to their offices after the regional lockdowns implemented to stop the spread of Coronavirus, there is a new reckoning in the workplace: Will the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/383106/open-office" target="_blank">open office</a> survive?&nbsp;</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/150193563/the-psychology-of-high-ceilings-and-creative-work-spaces The Psychology of High Ceilings and Creative Work Spaces Sean Joyner 2020-04-15T14:03:00-04:00 >2021-02-08T11:24:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/97/97128fbf9604f5538bab4aeda1b1f4d1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Published last year, registered architect Donald M. Rattner wrote&nbsp;<em><a href="https://amzn.to/2Vt6hXK" target="_blank">My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation</a></em>&nbsp;to help creatives optimize their home environments in a way that heightens their powers of creativity. Pulling from years of psychological research and countless case studies, Rattner takes the reader on an educational and enlightening journey. The book offers 48 spatial strategies that help facilitate creativity in the home. Covering everything from which colors lead to peak creative performance to how smells can influence problem solving,&nbsp;<em>My Creative Space</em> is an intriguing exploration during this time when we are all confined to our homes.</p>