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On the Job -Design and the American Office [Paperback]

Chrysanthe Broikos (Author), Donald Albrecht (Editor), Chrysanthe B. Broikos (Author)

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Publication Date: November 1, 2000

American work spaces have gone through remarkable and extensive changes since 1900, thanks to the forces of technology, real estate, and finance, as well as evolving ideas on office organization and management. Innovations as commonplace as air conditioning and fluorescent lighting have had a profound impact, as have more recent phenomena such as virtual offices and telecommuting. On the Job: Design and the American Office presents office design throughout the 20th century through full-color contemporary and period photos, advertisements, and product manuals. Topics include the representation of the office in popular culture, the evolution of the workstation and its emphasis on ergonomics and productivity, office design as a reflection of corporate culture from Larkin to Chiat/Day, and office architecture as a mirror of current business models. Informative writing by Stanley Abercrombie, Thomas Hine, Phil Patton, and James S. Russell complements the illustrations.

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About the Author

Chrysanthe B. Broikos is an associate curator at the National Building Museum. Designer J. Abbott Miller of Pentagram also designed The ABC's of Bauhaus and The Bathroom, The Kitchen, and the Aesthetics of Waste.

Donald Albrecht is the Cooper Hewitt s Curator for Special Projects.

Product Details

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (November 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1568982410
ISBN-13: 978-1568982410
Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,327,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A predominantly female workforce informed Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the unprecedented Larkin Administration Building in Buffalo, New York (1906). Read the first page

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office landscape, office design, office culture

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New York, Herman Miller, Frank Lloyd Wright, Larkin Building, Architectural Record, World War, Union Carbide, United States, Action Office, Ezra Stoller, National Museum of American History, Whitney Library of Design, Corporate Archives, Los Angeles, Archives Center, San Francisco, Silicon Graphics, Studios Architecture, John Pile, Larkin Administration Building, Palo Alto, Business Week, Civil War, Courtesy Fortune, Courtesy Warshaw Collection

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