Corporate Architecture

Workplaces have long been more than physical spaces and buildings; they shape collaboration, communicate corporate culture and provide orientation during periods of change. Corporate architecture therefore treats the built environment as an integral part of corporate strategy, organisation and transformation. Across twelve chapters, the book examines how spatial decisions are prepared, implemented and refined through ongoing operations. Selected best-practice projects allow different approaches to be compared. Interviews and contributions from the fields of architecture, research, human resources and workplace strategy complement the project analyses. The result is a foundational volume for corporate real estate, architecture, human resources, facility management and corporate leadership. It presents principles for planning and evaluating workplaces and transferring successful concepts to new locations, from the competition process and everyday use to their long-term performance in practice.