Open Floor Plans with Lots of Glass

The trend in new office design is open floor plans complemented with lots of transparent glass barriers. Solid walls are out. See-through offices and conference rooms are in.

This represents a radical change in workplace design from the previous past few decades. Interior designers and office planners, inspired by the push toward collaboration and transparency in business today, are creating vast, open spaces where people can see each other, communicate ideas, and spend more of their day interacting with their coworkers rather than working alone in private cubbies or enclosed offices.

Born in Silicon Valley

Like many of the great ideas of the 21st Century, open floor plan office design originated in part in Silicon Valley, where companies like Apple, Google, and YouTube experimented with intriguing new workplace concepts that included play areas, meditation rooms, and other non-traditional office elements.

These ideas have slowly been trickling down from the West Coast to Main Street as private business owners and office designers start to appreciate the collaborative spirit and creativity these new spaces can inspire in workers. The result is fewer walls, more glass partitions, and bigger, bolder spaces where people can socialize as well as work.

Frameless Glass Walls by TemperGlass

Times have changed. And businesses that are still living in the past risk getting left behind. New ideas in office design are spreading everywhere, even where your business is located.

TemperGlass has been involved in both retrofitting existing offices and building bright, transparent new spaces where people can work, play, and interact with each other in a creative and collaborative spirit. So many businesses are shifting their paradigm to inspire people to work smarter and achieve solutions together.

If your office still contains old-fashioned walls and solid partitions and barriers, jump into the 21st Century with frameless glass walls from TemperGlass.