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  Introduction
  How to Use this Site

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  Origins of the Office
  Taylorist Open Plan
  European Modern Movement
  Streamlined Office
  1950s Corporate America
  Bürolandschaft
  Structuralist Office
  Euro Stakeholder Office
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  Virtual Office
  Casual Office

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  Components of the Office
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  Programme by function
  Programme mixed

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  Library
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  Programming and
Collaborating
  Making a Place
  The Workshop
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  A Collection
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  New Site
  Existing Sites

02 History of the Office / The Taylorist Open Plan: a: Description > b: Plan/Photos

Larkin Building, Lloyd Wright

Larkin Building: plan

Larkin Administration Building,
Buffalo, New York, 1903–05
Frank Lloyd Wright

Larkin Building, Lloyd Wright

Central top-lit court

Purpose-made furniture