Workplace Drama
The return to the physical office has been on everyone’s minds since the onset of the pandemic. At Azure, we’ve been collecting and platforming a variety of novel approaches to these communal spaces over the past two years, wondering what the future office would be like. In this issue, we spotlight a trio of exceptional examples in three different types of buildings: a gleaming new glass and steel edifice near Basel (“Changing It Up,” page 72), a multi-floor office literally carved into an existing complex for a tech company in Shenzhen (“Balance Beams,” page 66) and an adapted tobacco pipe factory in London that does double duty as bathroom showroom and co-working space (“Double Feature,” page 60). We also take a look at developments in life sciences laboratories (“Future Labs,” page…