10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPEN-PLAN»
Discover the use of
open-plan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
open-plan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Guide to Teaching Practice
In a fully open-plan school space is divided up by low furniture, creating bays for
study; in a semi- open-plan school teaching spaces are defined by walls with
openings into other areas (often shared library, art and technology areas); and ...
Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion, Keith Morrison, 2006
2
Introduction to Work Study
In addition, there is often a debate about the relative merits of open-plan or
cellular offices (see below). In reality, most offices combine the two, the choice
often depending as much on such factors as the constraints of existing buildings
and the ...
3
Administrative Management
The open plan office design eliminates walls and passages and, as a result,
saves space and costs. Remember that we mentioned in the introduction that
costs play a role when a design approach is adopted. Eliminating walls and
passages ...
E. J. Ferreira, A. W. Erasmus, D. Groenewald, 2010
4
A Natural History of Place in Education
The above choices are not to be confused with the open-plan approach to school
design, which will be explored below. A centers approach is typically limited to a
self-contained classroom, hence the space constraints noted above. Open-plan ...
TABLE 3 Aspects of the open plan school Advantages Disadvantages 1 Staff can
be used more flexibly 2 It encourages team-teaching 3 Space is not divided
territorially 4 It makes better use of scarce equipment and resources 5 Individual
staff ...
Trevor Kerry, Janice Tollitt, 1995
The major players — Artemis Project, Primavera Project Planner, Viewpoint,
MicroPlanner, and Open Plan — can handle projects with mind-boggling scope.
But there's strong pressure from mainstream software in this category. For
example ...
7
The Office Interior Design Guide: An Introduction for ...
Open plan provides greater opportunity to maximize the utilization of space than
does closed plan and minimizes the circulation space required because
workstations can be modified slightly to fit available space. This is particularly
true if the ...
8
Offices at Work: Uncommon Workspace Strategies that Add ...
To address these social and cultural glitches, a logical step is to create “office
protocols” that specify the kinds of behavior that can mitigate the negative
aspects of living in an open plan environment. Protocols can actually help if done
right, ...
By Mike Heck Open plan Professional 1.1, from Welcom Software Technology Inc
., is designed for full-time professional project managers who run many
concurrent projects that must be updated by different users. The software offers
plentiful ...
10
The Psychology of Behaviour at Work: The Individual in the ...
Introverts Extroverts Open-plan office Closed-plan office Figure 3. 1 Hypothetical
relationship between personality and efficiency in two types of office design.
Reproduced from Furnham (1987b) with the permission of John Wiley & Sons.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPEN-PLAN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
open-plan is used in the context of the following news items.
Bob Hope estate saga awaits a punchline
The open-plan living room, dining room and library/den have glass doors opening to terraces with room enough for outdoor lounging and ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
Treehouse Hotel, Port Lympne Reserve, Kent: hotel review
There are two bedrooms off an open-plan living space with a decent kitchen, and floor-to-ceiling glass doors opening on to the terrace. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Bricks, doors and roof tiles recycled by Phooey Architects for …
On the ground floor there is a new open-plan kitchen and dining area at the back, plus a laundry room and powder room, and on the first floor ... «Dezeen, Jul 15»
Live like a king in Royal Deeside: Muir Homes unveil majestic six …
and the concept of open-plan dining, cooking and relaxing is very much to the fore here – it is a very sociable house.” There is also a boot room ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
Lincoln school's new £500k centre will 'inspire students'
These will create another large classroom, plus an open-plan study space served by surrounding staff offices and meeting rooms. "We are very ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jul 15»
Should I upgrade to Windows 10?
... users trying to organise meetings and email one another, but not those in an open-plan office where people can just chat across their desks. «IT PRO, Jul 15»
City's hottest high risers
It has 2061 sq ft of space, two bedrooms, an open-plan living area and two parking spaces. It also boasts views over the city's rooftops to the ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
Ilkeston Post Office could move to South Street
It would have four serving positions, a mixture of two new style open-plan counters, one secure fortress position and a 'combi-counter', where ... «Ilkeston Today, Jul 15»
Space plus place to park the car
The apartment has a large open-plan living space as you come in, with dining/lounge/kitchen and breakfast bar counters, plus two bedrooms ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Rubbish press release: take a bow, Slaughter and May
... jargon-meisters to promote everything from partnership promotions, deal minutiae, office openings and even open-plan restructuring projects ... «Legal Cheek, Jul 15»
