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Design and Architecture

Workplace innovation, Otis centennial

What will the high-rise office space of the future offer? Maybe fresh air from a hole in the curtain wall, the piped-in sound of trickling water and the smell of the seashore? These are what you’ll find in downtown LA’s “Workplace Innovation Lab.”

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By Frances Anderton • Nov 6, 2018 • 28m Listen

What will the high-rise office space of the future offer? Maybe fresh air from a hole in the curtain wall, the piped-in sound of trickling water and the smell of the seashore? These are what you’ll find in downtown LA’s “Workplace Innovation Lab.” Will workers want it? And, Otis College of Art and Design turns 100 this year. The school is looking back, and forward, at a big party this weekend that will have input from its military alumni.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Avishay Artsy

    Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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