When planning a new office designers & their clients are faced with many challenges & questions. They have to think about practical issues such as spatial needs proximity relations IT infrastructure & furniture but also more strategic issues such as occupancy costs effectiveness of the working environment & environmental impact. One of the most fundamental questions during the briefing stage concerns the office concept: what kind of office design best suits the working processes & culture of the organisation? Should all employees have their own workstation or are they going to share desks? Would enclosed offices or a more open working environment be better? Perhaps a solution that holds the middle is best? How many & what kind of meeting spaces do we need? Planning Office Spaces is a clear accessible book written to help solve these problems looking at each of these issues in turn & showing the alternatives on offer & what the advantages & disadvantages are. It is ideally suited for both office designers & their clients to help them reach the best most suitable office design while ensuring that they have considered all of the issues that need to be addressed.