Workers in open-plan offices are more distracted, unfriendly and uncollaborative than those in traditional workplaces, according to the latest industry survey. More about Open-plan offices make workers more unfriendly and less productive
This unofficial drone video captures the construction of Foster + Partners' Apple headquarters in California as the outer shell of the campus nears completion (+ movie). More about Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 begins to take shape in drone video
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has transformed an ageing Shanghai office block into a business incubator, featuring a new translucent aluminium skin (+ slideshow). More about Shanghai office transformed into aluminium-clad tech incubator by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
This office block in Rio de Janeiro features a triple-layered facade with a window wall, a screen of plants, and a thick lattice of perforated metal (+ slideshow). More about Bernardes Arquitetura completes Rio office block fronted by perforated metal and plants
Raised on stilts above a field in northeast Belgium, Stal Collectief's self-designed studio features charred timber walls that can be wheeled back to reveal the interior (+ movie). More about Moving walls open Stal Collectief's charred timber workshop to the elements
Construction has started on a digitally connected co-living and co-working retreat in the Himalayas, designed by Italian architect Carlo Ratti. More about Carlo Ratti building digitally connected retreat in the Himalayan mountains
The president of the United Nations General Assembly's office has received a makeover with furniture by Danish designers Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjærholm (+ slideshow). More about Fritz Hansen kits out UN president's office with mid-century Danish furniture
Faceted recesses in the stone-clad facade of this office building in the Iranian capital, Tehran, contain wooden louvres that provide shade to the large windows behind (+ slideshow). More about Tehran office building by AWE Office features faceted windows and louvres
Munich architecture firm IFUB has converted the ground floor of a Berlin factory into an open-plan office with a wall of hidden cupboards and rooms (+ slideshow). More about IFUB transforms former chocolate factory into office with secret storage
American studio AvroKO has completed a cafeteria and coffee bar in the new San Francisco headquarters for tech company Dropbox, providing a "place of comfort" that aims to keep employees from leaving the office (+ slideshow). More about Dropbox opens industrial-style cafeteria by AvroKO at California headquarters
Mirrored panels reflect views of the surrounding gardens around the lower half of this star-shaped office designed by Josep and Gerhard Haumer for a plant nursery near Vienna (+ slideshow). More about Mirrored facades reflect plants around office for Viennese nursery
Home rentals website Airbnb has created a multipurpose office space based on traditional Japanese interiors and neighbourhoods for its Tokyo employees (+ slideshow). More about Airbnb models Tokyo office on local neighbourhoods
Miami studio Cúre and Penabad has completed the corporate headquarters of a Guatemalan sugar cane plantation, which includes an open-plan workspace illuminated by a monumental skylight (+ slideshow). More about Cúre and Penabad illuminates double-height office building in Guatemala with long skylight
Haworth white papers: working styles are changing, but ergonomic design is stuck in the days of the "cubicle farm" and not evolving quickly enough to support more mobile employees, according to US furniture giant Haworth. More about Ergonomics not evolving quickly enough for the modern workplace, says Haworth
Construction has started on a human-body-inspired headquarters for Chinese fashion group Xinhee, designed by architecture studio MAD (+ slideshow). More about MAD designs "building with skin and bones" for Chinese fashion brand
People's Architecture Office has used 12 shipping containers to build a temporary, red and yellow pavilion in a fast-growing town in China's Shanxi province (+ slideshow). More about Stacked shipping containers form temporary pavilion by People's Architecture Office
This garden pavilion by Abraham John Architects provides a lounge for a film production studio in Mumbai, featuring a glazed ceiling and walls to offer views of a jackfruit tree (+ slideshow). More about Abraham John Architects transforms pump room into garden lounge for Mumbai film studio
American studio Richard Meier and Partners has completed its first project in South America: a white and concrete office building with hidden vertical gardens in Rio de Janeiro (+ slideshow). More about Richard Meier's Leblon Offices in Rio feature horizontal louvres and vertical gardens
Spanish architecture practice Francesc Rifé Studio used polycarbonate sheets to divide an old textile factory into offices for the chef and staff behind the world-famous El Bulli restaurant (+ slideshow). More about Old textile factory renovated into food research studio for Ferran Adrià's El Bulli Lab
Dezeen recently moved into a new London office designed by architect Pernilla Ohrstedt, sparking a discussion among readers about what makes a good workplace. To continue the debate, here's a look at studios other architects have designed for themselves, ranging from a co-working space to a solitary woodland retreat (+ slideshow). More about 12 design studios that architects have created for themselves