Horizontal flexibility

The MENA region is currently experiencing a boom in office construction, as every country in the region lacks the prime grade office space that is so sought after by large companies. In Dubai alone, according to Colliers International, there is currently 4 million square meters of office space under construction. The office, and the way the office is thought about, is transforming just as fast as it is being constructed. The computerization of offices, from the internet to wireless, is completely restructuring the layout of the office. This has resulted in the fundamentals of good office design today meaning that much of the current stock of offices in the MENA region are unsuitable and even the current stock under construction may soon become dated for design savvy clients. Santa Raymond, a leading interior design consultant and co-author of “Tomorrow’s Office — Creating effective and human interior’s,” explained, “If you look