The offices of the ’nineties

Discusses speculative offices in London, a city where the two major office design traditions are found side‐by‐side. Considers the changing nature of London offices, the British “Anglo‐Saxon” office tradition, the North American office tradition in London, and the European approach where the customer more strongly influences office design. Concludes that London is the most likely place to develop a combination of the European and US approaches, which eliminates the weaknesses of each.