Open Office Alcoves and Breakout Spaces -- from Forbes

Forbes has a great piece on furniture solutions for quiet breakout spaces and collaboration spaces within the open office concept, along with a slideshow of some products from Vitra. I love the Bouroullec brothers' Alcove sofa!

Image: Forbes.com

Image: Forbes.com

Red Apple Apartment Building by Aedes Studio

I'm freaking out over this building on Arch Daily right now...the texture, the dynamic push/pull effect of the facade, done on a large scale with glass forms and on a smaller scale with the brick itself, the amazing lights-in-cages. I can't even handle it. More photos at the above link to Arch Daily.

Photo: Aedes Studio

US Embassy in Athens by Walter Gropius

Another reason why I'd die and die again to work at Ann Beha...they are shortlisted for a refurb of the US Embassy in Athens. My husband and I actually stayed very close to it when we went there in 2010. It's pretty cool...