[rdl]

I think the trick is either to work from multiple locations (based on task), or to have a reconfigurable space.

In my next office, I am going to do a team-based pod system. Teams of 4-8. Single large room to start (2k SF or so), broken up however they decide (could be one huge room, or individual offices, or some combination, or smaller offices plus one big room, etc)

The thing I really want to try is offices with openable walls on 2-3 sides. One side opening into a shared team room; the other opening into a hallway or open plan space.

(The other trick is doing this somewhere with <$24/mo per SF real estate.)