office -> cube -> open floor plan -> next? what can be even worse than the open floor? Transparent floors? No walls at all? I'm sure in a few years we'll know.
>freeing spaces from traditional architectural limitations like walls, windows and roofs.
that is truely a hundreds millions (or even few billions) sales pitch (cue architectural sales pitch from "How i met your mother"). Now even i understand that those walls/etc... happened to be just "limitations" which our internal caveman was hiding inside.
How about the entire company sits at one continuous "superdesk"?
"The challenge was to create the most collaborative, creative environment possible. The result? A desk that we could all share, literally--4,400 square feet of undulating, unbroken awesomeness to keep people and ideas flowing."
while progress can't be stopped, it is possibly to capitalize on it - i think you should file a patent together with the other guy who mentioned beehive :)
The future is years ago: jobs on many of the contracting sites require you to install software which allows employers to monitor your activity at all times.
It can't get worse until every typo is put onto a Jumbotron as you make it, and your progress is reviewed at daily standups where everyone is dressed except you
3D is the open-plan future. Glass partitions at every multiple of 7 feet, going up to 35. (Those anachronistic things called floors will be ripped out, of course. You just need strong glass that can support the weight.) If you're female, don't wear a skirt to work unless you're seated on the bottom level.