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Where workers are seen but not heard

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2006 / October 24

Energy efficiency and abundant natural light are desirable things in the workplace, but what if they come at the price of not being able to hear yourself think? Many North American companies began wrestling with that tradeoff more than 20 years ago, when open-plan offices were coming back into favour after decades of unpopularity.

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