PSBJ: An Evolution of Home & Office Design Through the Pandemic

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ray johnston, FAIA, was recently featured in the puget sound business journal

“One way or another, private homes are being altered to accommodate working remotely.”

Ray Johnston was recently featured in a career and workplace article, All The Comforts of Home, in the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ), which focused on the fate of traditional office spaces in a post-pandemic world. As designers, Johnston Architects has shifted the way we think about home offices and flex spaces in the residential designs we work on to support this new way of “working from anywhere.”

Additionally, we have initiated and organized our own office redesign to better support the needs of our employees to work a hybrid model of in-person and at-home working. “Previously, we had traditional pods, spaces for files and drawings,” he said.

“I think after this, very few people will have designated spaces. There will be a variety of spaces in which to work.”

Former JA office desk spaces will be converted into a comfortable lounge space. “It won’t be dedicated to any one person,” he said.

“It will be a space that you can go if you feel like you need to work on a couch. Something that feels more like a living room. I suspect I may gravitate to that area myself.”

You can read the article in its entirety on the PSBJ. And stay tuned for updates on our new, reimagined studio.