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People's Architecture Office breaks the monotony of banal offices by designing an out-of-box space with an absolutely extraordinary ambience that will get the employees' creative juices flowing… Check it out!

Well, it turned. The police bureau is starting to crack after six weeks of Occupy Portland. And one picture, right here, crystallizes the precise moment when it happened. During a choreographed effort to pull a few dozen protesters out of the Chase bank branch outside Pioneer Square, part of today's hundreds-strong N17 day of action, Portland police officers resorted to a decidedly more muscular show of force in a clash watched by TV cameras and rush-hour commuters earlier this evening. Suddenly all the fun-the dance parties, the union songs, the peaceful arrests earlier on the Steel Bridge and at Wells Fargo-was for naught. Tromping in with mounted officers, they pushed marchers who had gathered on the sidewalks along SW Yamhill into the street-forcing them to block MAX trains, something no one was doing until the heavily armored riot squad showed up-and then poked and, for the first time, pepper-sprayed the marchers. Significantly, some of the spraying came after protesters had clearly retreated to the opposite sidewalk. (In another odd shift, there also was no federal-court-required verbal PA warning that chemical munitions would be deployed-a hallmark of every other mass police action to date.) Meanwhile, at almost the very same moment, Police Chief Mike Reese was on TV blaming Occupy Portland for his officers' inability to respond to a rape victim for three hours today. Consider that tantamount to a declaration of war. Reese's point? Officers are tired and have been too distracted to do their main jobs: responding to actual crimes. It was an attempt to spin sentiment against the movement, which seems to be attracting adherents. Even the O today said the movement is "building momentum" and said the average age of some 34 arrestees earlier today was 50-not a bunch of young, anarchists/punks/hoodlums/hippies/road warriors etc. But that might come back to haunt him, judging by a wave of outrage on Twitter and elsewhere among those who noted that it

'Flexi-office', 'mobile-office'... is part of the new terminology that defines a dynamic on-the-move office setup. Dutch design firm, Abrahams Crielaers designs the first-of-its-kind inspirational workspace in Eindhoven. Check it out...

Turning a basement into an office, Anagram Architects unlock the versatile potential of the location. Check it out here and leave us your views...

Dipen Gada & Associates veers away from designing a conventional workplace to infuse a sense of charm and a welcoming warmth - working towards both - building brand identity for the client as well as challenging their own limits as architects! Check out how an indigo blue flooring sets the pace for buoyancy in this office…

A careful balance of formal and informal, the TATA Communications office, Pune, by Arvind Vivek Associates sets the stage for #work #environments that are unorthodox, energising and synergetic. Check out the office interior here…

Changing paradigms in corporate culture have led to progressive workplace interiors with extra care for employee wellbeing. Checkout the recent interactive and sustainable office designed by @i29-interior-architects and leave us your views…

Veering away from the old, introverted, conventional office space, the open-plan horizontal architecture aims at transforming work habits and work place culture to co-relate with its new interactive environment. Check out this office in Istanbul by Mimari Studio and leave us your views…

Integrating environmental systems to enhance overall building performance, Studio Design Cosmos creates a contemporary working environment within this corporate office space.

IAnD invites you to showcase your self-styled rooms/ homes/ offices or even a corner /area in your home/office that is exclusively designed by you…

Working with natural materials need not mean a compromise with contemporary settings. Check out this upbeat office and give us your views...

Building a narrative in a cutting-edge, engaging style totally in synch with the cultural ethos of the client is nothing short of an art. Ar. Alhad Gore of Beyond Design smartly rises to the challenge. Check out this new-age office and tell us what you think…

Edda Architecture use colour as a defining element bridging the gap between brand ideology and employee comfort. Check out the office and tell us what you think..

Don't you think our schools, hospitals, workplaces, markets and even our homes could be better off, with a few concepts of wellness incorporated in their design? Go through the feature and leave us your views...

Design Plus Associates embraces an open-plan layout in its industrial-themed office, interspersed with dramatic elements... Check it out here...

In the third feature in our Special on Designer's Personal Spaces, we visit the newly relocated office of Ar. Puran Kumar. Studio PKA is a loft-style workplace that exudes the core sensibilities of the architect's approach - a clear signature for the client to know what he can expect

Hyderabad-based architects HP Lakhani Associates design their office as a showcase of what they stand for; and in the bargain, craft out an endearing journey for their clients…

On day two of our Special series on Designer's Personal Spaces, we take you on an interesting jaunt to the office of creative consultancy Masquespacio in Valencia, Spain. The highlight of this space is that it blends post-modernist appeal with a contemporary palette as a showcase of the studio's signature versatility and innovativeness. Check it out here…

Ar. Rajeev Sathe designs a transparent office in Mumbai, steering the design to balance the innate values of the company with the cultural ethos it wishes to inculcate in its employees. Check it out here…

Recognising the need for #wellness at the workplace, #People'sArchitectureOffice designs the #LepingFoundation headquarters in Beijing as a thoughtfully laid out #office that presents ample opportunities to remain active during the work day. Read on to know more…