Behind Office Doors
A transdisciplinary history of the 20th-century office, exploring how its spatial forms, technological systems and managerial ideologies were constructed, challenged and lived with. Throughout the twentieth century, office buildings became central to the organisation of societies – yet what went on...
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2026
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| description | A transdisciplinary history of the 20th-century office, exploring how its spatial forms, technological systems and managerial ideologies were constructed, challenged and lived with. Throughout the twentieth century, office buildings became central to the organisation of societies – yet what went on inside them has remained remarkably understudied. Behind Office Doors explores this history by focusing on users and everyday practices. It examines how office spaces were conceived by architects, designers and managers, and how they were inhabited, experienced and contested by workers. From filing cabinets and air conditioning to EU offices and colonial bureaucracies, the chapters trace how design, technology and organisational thinking shaped office life. Alongside case studies on Europe, North America, Asia and colonial Africa, the contributions reflect on how the office has been approached in historiography. Drawing on cross-disciplinary research, this book argues for the development of historical office studies, showing how the design and management of offices have shaped cultures of work. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1719962026-02-13T05:55:01Z Behind Office Doors van de Maele, Jens Office buildings 20th century history Architecture Management Workspaces Bureaucracy Surveillance Control Gendered dimensions of work Architecture and Urban Planning History History 1800-present thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMG Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWB Office management thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 A transdisciplinary history of the 20th-century office, exploring how its spatial forms, technological systems and managerial ideologies were constructed, challenged and lived with. Throughout the twentieth century, office buildings became central to the organisation of societies – yet what went on inside them has remained remarkably understudied. Behind Office Doors explores this history by focusing on users and everyday practices. It examines how office spaces were conceived by architects, designers and managers, and how they were inhabited, experienced and contested by workers. From filing cabinets and air conditioning to EU offices and colonial bureaucracies, the chapters trace how design, technology and organisational thinking shaped office life. Alongside case studies on Europe, North America, Asia and colonial Africa, the contributions reflect on how the office has been approached in historiography. Drawing on cross-disciplinary research, this book argues for the development of historical office studies, showing how the design and management of offices have shaped cultures of work. 2026-02-13T05:55:01Z 2026-02-13T05:55:01Z 2026-02-12T09:53:53Z 2026 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109922 9789461667106 9789461667113 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171996 eng open access Leuven University Press Leuven University Press 10.11116/9789461667106 10.11116/9789461667106 9e472607-bec3-4b15-ba3f-f05039722389 9789461667106 9789461667113 Leuven University Press 360 Leuven open access |
| spellingShingle | Office buildings 20th century history Architecture Management Workspaces Bureaucracy Surveillance Control Gendered dimensions of work Architecture and Urban Planning History History 1800-present thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMG Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWB Office management thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 Behind Office Doors |
| title | Behind Office Doors |
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| topic | Office buildings 20th century history Architecture Management Workspaces Bureaucracy Surveillance Control Gendered dimensions of work Architecture and Urban Planning History History 1800-present thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMG Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWB Office management thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 |
| topic_facet | Office buildings 20th century history Architecture Management Workspaces Bureaucracy Surveillance Control Gendered dimensions of work Architecture and Urban Planning History History 1800-present thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMG Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWB Office management thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 |
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