These tiny, prefabricated rooms run from a few thousand dollars to over $10,000 apiece. Whereas cubicles of yore were open-air dividers, these new spaces are fully self-contained rooms.

More open office plans with fewer or no partitions (or even long picnic tables serving as desks) are now all the rage. The irony is that the open office was exactly what the creator of the cubicle ...

The cubicle is undergoing a makeover. And even some cubicle manufacturers concede it’s about time. The ubiquitous workstation has served companies for more than four decades. Despite its ...

I also spent 10 years in B2B tech and software-as-a-service companies, where there's nothing but open office plans. Cubicles are good for deep work and privacy, but they can be isolating.

In high-rent cities like New York or London, “putting everyone in a cubicle or office was too much, so the open-floor plan became very popular,” Mr. Held said.

According to Capterra, setting up 50 standing desks for an open office plan costs $24,000 compared with $60,000 to set up 50 cubicles. That's more than twice the cost for cubicles.

Capitalism has resulted in the creation of some truly soul-sucking ideas, including the cubicle: an office without the privacy, comfort, or permanence of a real room. But if the open office trend ...

In an open office plan, businesses don’t have to buy cubicle materials or furnish private offices. They can squeeze more ...

Here’s a more in-depth look at the advantages of open office plans. 1. Open offices save companies money. Open offices fit well into small business budgets. The spaces reduce overhead costs by ...