Trends in Office Design: The Open Office, 1923

Greg at Workalicious notes that back in the day they had "open office, team building, things have come so far, and yet not at all..!"

I think there are other features worth noting as well:

• the worker bees get the windows
• the ceiling is high to let light and air penetrate more deeply
• there is no suspended ceiling to capture dust, no hidden spaces
• there is no carpet to capture dust
• there are clerestory windows to allow second hand light into interior spaces
• they are packed in tight, using fewer resources per person.