UK homes need to be bigger to accommodate home-based work. This is the conclusion of research carried out by the Workhome Project’s Frances Holliss in collaboration with London Metropolitan University’s Matthew Barac and Research Assistants Nicola Blake and Marianna Janowicz.

In this blog post, Howard Davis discusses the historical construction of an economic and social way of life and how this is being significantly challenged through the impacts of the present pandemic. Ideals centered around the ‘family’, ‘public good’, and the ‘office’ are starting to erode and transform, as academics and corporations, individuals and communities, are starting to interrogate the new normal.

Working from home has presented a number of physical and spatial challenges for many of us in our varying homes, households and neighbourhoods. In our latest episode we discuss the various ways that design can improve our ability to work from home and why it is important.

Working from home is becoming the new norm – while white collar workers have benefited, it has increased inequality for many working class employees. Here more about these issues on our latest podcast, ‘Social Inequality and the Workhome’, with Frances Holliss and Richard Brown.

The theme of the inaugural Davidson Prize for architectural drawing, ‘Home/Work – A New Future’, sought out thought-provoking ideas to help inform the debate about working from home. Our ‘Two-door city’ concept made it on the shortlist.

In her contribution to the Architecture Foundation’s 100 Day Studio programme, Frances Holliss explores the continuing impact of the historic disapproval of home-based work on housing design today – and the disproportional impact this has on BAME communities