«“A nostalgic look at when architects tried to make the office better.”»

ARCHITECT Magazine

«“A fascinating analysis of the way design shapes the relationships between space, work and people.”»

ELLE Decoration

«“The authors of The Office of Good Intentions do not purport to offer a solution to our collective office woes. Instead, Idenburg and Suen have put together an expansive survey of attempts to bring technology, space, and social organization into harmonious alignment, with varying degrees of more-or-less short-lived success.”»

The Architect’s Newspaper

«“The Office of Good Intentions… examines how the evolution of offices changes us, the people who work in them.”»

The Financial Times

«“…architects Florian Idenburg and LeeAnn Suen take a trip through the history of American office design. As the ‘good intentions’ of the title suggests, they are interested in utopianism – both architectural and tech – and its inevitable corruption.”»

ArtReview

«“At a moment when many are reevaluating how offices influence workers’ happiness, productivity and well-being (choose your own order), architects and designers LeeAnn Suen and Florian Idenburg have put together a series of essays and criticism examining five decades of workplace design.”»

Bloomberg.com

«“…dive into some of the world’s most fascinating offices.”»

architecturaldigest.com

«“The Office of Good Intentions explores how design and technology have transformed how and where we work through a wide and diverse collection of groundbreaking offices.”»

Metropolis

«“This book is not an architectural history. It moves with a critical eye through hushed offices and frenzied laboratories, dusty outlaw areas and well-lit influencer stage sets; it rifles through Steve Jobs’s closet and peers into Andy Warhol’s Factory. It is looking for work and finding it everywhere.”»

Florian Idenburg & LeeAnn Suen