Twenty years ago, many predicted the death of the office as improved technology would enable everyone to work from home. Yet today, booming tech companies are increasingly locating offices in vibrant central locations in major cities, with the health and wellbeing of their employees a key focus of their property strategy. Working from home does not work as a permanent solution even for the most tech-oriented companies.

There is a lot of media speculation about the office of the future, covering themes that are quickly becoming reality, such as greater flexibility, more breakout space and higher number of showers due to increasing bike usage, to the more fanciful such as yoga studios and private chefs. These days office occupiers no longer care about desks, they want huddle hubs, mindfulness space, rock rooms and baristas. Where’s it all going to end? How do you build the office of the future?