Fewer desks, more tech, post-Covid 19

Varonis, Penrose Dock. Picture: Janice O'Connell 

HOW our offices look is set for substantial transformation post-Covid, with desk “ownership” potentially consigned to history and interior fit-outs increasingly focused on anti-microbial fabrics and easily cleanable surfaces.

So says Fionuala Lennon, Interior Design Principle with Wilson Architecture, a Cork-headquartered firm who recently took the gong for Building of the Year for Penrose Dock, a John Cleary Development (JCD) office scheme in Cork city, at the Building and Architecture of the Year Awards 2021.