Open-plan Office: Friend or Foe?

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Open-plan offices are famous for stifling productivity, so why do they still exist? We go on a tour with office space designer Mark Randall. So how do you solve problems of noise, privacy and productivity in the workplace? We ask Dr Sally Augustin, an environmental and design psychologist and a consultant at Design With Science. Could sleeping at work be the answer? We sent exhausted reporter Edwin Lane to meet the company Metronaps, makers of napping pods for the likes of Google and Huffington Post. (Photo: Office worker. Credit: Getty Images)