Offices cost more than cubes. An office needs a door, ceiling, lights, lighting control, sometimes a sidelight (window), floor/wall finishes, HVAC, along with a couple receptacles and a data opening. This costs more than an 8x8 cube.
It cost $150 to have an office framed, dry walled, taped and muddled, and painted? Please explain how this is possible, the 5/8th drywall for both sides of the wall is practically that much for materials alone.
That stuff doesn’t exist when a space is being completely remodeled either. I work in construction doing tenant improvements, so I see a lot of construction drawings.
You're all missing the biggest expense: real estate.
The space required by that door could add 25-50% to your total space requirements compared to cubes of the same size.
And that's before we add human perception as an element... offices the size of a cube are a horrible experience. They need to be considerably larger to feel like the same amount of space.
JoeAltmaier|5 years ago
Don't underestimate the cost of that 8x8 cube, Its astronomical. Up to $10,000 though of course you can get crap for $500.
When I built our office out, it cost $150 per walled-off office plus door.
quickthrowman|5 years ago
That stuff doesn’t exist when a space is being completely remodeled either. I work in construction doing tenant improvements, so I see a lot of construction drawings.
kube-system|5 years ago
The space required by that door could add 25-50% to your total space requirements compared to cubes of the same size.
And that's before we add human perception as an element... offices the size of a cube are a horrible experience. They need to be considerably larger to feel like the same amount of space.
driverdan|5 years ago