think different, design different, get an extraordinary office building

I've been thinking why technological possibilities are never part of the architecture of office buildings and probably this is because architects have a brand and need to stick to this. This limits the possibilities when using an architect that is well known (I remember that for some buildings there are even contracts that the architect can come in and check if all the furniture used is still the original. if not she/he gets a compensation and you are not allowed to use the architecs name anymore)

When looking at all technical possibilities and how this possibly can be used in a building it would be cool if you can bring in some creative minds who are pretty smart in thinking and designing and let them sit together and design the office breaking traditional rules and without the limitations the big names (and thus brands) in architecture have.

When you look for example at the website of intactlab (www.intactlab.nl) and imagine all tables in meeting rooms and the community area are multitouch (and linked to each other) with some cool new ways of using them

And what about bringing in people like Felix Schmidberger (http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?sort_by=1&portfolio_id=532845&individual_id=156757) who thinks about technology and the looks

And for the general design of furniture I personally like Frank Weil (http://www.frankweil.com/) who designs modern furniture in high quality which perfectly fits with an office like this to ensure there will be a balance between technology and design.

Obviously there are many more design artists and creative technologists who can play a key role here but I think the point is clear. We still build traditional offices and then fill them with technology. It would just be great to start incorporating technology in the design phase already and give it a key role (especially in the communication era we are in now). So start with a concept on how you like to work, fill this in with technology available to facilitate this working style and then build the office around it in such a way technology is creatively used in innovative design for the building including the furniture

Maybe there are some great examples already. If so please mail me some info on this or put it in the comments on the post. Really looking forward to this