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MODERN ADMINISTRATIVE AND OFFICE BUILDINGS

The diversity of spheres of life in our country determines a significant number of various government bodies that manage these areas at various levels: federal, district, republican, regional, local. These include ministries, state committees, administrative and economic institutions (associations, departments, management boards, offices, agencies, etc.), legal institutions, communication institutions, editorial offices and publishing houses, credit and financial institutions (banks, treasury, inspection), etc. Very often, different institutions are located in the same building. These can be cooperative buildings of the legislative and executive authorities, public organizations, design bureaus of various profiles, etc.

An office (English office, from Latin officium-service, duty) is a special public building or room for certain processes that are provided by individual and collective work of employees that requires communication and exchange of information. Of all the types of structures today, it is the office building that is undergoing the greatest changes. Thanks to modern information technologies, the office is no longer rigidly tied to the place and time. A person works where there is a connection to a computer network. Despite this, the office does not

Office plans with furniture arrangement:

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1 — office building in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, architect K. Tielig &

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Business center "Iceberg" in Nizhny Novgorod, architect V. Bykov,A.