The New Environments for Working (NEW) study considers how office buildings and their environmental systems will perform when their pattern of use changes from the typical nine-to-five use for which most of them were designed. The study defines a number of modern working patterns, devising four metaphors (hive, den, cell and club) to describe organisational patterns of work and their spatial consequences. The book describes how these concepts can be applied, and their consequences for office design and operation from the perspective of the needs of office users, and of those responsible for procuring office space. The book also considers trends in how these working patterns are applied and the potential impact on product development.