You've probably walked into a trendy apartment or modern office and marveled at the spacious, airy feel of an open floor plan ...

Love them or hate them, open plan layouts are now the default choice. Knocking down internal walls to make way for more light, more space, and a better flow is almost always a good idea. Once confined ...

It has become a very popular trend in new home construction but fire experts say open floor plans can lead to explosive fire growth, leaving people with little time to escape. The open floor plan is ...

Should you jump on the bandwagon of open floor plans or are traditional separations ideal for your family? To decide, you'll need to know the pros and cons. Jay Wilde In the quest for a more spacious ...

Open floor plans, majorly in style at the beginning of the 21st century, have started to fall out of favor in more recent years. "While open floor plans are popular in a lot of new homes with their ...

Open floor plans have been the dominant trend in new construction since the 1990s, and they’ve been the goal of many remodeling projects in older homes as well. Turn on any home design television show ...

Open floor plans that make it easy to move through primary living and entertaining areas have been popular for decades. Open concept floor plans join the dining room, kitchen and living (great) room ...

Though some luxury buyers will always prefer a formal dining room or a classic six, loft-like open-floor plans have been trending for years, with kitchen and dining room walls being torn down in ...

As work requirements have changed, business spaces have changed. Recently, open floor plans have become a popular feature as businesses look to modernize and encourage collaboration in their teams.

With a clear message to the "cube" culture, open floor plans have come to dominate not only startups but large corporate organizations as well. Facebook, for one, has the largest open floor plan in ...