Name That Shed

You're all too good at this game. Everybody rightly identified last week's historic dog kennel. So how about this shedlike structure which I think is considerably harder? I'll give you a clue - it's not in the UK.

Shed boy

There's not a vast amount of detail about these small, affordable houses at shed-boy.com but it's certainly one of the most arresting front pages I've seen on a garden office supplier's site for a while.
Thanks to Jill for the alert

ecocoons

An intriguing pentagonal design from architect Mathieu Collos, designed as split-level treehouselike eco retreats but which would be marvellous for some futuristic shedworking. They're built using SIPs and steel cables.Via designboom where there are lots more images

Shedworking - the book

After a long search for the right publisher, I'm delighted to announce that 'Shedworking: the alternative workplace revolution' will be published during National Shed Week in July 2010 by Frances Lincoln. It's a natural home for Shedworking as Frances Lincoln has a long and distinguished history of publishing well illustrated and interesting books on architecture and gardening. Many thanks to all of you who have helped in the hunt for a new publisher and have sent messages of support, in particular to Emma Townshend and Uncle Wilco. Naturally I'll keep you up to date with news as we get closer to publication date.

Iain Lowson's shedworking commute

Writer Iain Lowson from Berwick-Upon-Tweed, currently employed by Midway Studios Newcastle, has a great set of photos on Flickr of his garden office cabin and has also posted a video of his winter commute to the shed(see above). Click here to watch it.
Via Just Sheds Flickr pool
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Harads: invisible treehouse shedworking

Now here's a way to hoodwink the planners, make your garden office invisible (as well as up in a tree). This marvellous shedlike structure - actually a very bijou hotel in Sweden - comes from Tham and Videgard Hansson. They call the 4m cube a 'shelter in the trees' and it's built out of aluminium and plywood with walls clad in mirrored glass. You'll be relieved to know that there are special stickers which only birds can see to prevent them whacking into the sides.Via Trendhunter
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IBM backs homeworking trend

According to Akanksha Prasad in the IT Examiner IBM is encouraging employees to work from home. Dravida Seetharam, Vice President-Government Programs at IBM told Prasad that by the summer up to 20 per cent of its workforce would work from home. He said:

“We would provide more communication and networking facilities to the employees. It would also be a good option of providing higher salary packages in compensation of the energy–savings done on their part.”

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