As part of the current "sharing economy" revolution, coworking facilities have transformed the creative marketplace. Since 2005, when the first coworking space was founded in San Francisco, the popularity of working in a shared environment has taken off. Today, hundreds of coworking facilities exist in cities of varying sizes across the world, supporting small businesses ranging from app developers to furniture makers to recording studios. But how have they grown so quickly" It?s all in the community. WeWork, which owns a number of coworking spaces worldwide, sums it up as ?a place you join as an individual, ?me,? but where you become part of a greater ?we.'?

WeWork's South Lake Union office in Seattle. Spaces such as these have proved very popular for small businesses, but they don't exactly work for architects.. Image Courtesy of WeWork
As part of the current "sharing economy" revolution, coworking facilities have transformed the creative marketplace. Since 2005, when the first coworking space was founded in San Francisco, the popularity of working in a shared environment has taken off. Today, hundreds of coworking facilities exist in cities of varying sizes across the world, supporting small businesses ranging from app developers to furniture makers to recording studios. But how have they grown so quickly" It?s all in the community. WeWork, which owns a number of coworking spaces worldwide, sums it up as ?a place you ...