open-plan

/ˈəʊpənplˈan/

/ˈoʊpənplˈæn/

[adjective]

open-plan

[ADJECTIVE]

(of buildings or rooms) having no or few walls inside; therefore, with almost no divided parts

Examples

1. It's a spread, so we all think open-plan fits every eventuality.

2. Their houses are large and open-plan.

3. It eschewed the open-plan design of its predecessor and opted instead for a lower and more compartmentalized building.

4. So there's been a number of studies over the years and we'll come to some of them in a minute that have pointed to all kinds of different problems with open-plan workspaces.

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