Cubicles

Office cubicle is an American invention. It's boring and inhumane. Here is a nice essay: "Death to the Cubicles!"
Gervais Tompkin says "simply designing a better cube is like putting lipstick on a pig." 

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/95/open_essay.html

There are also some ideas for new designs:

http://www.cubiclearticle.net/cubicle-design/

12 coolest work spaces:

http://www.oddee.com/item_96903.aspx