# Office culture In the late 1800s, [[Daniel Hudson Burnham]] created an office culture at his Chicago-based architectural firm, [[Burham and Root]], that innovated office culture at the time. "The office was full of a rush of work, but the spirit of the place was delightfully free and easy and human in comparison to other offices I had worked in," said Paul Starrett, reflecting on his experience working with the firm. [[Daniel Hudson Burnham|Burnham]] installed an employee gym and even taught fencing himself. His partner, [[John Wellborn Root]], would give impromptu recitals on the piano.[^1] - #seed How we design office cultures, not only through the built environment, but looking at bottom-up and top-down approaches. - #seed Why office culture matters so incredibly much. [^1]: [[larson2003DevilWhiteCity#^officeculture|Larson, E. (2003). The devil in the white city: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America.]]