WeWork has reinvented the dull office as a ‘platform for creators’. Now the $10bn company plans to effect the same to our houses. Carole Cadwalladr meets the two founders to hear how they blueprint to shape our futureI meet Miguel McKelvey by the juice stall on the seventh floor of a glass-and-steel office building in Moorgate,central London. It’s in a large common area with a polished floor, oversized light fittings and views of the Gherkin. All around us young people are lounging on sofas, or MacBooks open on their laps.“Is that pumpkin juice?” says McKelvey,a 6ft-something 41-year-old who’s originally from Oregon, peering into the chiller cabinet.
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Source: theguardian.com