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Working from home: We don’t need more space, we need SPACE

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Working from home: We don’t need more space, we need SPACE. / Costa, Ana; Ellsworth-Krebs, Katherine.
Future Home: Trends, Innovations and Disruptors in Housing Design. ed. / Alejandro Moreno-Rangel; Ruth Conroy Dalton. London: Routledge, 2023.

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Costa A, Ellsworth-Krebs K. Working from home: We don’t need more space, we need SPACE. In Moreno-Rangel A, Conroy Dalton R, editors, Future Home: Trends, Innovations and Disruptors in Housing Design. London: Routledge. 2023

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Costa, Ana ; Ellsworth-Krebs, Katherine. / Working from home : We don’t need more space, we need SPACE. Future Home: Trends, Innovations and Disruptors in Housing Design. editor / Alejandro Moreno-Rangel ; Ruth Conroy Dalton. London : Routledge, 2023.

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