(JOSE ALONSO)

LOST IN SPACES: Top: A copying room at the Portland, Oregon brand agency The North. Middle: The San Diego office of the branding agency Miriello Grafico. Bottom: A rooftop meeting space atop the headquarters of the Manhattan media arts company The Lab. (PETER JENNINGS)

Want to see how the other half works? “Where We Work” is a new book that profiles “45 of the world’s most inspiring work environments,” offering page after page of photos of workspaces far more glorious than yours. It was assembled by Aussie Ian McCallam, who spotlights innovative, high-design offices from around the globe on his site This Ain’t No Disco (It’s Where We Work). There are spaces sleek and sprawling, ultra-modern and retro, sedate and electrifying; here’s a taste.