shoffice
noun

- a garden shed that is used as an office

Cambridge Dictionary

—
ORIGIN

The earliest mention I can find is from an architectural review in March, 2014:

"SHOFFICE (shed + office) is a garden pavilion containing a small office alongside garden storage space located at the back of a 1950’s terraced house in St John’s Wood. The project brief was for both a practical office space and a sculptural object that flowed into the garden.

London based architects 'Platform 5' took their inspiration from a curled wood shaving. The curved exterior shell was formed in a stressed skin timber structure to keep the weight and foundations minimal and allow the structure to be pre-fabricated in a workshop and before assembly on site.

The finished design is a fully glazed office, which nestles into an extruded American white oak elliptical shell that unfurls to form a small terrace in the lawn."

Source: The Plan IT

—
REMEMBER THE “SMOFFICE”

SMOFFICE (SMall-OFFICE).

In 2012, as part of a publicity campaign to promote a growing startup scene, the city of Durham (North Carolina) initiated a competition to build the world’s smallest office.

The winner occupied only 1.86 square metres floorspace and was located in the storefront window of a local cafe.

—
PRACTICE OWAD in an English conversation, say something like:

“I’m seriously thinking of converting our garden shed into a SHOFFICE.”

—
THANKS to ‘Esperanto Finals’ for today’s word.

—
HERZLICHEN DANK to all readers helping me keep OWAD alive with single or monthly donations at:

https://donorbox.org/please-become-a-friend-of-owad-3

Paul Smith