For a designer who’s developing office space around the world, Thomas Heatherwick doesn’t seem too fazed by how the pandemic might affect the future of the workplace.

In cities like Manhattan, where just one in 10 office workers have returned since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, employees have been slow to come back to their buildings. Speaking Thursday at WSJ’s Future of Work event, Mr. Heatherwick said the shift to working from home was well under way even before coronavirus hit.

“The…

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