Office design

A feature on dynamic angles and striking contrasts.   The Singapore office was designed with an intent to integrate private offices & an open collaborative workspace giving the users the freedom to innovate, in line with Veeam’s corporate identity.  ​ Striking green accents create visual bridges between zones and pops of vibrant colours accompanied with clean, angular lines reflects the company’s bold yet elegant brand personality, achieving a futuristic and cutting edge design. ​ Deliberate yet purposeful geometric forms branches out from the circulation space, creating pockets of collaborative environments that trigger strong engagement between co-workers. With centralised shared spaces strategically placed... More

The workshop offers a ingenious launch pad for aspiring businesses. Raw Design Consultants A brand new concept created by Ascendas Singbridge. An imaginative co-working space with the aim of benefiting SMEs, start-ups and industrialists in a redefined industrial space, with the use of flexible, modular arrangements. Raw Design Consultants Two prominent features that helped achieve the industrial effect are the black lattice that frames the private spaces and the cement screed floor that spreads through the shared spaces. The harmony of warm hues and wood elements, creates an ambience cosy enough to make one feel at home. Raw Design Consultants With private offices lining the perimeters of the space, a centralized pantry an... More

In 20016, Lavazza acquired Carte Noire, a French top-quality coffee maker with similar characteristics as to quality, customer base, attention to image and communication. Construction work run alongside the acquisition of the subsidiary company. The new offices are located at number 58 Avenue Émile Zola, in the heart of Boulogne-Billancourt, a neighbourhood near the centre of Paris, which has undergone recent redevelopment. Here, Carte Noire employs approximately 140 people and occupies two floors, the sixth and seventh floor of a recently constructed building, which stands out for its irregularly shaped, narrow floorplan. The interior is bright as it is flooded in natural light. The real challenge of this project was to convey th... More

In 2017, Lavazza opened the new offices of its British subsidiary branch in Uxbridge, a London suburb, at the top of a six-floor building with a breath-taking view of the surrounding landscape. In this large open-plan space, workstations are arranged in groups of four desks joined together while, meeting rooms and executive offices are the sole facilities with glass partitions. The Inspire Pod is in the centre, lit with sophisticated reflections: an innovative “see-through room” for quick meetings, designed in partnership with the company Faram. Two symmetrical staff rooms lead to a large roof-top terrace with an outdoor dining area and a lounge with sofas and armchairs. The Training Center, the brand’s network of profe... More

Tradition is preserved in the homeland of coffeemaking. The Torre del Greco offices, on the outskirts of Naples, abides by the rules of traditional coffee-making and the ways in which this product was consumed over the centuries. The Historical building is the life and soul of the office but at the same time, it has symbolic value because of its special position within the city. According to principles of spatial planning, different activities happen on the two floors: reception and the Training Center are on one floor and the commercial and representative areas are on the other. As the building is listed, the main intent of the project was to both preserve and show appreciation for the architecture, paying the same degree of attention yo... More

Fennia Mutual Insurance Company moved its headquarters to the former Tekes premises in West Pasila, Helsinki, in the spring of 2017. The Pasilanportti, designed by Jaakko Salonen in the late 1980s, was of high-quality architecture of its time, but it desperately needed modernization. Changes in the work environment such as telecommuting, shared spaces, activity-based work and new technology called for changes in the old building's structure. Moreover opening up the ground floor north-south axis was cornerstone of the renovation plan. In the past, the lobby was shallow and rambling, and it was difficult to orientate around the ground floor. The structure needed clarity, so now the entrance, lobby, steps, full-height courtyard and meeting sp... More

3 things that happen when designers design their own office space   As a part of our global expansion plans, Space Matrix branched out into China through the successful acquisition of Muraya last year. Our initial conversations with Muraya told us that this interior design and construction company shared a lot of our core values and cultural beliefs. Together with their talented team, we looked forward to better servicing our clients in Australia, India and Southeast Asia.   But first, we needed a gorgeous office for our newly expanded team in Shanghai. We wanted to rebrand the existing space to reflect its affiliation to the larger Space Matrix family. Moreover, the way we work has changed a lot over the last few years, and w... More

In the unused cafeteria of the Paderborn Fraunhofer Institute, a modern coworking space called "Idea Engine" has been created. Here workshops are held that bring together science and industry for futurology and product innovation. The image of the Future Workshop also serves as a design principle: an unpolished workshop character is intended to create a creative atmosphere.The four areas of the 220m² large area divide the space thanks to an industrial-style glass partition wall: in the "Ideation Space" there is plenty of room for brainstorming. Large whiteboard areas, mobile desks and a seating stand create a multifunctional space for coworking, presentation and creativity.The "Creation Space" serves as a workshop for developing protot... More

The new MAFINEX Technology Centre is one of the most important building blocks of innovation promotion for the Mannheim Economic Development Agency to support the transfer of research and development to products and services. Embedded in the master plan Glückstein-Quartier, the technology centre has taken up its new location between the University and the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences. The building structures delimit courtyard areas and open outdoor facilities with trees and squares. This has created the vital fabric of a campus that activates the communication of the founders of new businesses. The basic comfort is provided by a concrete core tempering of the massive ceilings in summer and winter. A climate control facade co... More

The building complex with a gross floor area of 35,000 m² for the ORGA card systems sees itself as a built strategy of the future-open building: Growth of the company and constant change of the working processes require a new definition of the working world.The building is located in an industrial area and describes its context itself. The staggered arrangement of the pavilions maximizes the external impact of all 850 workplaces. Group offices, meeting zones, laboratories or assembly areas can change in a team-oriented manner. The casino accentuates the green campus of the complex: its front welcomes arriving guests and forms the entrance with the entrance pavilion. Its long side forms a small square with cherry trees together with the... More

The Rathauspassage Paderborn is the result of an initiative by private builders. By converting the old company buildings of the F. Schöningh publishing house, a sequence of new urban spaces has been created, connecting Rosenstraße with Jühenplatz and Rathausplatz.The ground floor zones were completely redesigned for small-scale retail trade and enriched with gastronomic and cultural uses. The upper floors are reserved for offices, surgeries and apartments. The interventions of gutting, renovation and supplementary new buildings have created a lively mix with an unmistakable character. The passages, courtyards and alleys were designed in connection with the old network of paths in Paderborn's city centre. More

The project which is called “Bahar”is a different laboratory in the west of Tehran. It could be claimed that for the first time in our country, A specialized laboratory was designed with an architectural perspective. This project responds  all needs of it.   The project which is called “Bahar”is a different laboratory in the west of Tehran. It could be claimed that for the first time in our country, A specialized laboratory was designed with an architectural perspective. This project responds  all needs of its customers. In this project we face two groups of employees and clients.users of this space include adults, the disabled and children that a space is designed to meet their needs separately. The... More

Hygge at Scale. Blitz partnered with Google to implement a redesign of spaces within the open office that meet Google's goals of a workplace that enables teams to collaborate, do focused work, and innovate. The design solutions break down visual barriers within the workplace and create open informal meeting areas with key points of intersections on each floor. The removal of wall partitions and semi-enclosed nooks allow daylight to penetrate into the interior areas of the floor plan and present a clear visual connection between adjacent open office spaces. A phased approach was implemented, in which two floors were transformed at a time, while the campus was fully functional. To instill a sense of ownership for the teams occupying the sp... More

Ian Shaw has modernised an office building dating from the 50s, thereby creating new working spaces which emphasise reduction, openness and teamwork. All this was achieved with a minimum of building work and expense.  The client’s overriding challenge to Ian Shaw Architects was to modernize the interiors of an outdated building from the 1950s in Frankfurt am Main with as little alteration to the existing building fabric as possible. The company were searching for an open well-lit building representative of the ideas of teamwork and flat hierarchies. The project was predicated upon no significant structural alterations and manageable construction costs. A resulting 145 sqm. on the ground, first and second floors was refurbish... More