Onoffice magazine

If you haven’t heard of international architecture firm HASSELL yet, that is about to change. Founded in Australia some 70 years ago, it has more than 900 staff and 14 offices in Australia, China, south-east Asia and, as of a few months ago, the UK too. It designs hotels, airports, research facilities, bridges, parks, rail stations and offices, among other things. In China alone the company has 300 staff, working on mega-projects like the masterplanning of sustainable cities for 100,000…

A raft of challenges faced MoreySmith when it came to turning the vanilla Cat A office space in north London’s Regent’s Place into the new headquarters of media giants Aegis Group. The move, a culmination of a two-year strategic property review, is the first time that the company’s various brands (including Vizeum, iProspect and Carat) have come under one roof. Previously spread around London, in locations ranging from the Qube near Tottenham Court Road to the Tea Building in Shoreditch,…

A raft of challenges faced MoreySmith when it came to turning the vanilla Cat A office space in north London’s Regent’s Place into the new headquarters of media giants Aegis Group. The move, a culmination of a two-year strategic property review, is the first time that the company’s various brands (including Vizeum, iProspect and Carat) have come under one roof. Previously spread around London, in locations ranging from the Qube near Tottenham Court Road to the Tea Building in Shoreditch,…

It’s easy to take the mick out of a company like Innocent. Its yummy-yum-yum marketing spiel is patronising, as is the fun wobbly font on its website. But ever since I discovered that cider doesn’t count as one of your five a day, Innocent Smoothies have become a regular feature in my diet. And I’m not alone. Founded in west London in 1998 by three friends, the company’s rise has been meteoric. Today, Innocent claim to sell 2m fruit smoothies…

Like the distinctive shopping bags from nearby Selfridges, it’s all about the yellow and black at The Interiors Group’s new headquarters in London’s Balderton Street. The dramatic yellow recessed ceiling lights that surround a massive media wall in the informal entrance zone perfectly echo the square brackets on the company’s logo – and were what made me realise I’d arrived in the right place. These corporate colours are a little reminiscent of ITV’s, and once you’ve got properly inside, with…

The first commandment of any creative company these days seems to be “Thou shalt inhabit a post-industrial building with lots of exposed ductwork.” So at first, it may seem peculiar that a trend-forecasting consultancy should want to move from a converted warehouse to a row of Georgian townhouses in a conservation area – but as a workplace concept, the warehouse has been done to death, and in some cases it doesn’t yield the best results for an organisation. (We at…

London-based architects Sheppard Robson has won planning for a 20-storey office building on a prominent site at One Mitre Square, Aldgate, in the City of London. The building will house 25,000 sq m of Grade A office space with a retail/café space on street level. The scheme will also create a new public square. According to Sheppard Robson the design is based on a medieval priory that used to occupy the site and is ‘broken into a cluster of smaller…

Staverton's new arrival in innovative office furniture is called Staverton LT. The range has a variety of new features added to the original Staverton PR system and will make the range accessible to a wider group. The main development is a new static height workstation and also includes a space-saving 700mm-deep work surface. Its re-engineered structure retains quality, integrity and flexibility and has helped to secure a major 700-workstation project with Esselco Services at Warnford Court, in the city of…

Pure is the GDB's contemporary and minimalist range of office furniture, which is slender and simple. The range can be easily re-configured, as the desk systems need no tools to assemble, and boasts quick delivery. Pure will be featured in the GDB's London showroom during the Clerkenwell Design Week.www.gdbi.co.uk

“The interior was about living and breathing their green ideals,” says Vyshali Sardesai, associate at BDGworkfutures, which worked with UK energy company EDF on the revamp of its headquarters near Victoria station in London. This encompasses everything from the selection of sustainable materials within the fit out to showcasing the company’s new brand messaging.This began with the reception. Before the redesign, visitors encountered a large, bright atrium space upon entering the Grosvenor Place building, where levels of welcome and security…