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The impressive full-height atrium. Black water pools add a greater sense of depth|2 Kingdom Street’s external mullions set it apart from its two glass neighbours|A glass block on the floor allows natural light to penetrate the underground studio space|Coloured fins animate the reception area while the desk echoes the diagonal lines of the site|Acoustic panels help to absorb sound and the concrete columns feature halos|Clean floor plates are the workhorse of the building|The upper floors command cinematic views of Maida Vale and Little Venice||

2 Kingdom Street by KPF

18 May 2010

Passivhaus-accredited office in Beechwood Business Park, Dover by Dudley Marsh and Grießbach and Grießbach Architects|A Passivhaus office interior in St Gerold, Austria, completed last year by CN-Architekten. It combines excellent insulation, stringent air tightness and minimal thermal bridging to create environments that naturally control temperature|The Passivhaus office stays toasty even when it’s snowing|Rendering of a Passivhaus school, by sustainableBYdesign, unique because of the internal light quality and natural ventilation|The discipline relies on sensible principles, on making the most of natural resources and insulating, like this school project|The school would save the eventual occupiers a lot of money on light and heating bills|R-House, winner of an Innovative Green Homes competition by NY architects Della Valle Bernheimer & Architecture Research Office||

The rise of Passivehaus in the UK

18 May 2010

MARK founders John Miller and Anna Hart find something to laugh about|Anna Hart’s Flow sofa in production. The finished piece will be unveiled at Clerkenwell Design Week|Early model of the Flow sofa|Work in progress. Sketches and diagrams by Hart|Manufacturing shot of Nest. Eighty percent of Mark’s products are made in Cornwall|Prototype of Nest|Nest with all new sled and pedastal bases|Shaper is named after the surfboard manufacturers who formed the table top|Tomoko Azumi’s spin/recharge side table|Arris lounge chair by Gala Wright features a three-way bridle joint|The award-winning Net chair was insipired by fishing nets||

The Cornish duo behind MARK

18 May 2010

Company branding and philosophy dominate the reception area|Graphics and manifestations carried out by Ltd Limited|Images of British Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton loom large over the bench-style seating in the cafe|Plenty of light reaches this break-out area, with its oversize suspension lamp and abundance of windows|A revamped meeting space with some of EDF’s old furniture reupholstered in new fabrics and tables updated with new tops||

EDF Energy's London HQ by BDGworkfutures

16 Apr 2010

80% cut in emissions by 2050|Wind turbines at Lion House, an ultra low-emissions office building designed for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Lion House uses photovoltaic panels integrated into its brise soleil; its biomass boiler uses locally sourced woodchips||

Carbon emission cutting gets serious

12 Mar 2010

Bright new offices for the broadband giant|The perimeter bar, benches and canteen floor are made from Bembe wood|Branding has been kept to a minimum|Three four metre interactive screens form a media wall in the lounge|Each floor is defined by a different colour contrasting with the charcoal grey seating|The industrial feel of the canteen is reinforced by the lights from an old Rover car factory||

TalkTalk HQ by Found Associates

12 Mar 2010

The handsome sandstone facade is punctuated by large rectangular windows that wrap around the corners of the building|Allan Murray Architects’ Cube|Suspended cuboid meeting rooms project into the central atrium and give the Cube its name|The ancient bastions on Calton Hill as seen from the terraces of the fourth and fifth floor|Conceptual sketch by Allan Murray Architects. Note the cobbled path allowing the public to cut through the back of the building||

The Cube by Allan Murray Architects

12 Mar 2010

3XN’s travertine-clad building needed to be forward-looking, but not too forward-looking|Resembling a giant marble run, the central stair plays a pivotal role in separating public and private space|Each office features slotted windows|The ground floor reception opens out into a large canteen and library|Despite its height, the canteen/library has a soft, intimate feel. A light sculpture is suspended from the ceiling|The building’s layered facade shields the individual offices within from direct sunlight||

Danish law firm Horten's new HQ by 3XN

12 Feb 2010

Unilever’s award-winning riverside office|On the banks of the River Elbe|Glazing is protected from high winds by single layer of ETFE film, which wraps around the entire building|Terraced areas and steps provide a place for tourists and locals to perch during the summer months|A series of walkways span the atrium, providing a direct route between different departments|LED ‘light rings’ fill the atrium: each incorporates light-diffusing prisms that reflect sunlight into the office space|A diagram demonstrating how the heating and ventilation system works||

Unilever HQ by Behnisch Architekten

20 Jan 2010

Cartwright Pickard’s proposed development in Merchant’s Gate, Wakefield, which features a large atrium and a café open to the public||

The changing face of local council offices

07 Dec 2009

SelgasCano's new HQ goes back to nature|The north-facing wall is a 20mm-thick curved window made of transparent plexiglas, while the opaque south-facing wall uses a ‘sandwich’ of fibreglass, polyester and insulation|Steps lead up from entrance level to the tubular space with its long row of workstations – all of them hotdesks|Wooden planks are used for paving outside the tubular structure|Concrete steps cut into the earth lead down into the office’s entrance||

SelgasCano's enchanting office

21 Oct 2009

The facade fulfils civic demand for natural sandstone|Department BBQs take place on the open roof terrace|Arthur’s Seat creates a dramatic natural backdrop|The best building in Scotland? Its occupants think so…|‘Wormhole’ staircases make interaction between floors easier|Networking spaces and coffee points are visible from every floor||

Informatics Forum by Bennetts Associates

15 Sep 2009

The futuristic entrance to the reception building|“BAE Systems’ Living Room” – the sleek reception area|Large atrium spaces mean good natural lighting and ventilation|Hollow elements of the ‘folded’ structure have been glazed in|Building 608, one of two similar four-storey office buildings|The Post-it note that inspired the reception building’s design||

BAE Systems HQ by Capita Symonds

14 Sep 2009

Greening existing buildings

20 Aug 2009

Prooff has collaborated with Ben van Berkel from UN Studio to create SitTable|SitTable is a reworked version of The World's Longest Table for all Cultures|The Ear Chair was the first design by Prooff|The different configurations create an architectural solution to open plan offices: a chair as a room|The Work Sofa encourages a mix of formal and informal sitting and a variety of ways to address people|The workstation is height adjustable and very flexible, allowing for concentrated work as well as collaborations|Work Lounge|The Slow Car, launched at Milan, was designed for the office campus|Illustrated version of the Slow Car||

Dutch design collective Prooff

08 Jun 2009

Arial view of 17 sided steel structure|Interior shot of the project taken April 09|External view of building site in progress|Original scale model of building||

Solar UK by Richard Boswell Associates

12 May 2009

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