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On the money: Bergen's luxury hotel is inspired by Paul Smith and the Beatles

Design

08 Nov 2017

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Penson builds blade-like skyscraper for Korea's tallest building

07 Nov 2017

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The cat's whiskers

06 Nov 2017

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Workspace wellbeing and how it affects our happiness

Design

28 Oct 2017

For once, no one’s suggesting that chance encounters will take place on the stairs|Dichroic window film gives glass walls a shimmering finish|Red Bull has shied away from its corporate colours for the fit out|Three sizes of space, with varying levels of privacy, should provide built-in future flexibility||||||

Red Bull's NY office: cool and calm, not energised

22 Feb 2015

Bespoke plywood and lino desks with striking angular legs The mesh walls link the firm’s office with its industrial purpose|The mesh walls link the firm’s office with its industrial purpose|Expanded aluminium mesh makes for a low-cost way to divide space|Bespoke shelving even makes conveyor-belt parts look good||

Industrial lite for German office

16 Feb 2015

'Concrete' floors are in fact made from carpets to give an industrial feel without the hollow acoustics|A slanted view of Amsterdam's port|Black and white creates drama and visually divides the spaces|Desks and low walls of storage have been custom-made from sandblasted oak|VMX's angled glass facade echoes the wheelhouse of a ship with a nod to the location||

i29's strategic design for Mediaxplain HQ

18 Nov 2014

A lo-fi look comes partly from the fact the fit out is temporary|The Victorian factory and 1980s extension are united by a lot of black paint|Furniture came courtesy of SPC Contracts with desks by Unto This Last|Individual spaces for quiet working|Breathe the creative air of Shoreditch in the courtyards and roof terrace|60p a pop cage lights|Protruding timber door frames match the structural beams and supports in the main office||

Buckley Gray Yeoman's back in black

26 Aug 2014

Sam Wilkinson with the Blown pendent – traditional manufacture meets 3D CAD|Decode's Vessel shade with a groundbreaking Plumen energy-saving bulb|L'arbre de Flonville, a piece of street furniture in Lausanne, Switzerland|Colour and tactility come to the fore in Lexon's Babylon desk accessories|Case's Mantis desk is intended to look good both in the office and at home|Pendola; the whole clock acts as a pendulum, swinging once a second|Lightweight stacking chair Grace, part of a wider outdoor range for Emu|The sturdy-looking Rock chair for Decode works on its own or in groups|&Tradition's Hoof tables have feet that look like giant sharpened pencils|Cloak, an elegantly asymmetrical wood and metal table for Versus||

Profile: bright ideas from Samuel Wilkinson

People

21 May 2014

Inspired by pine forests|A large open-plan meeting space occupies the majority of the first floor|Storage is built in to the length of the wall so as not to block sightines|A limited palette of wood, stone and sand-coloured walls keep it simple|The building's timber skeleton||

VL Office's agricultural chic

13 Apr 2012

Google Engineering's London HQ

19 Mar 2012

Scarlet fever: a staircase-happy atrium is the embodiment of connectivity|Meeting rooms overhang the atrium, with a "pinstripe" motif on the glass|Closed doors were once the norm, but meeting spaces now vary in degree of privacy|Warm tones and lots of wood suggest a more friendly approach to banking||

Macquarie's London HQ

15 Feb 2012

The walkways criss-crossing Adidas HQ give the building its name - Laces|Kinzo's custom-made furniture stores paperwork as well as samples|The building's gentle angles influenced the design of its furniture|Punched-metal uprights in the storage unites create subtle sight-lines|Go-faster furniture: Kinzo's elegantly dynamic angular seating||

Kadawittfeldarchitektur's Adidas office

18 Oct 2011

A gentleman’s -club-style lounge for Dutch agricultural agency ZLTO|The top floor, with its traditional timber roof, hasbeen nabbed by directors|Brickwork and fenestration evokes the Netherlands’ fields of corn|ZLTO retain traditions, such as portraits of past staff, but in a new setting||

New HQ for Zlto by Architekten Cie

15 Sep 2011

This resourceful new ad agency office transforms a factory using old and new

This resourceful new ad agency office transforms a factory using old and new

Five prize-winning books about work that offer a new perspective

Five prize-winning books about work that offer a new perspective

AHMM transforms 1960s Old Street block The Bower using clever retrofit and extension

AHMM transforms 1960s Old Street block The Bower using clever retrofit and extension

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