Office architecture and design

The craftiest co-working spaces around the world

Modern workspaces must be adaptable and ergonomically sound. Cast iron, plywood and hanging plants are also requisite. Dispatching from creative companies and desirable desk spaces, we track down the designers responding to our evolving working behaviours. Are you sitting comfortably...

Architecture / 4 Oct 2018

Knowhow Shop’s micro-office on wheels in Los Angeles

In the Highland Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles, architects Kagan Taylor and Justin Rice of Knowhow Shop have designed and built a new office for their design studio in their backyard. Named ‘Lighthouse’, the project is a micro-building that is a place for work...

Architecture / 19 Sep 2018

Office design: the latest trends in workspace architecture

Corporate identity is expressed through workspace design. Draw inspiration from the latest design trends and evolving ideas across the realm of office design. Attract the most eager millennials and accommodate the most seasoned experts into your team. Work it.

Architecture / 4 Sep 2018

Frank Gehry’s latest office building at Facebook’s Menlo Park HQ opens

A new office building at Facebook’s headquarters at Menlo Park by Frank Gehry has opened. Named MK21, the office building was designed and built in less than 18 months and has a focus on sustainability. The building is an extension to MK20, a...

Lifestyle / 12 Jun 2018

L’Oréal’s new Paris HQ designs wellness into the workday

From Google’s expansive Silicon Valley campus (where it’s bring-your-dog-to-work-day, everyday), to Lego’s Denmark Office with slides instead of lifts, companies are paying closer attention to how design and space influence their employees’ experience, and therefore, the company’s productivity. The new...

Architecture / 7 Jun 2018

The Smithsons’ Economist Plaza renovation by DSDHA is revealed

One of London’s most beloved architectural icons, the Economist Plaza by Britain’s brutalist pioneers Alison and Peter Smithson, is being given new lease of life after a loving restoration by architects DSDHA for commercial real estate specialists Tishman Speyer The...

Architecture / 5 Jun 2018

BuckleyGrayYeoman refurbish Herbal House in Clerkenwell

In Clerkenwell, a historic printworks has received a contemporary refurbishment and upgrade from Shoreditch-based architecture practice BuckleyGrayYeoman. The vast 115,000 sq ft space stretches across ten floors, two of which were added on with a steel-clad rooftop extension by...

Lifestyle / 31 May 2018

This minimalist Japanese sake brewery conceals a zen secret garden

Case Real has long been a front runner in designing functional workspaces, placing emphasis on the employees’ freedom to create. Recall its Japanese storehouse live-work conversion back in 2016, and its minimalist creations for similarly-minded brands like Aesop. Now, the...

Architecture / 16 May 2018

Gensler designs a co-working space for the Stephen Lawrence Centre to empower young people and start-ups

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust has launched a co-working space for start-ups and small businesses working within the built environment in London. Designed by Gensler, the open-plan space is a mindful spot filled with colour and green plants that will...

Architecture / 8 May 2018

Bjarke Ingels joins WeWork as chief architect

Global co-working network WeWork announces Bjarke Ingels as chief architect. The Danish architect, the founder of BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, will bring his expertise and vision to WeWork to create a design language across all buildings, campuses and neighbourhoods. Ingels, who will...

Architecture / 16 Apr 2018

Introducing the first collection to emerge from Tom Dixon’s new King’s Cross HQ

Sitting across the table at his showroom in London’s Portobello Dock, Tom Dixon looks nervous. It’s not the prospect of the interview; Dixon is a seasoned interviewee, with over three decades’ worth of design prominence. Any perceived nerves come from...

Architecture / 14 Mar 2018

Hub culture: how Second Home is engineering the new creative hothouse

In 2010, Rohan Silva was a smart young thing pulled from the UK’s Treasury department into the policy unit at No.10 to advise the then prime minister David Cameron. He had already launched the Tech City initiative that established East...