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SOUND (4/4) Light, volume, views, sounds... these are the "raw materials" to which we now devote much more time and attention at every stage of the design process. We will be discussing them with you over the coming weeks and look forward to your feedback and contributions. Sound (4/4). The most immediate reflex in interior design, when we [...]
Bulky panels Radiant panels are becoming increasingly popular, and many office building owners are choosing them. Their slim design immediately frees up valuable centimeters of ceiling height, which is a significant advantage in terms of amplifying volume. However, this alternative to fan coil units is not without its drawbacks when it comes to design [...]
A sense of welcome The first floor of Eversheds Sutherland's Paris headquarters, designed by Chambers architects, is dedicated to a client suite. It opens onto an inner courtyard reserved for the firm, and abundantly planted. Through the long glass wall, this vegetal décor is omnipresent from the moment visitors are welcomed. It accompanies them as they [...]
Eversheds to the essentials Scandinavian and Japanese interiors are often known for their ability to get to the heart of the matter. That the human element and its use take precedence over décor, even if the latter fulfils its function as discreetly as it is indispensable. The new Paris offices of Eversheds Sutherland, one of the world's largest international law firms, breathe this simplicity and rigor [...].
Making volume The 2D vision of space planning or the advantageous interior perspectives our customers are used to being confronted with without alternative, offer skewed representations of existing and projected volumes. But volume is the raw material of our design work. It is a source of both constraints and inspiration, at once [...]
All the light Unlike architecture, interior architecture, whether commercial or tertiary, has long tended to spontaneously think of light in its artificial version. The permanence of lighting in offices and stores, guaranteed at any time of day and in any weather, was a solid premise. Light [...]
Chambers architects is currently working on an exceptional project in Paris for the headquarters of a world leader in social networking. The group's new work place strategy, already deployed in London, Dublin and San Francisco, emphasizes the importance of local roots. But rather than play on Parisian imagery that has been seen over and over again, Chambers architects has [...]
While the new Paris headquarters of Pinsent Masons, a British firm of international lawyers, does not reproduce the open-space layout chosen for all employees at the London headquarters, it does share with it an original signature space. In England, access to the building is via an attractive lounge area, which welcomes visitors [...].
Conventions inherited from bygone eras, when the hierarchy between noble and servant spaces was paramount, still influence the architectural design of office interiors, probably unconsciously. Quite naturally, we are asked to put meeting rooms on the first day and social areas on the second... It's not so long ago that [...]