From Nadar to Pinset Masons 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 a very attractive [...]
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 [...]
For Anaplan, the visitor's tour was conceived as a brief journey between spectacular heritage and comfortable intimacy. It begins in one of the two halls on the first floor of the original Crédit Lyonnais headquarters, designed in 1878 by William Bouwens van der Boijen, a leading specialist in Parisian townhouses. The hall is lit by a glass roof, [...].
Anaplan, one of the leading suppliers of enterprise planning software, has chosen a unique address for its new headquarters: 18 rue du 4 septembre (Paris 2e), in the historic former Crédit Lyonnais building renowned for its extraordinary monumental glass roof. On the 3rd floor, in a 700m2 space, the client wanted a work environment [...].
The move of the Paris headquarters of Clyde & Co, an international law firm, from a Haussmann-style building to a rationalist, purely Sixties-style building, still in the 8th arrondissement, is by no means a sudden or hasty choice. For at least three years now, Chambers Architects has been studying the question of relocation, testing out a wide range of hypotheses and locations. The program, [...]
Shell and core, here and now! On the streets of Paris, at the foot of office buildings under construction, we sometimes see skips full of false ceiling tiles or rolls of brand-new carpet... at best put back on the market. Why is this distressing sight an environmental and economic nonsense at a time when [...]
We have worked with Savills GB and Savills France on a number of projects in recent years. The latter's most recent commission is a special one, this time for the interior design of its own Paris headquarters. And so is the question posed by the real estate group. It obviously expects a state-of-the-art working environment, as [...]
For over a year now, the staff of Australian bank Macquarie have been working in their French headquarters on the Champs-Élysées Marcel-Dassault traffic circle, and know from experience what it's like to enjoy daylight in the office. Chambers Architects has made a point of letting them benefit from natural daylight as much as from the exceptional view [...].
This question has recently arisen for many of our customers, who are faced with growing or changing workforces, particularly since the boom in teleworking. Should they stay in their existing premises and, if possible, adapt them to the new needs of the company and its employees? Should this idea be ruled out from the outset [...]?
Chambers architects is currently working on a project for Soremi, a real estate company based in the Paris region, to convert office space into a higher education establishment. The project is being developed on the two floors of the base of the Franklin Tower in La Défense. Integrating an ERP into a high-rise building is a simple equation, but its technical and administrative solution is complex. This [...]