Office
Office architecture that isn't an affront, and workspaces and retail architecture that's a sight to behold
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Abu Dhabi office design is child’s play
Unleash your inner child and explore interior designer Pallavi Dean’s playful and colourful new office space for Abu Dhabi’s Early Childhood Authority
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Escape to this off-grid artist studio on the Irish island of Inis Oírr
For the aptly named Drop Everything cultural biennial, a perfect pod has popped up on the rocky headland of Inis Oírr, the smallest of the Aran Islands, located off the west coast of Galway
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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London Design District launches first building by Barozzi Veiga
Ravensbourne’s brand new Institute for Creativity and Technology by Spanish-Italian architects Barozzi Veiga is the first building to launch at London's Design District
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Teknion explores post-pandemic office design
Pearson Lloyd launches the ‘Routes’ furniture family for Teknion – a collection of office furniture serving as a toolbox for a new post-pandemic ‘workplay’ approach to the workspace
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Kettal designs modular outdoor pavilion for flexible workspace
Kettal's Pavilion O lends the Spanish company’s outdoor furniture expertise to the office, with modular and adaptable structures that can redesign open spaces
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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TOG launches office alternative in Frankfurt
TOG (The Office Group) and dMFK Architects launch Oper46, Frankfurt's newest flexible workspace that offers an alternative to the conventional office
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Office furniture by Herman Miller and Industrial Facility redefines the workspace experience
The OE1 office furniture collection by Industrial Facility addresses contemporary needs in the office, using sustainable materials and a flexible approach
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Historic Umgebindehaus converted into design HQ in Germany
Leipzig-based architects Atelier ST reimagine a historic 18th-century Upper Lusatia structure, as the company headquarters for German kitchen and furniture manufacturer Möbel Starke
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Dive into this colourful Parisian office space – complete with pool
Creative agency Al Dente unveils the interiors for its new Paris HQ, created in collaboration with interior designer Hadrien Breitenbach and featuring a pool and a Mediterranean-inspired design, with furniture by Pierre Paulin, Charles and Ray Eames, and Gino Sarfatti
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Roz Barr explores post-pandemic office architecture at London’s Design District
A new workspace, Bureau, is about to launch at the Design District in London. We talk to its creator Roz Barr about how it responds to pandemic-induced changes in the ways we work and what office architecture means for this new creative hub at the Greenwich Peninsula
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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Note Design Studio's new flexible workspace is full of surprises
Note Design Studio has created the interiors for Douglas House, the latest flexible workspace for The Office Group in London
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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South London studio Kennedy Woods leads the way in B-corp architecture
The world is changing and architecture is adapting, and a new wave of young practices in London emerges. They are armed with bold ideas, digital tools, new studio set-ups and innovative designs and approaches. In our Next Generation series, join us in hailing this nexus of exciting studios from the UK capital through ongoing weekly profiles. Placing empathy, integrity and transparency at the core of their business, as well as a design-led, problem-solving mindset, south London studio Kennedy Woods, founded by Chris Kennedy and Tom Woods, leads the way in B-corp architecture.
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Best Work From Home Ideas: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
Home working is here to stay: create the ultimate work from home set up with contemporary office furniture, lighting, technology and accessories selected for the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
By Léa Teuscher • Last updated
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‘Meditation chambers' at Google HQ offer a blueprint for office wellbeing
Designed by Office of Things for Google's Bay Area headquarters, the bunker-inspired meditation chambers combine technology, light and sound to create a meditative effect
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Pup Architects on designs that enrich culture and community
The world is changing and architecture is adapting, and a new wave of young practices in London emerges. They are armed with bold ideas, digital tools, new studio set ups and innovative designs and approaches. In our Next Generation series, join us in hailing this nexus of exciting studios from the UK capital through an ongoing series of weekly profiles. Pup Architects, run by directors Chloë Leen, Theo Molloy and Steve Wilkinson, put architecture’s role in enriching social and cultural life in the community at the heart of their work.
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Fitting tribute: a new homeware collection from Berluti is a high-spirited homage to modern European design
A new homeware collection from Berluti is a high-spirited homage to modern European design
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Tara Gbolade is a sustainability-minded emerging architect to watch
The world is changing, architecture is adapting, and a new wave of young practices in London is emerging. They are armed with bold ideas, digital tools, new studio set ups and innovative design approaches. In our Next Generation series, join us in hailing these exciting studios from the UK capital through an ongoing series of weekly profiles. First in line is Tara Gbolade, the dynamic director of sustainability-minded Gbolade Design Studio.
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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MVRDV's new glass building in Detroit's Eastern Market is a love letter to the city
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has been commissioned to design new office and retail building Glass Mural, which will incorporate work by artists DENIAL and Sheefy McFly
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Rothko Chapel reopens in Houston following restoration works
New York-based studio Architecture Research Office led the restoration works at this celebrated sacred space
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Victorian terraced houses inspire this mindful flexible workspace
Universal Design Studio and The Office Group create a home away from home with this new London location
By Sujata Burman • Last updated
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Out of office: coffee and creative small talk with Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
Snøhetta founding partner Kjetil Trædal Thorsen discusses collective creativity, the art of prepositions, and the psychology of architecture with Bodil Blain, Wallpaper* columnist and founder of Cru Kafe
By Bodil Blain • Last updated
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MoreySmith's central London office champions a sense of belonging
As interior design specialist MoreySmith moves into a new office in central London, the firm explores ideas of belonging, health and safery, flexbility and community in the workspace
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Renovated office in leafy Japanese resort town reconnects with the outdoors
Kanagawa-based architect Yuji Tanabe transforms an existing commercial building into a modern, flexible office in Japan's Karuizawa
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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1920s Brooklyn warehouse renovated into workspace by Worrell Yeung
A new workspace near Brooklyn Navy Yard in NYC stays true to its early 20th century identity as a factory, with industrial materials, minimal design details and custom furniture made of salvaged wood
By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated
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Architects Directory Alumni: Notary office by Govaert & Vanhoutte
The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, this summer, we're looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. This new office building in Belgium's Bruges is the work of 2007 Architects Directory alumnus Govaert & Vanhoutte, as well as a balanced, minimalist, glass and concrete composition of cool and warm, light and dark.
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Design for social distancing: innovative solutions for post/pandemic life
Designers globally have turned their attention to devising ways of living, working, and sharing spaces in a safe way as we adapt to the new normal
By Sophia Acquistapace • Last updated
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Line of work: we visit Thonik's stripy Amsterdam headquarters
Graphic design studio thonik unveils its new, custom-made office building in Amsterdam, having collaborated in its design with MMX Architects
By Giovanna Dunmall • Last updated