Behind the Curtain: Sonic Automotive
byComing from a fairly closed environment, Sonic executives saw the new headquarters as an opportunity to illustrate the company’s corporate culture and bring to life its mantra, “carpe diem.”
Projects
From Store to Warehouse: Designing for IKEA
byThe role would require an individual who could integrate a passion for graphics with interior design to create engaging decor in an unlikely venue for standout design. I warmed to the challenge.
Designing for Chaos, Serendipity, and a Nobel Prize?
byThe character of creative work requires spaces that enable collaboration and participation. Emerging workplaces continue to evolve, where the place is seen as a backdrop to new ways of working and new ways of thinking.
Snagajob Designs for Flexibility and Fun
byNatural light, scenic views, and an aluminum slide might indeed belong in a park. Instead, they’re design details of the new headquarters of one of the country’s fastest growing companies: Snagajob.
Behind the Curtain: IBM Dulles Station West
byIt’s within this 21st century technological framework that IBM, currently the second largest employer in the United States according to Fortune magazine, has recognized the need to establish a more mobile workplace designed to allow and support flexibility in employee work patterns and schedules.
New Classrooms Prioritize Connectivity, Flexibility, & Collaboration
byThe focus is shifting away from having students memorize facts toward self-directed learning, research techniques, and team approaches to problem-solving.
iProspect’s New Office Mixes Old Cowtown with the New Fort Worth
byThe space — a 25,000 s.f., former metal fabrication warehouse built in the 1950s — had plenty of existing character. Concrete columns with graffiti and a few masonry partitions were incorporated into the design. It also includes wood, metal, railroad ties, and historic glazing that incorporates the feel of its previous location in the Stockyards.
Coworking in New York: Nomad Works
byHow we work is changing, but where we work isn’t. Over the last 10 years, a new way of working has emerged, along with some people who live it every day
Coworking in New York: Green Spaces
byWe’re a great example of the hot, collaborative consumption movement. It is more efficient and economical to pool resources than to purchase them just for your own business.
Smart Working at Credit Suisse
byThe idea of Smart Working at Credit Suisse was born in the spring of 2010. We had realized there was an opportunity to optimize our real-estate footprint while providing employees with a work environment that better fit their different needs.
Coworking in New York: New Work City
byNew Work City is a community first and a business second. That means everything we do flows from a different place than a more real-estate or profit-driven workspace model.
Behind the Curtain: Manifest Digital
byManifest Digital, a Chicago-based interactive design agency, recently relocated their space to the Jeweler’s Building in downtown Chicago at 35 E. Wacker Drive. The 40-story landmark office faces the Chicago River.
Behind the Curtain: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers HQ
byProviding a case study in bold 21st Century workplace and biophilic design strategies is Federal Center South, a new 209,000 SF district headquarters in Seattle for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
A Collaborative Design for Lindsay, Stone & Briggs
byOur open-concept space allows for spontaneous collaboration as a natural part of the work process as opposed to something that is scheduled in meetings.
How One Branding Firm Branded its Own Space
byMoving to new offices this year was an opportunity for our firm to practice what we preach and refresh our own brand. As businesses grow and change, brands need to evolve, too.
