From the inside out: ten boundary-blurring spaces
From workplaces inspired by local architecture to the welcoming shade of a hotel patio, we handpick a selection of projects softening the lines between inside and out.
There are seemingly countless varieties of coworking spaces and flexible working options for both young and established businesses to embrace. But what exactly should those businesses have on their wish lists when they go looking to 'flex' their muscles? We've asked a selection of industry experts to present us with their own top trio…
It is all too easy to get carried away with the juggernaut that is coworking. Although coworking will continue to grab a lot of the headlines, we should forget these alt-multi-occupancy office providers at our peril. We’ve talked to John Williams, CMO of The Instant Group, a leading ‘MOOP’, about their flex offering.
It is all too easy to get carried away with the juggernaut that is coworking. Although coworking will continue to grab a lot of the headlines, we should forget these alt-multi-occupancy office providers at our peril. We’ve talked to Niki Fuchs, MD & Co-founder of Office Space in Town, a leading ‘MOOP’, about their flex offering.
The aparthotel sector has come of age. Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of the Aviva insurance business, has acquired the freehold interest in a central London apart hotel scheme, adding to its portfolio of high-quality, long-income real estate assets.
The Hoxton, Southwark has now opened its doors on Blackfriars Road with 192 rooms, welcoming communal spaces and a seafood rooftop restaurant, Seabird, with incredible views of the city.
Celebrating its 10th year, CDW has firmly established itself as one of the UK’s leading design festivals. Here we bring you a selection of what you can expect to find in those showrooms and exhibition spaces this month.
Design studio Macaulay Sinclair has designed the interior for London’s Arcade, a unique all-day food theatre.
Jackdaw has completed the interior design for a new ‘café style’ office and event space for design studio Idean, who regularly hosts workshops and events for its global clientele.
Those of you who were lucky enough to be at the recent Mixology will have seen the amazing, vastly different shortlisted projects featured throughout the awards.
When multiple Mixology award winning Squire & Partners alert us to a project, we tend to come running. There’s a reason why more than one of our judging panels have chosen the firm’s schemes as winners.
The world of advertising is a fast moving one, and so creative innovation agency, Iris, knows that it needs to continuously progress and evolve in order to stay ahead of the game – hence the business’ tag line, ‘For the forward’. Iris doesn’t just apply this philosophy to its clients, but to its own business too.
Unless you’ve been stuck on a (love) island for the last couple of years, you can’t have failed to notice that HSBC UK chose to move its headquarters out of London and up to the ‘second city’ of Birmingham. Furthermore, if you’ve been to the centre of Birmingham recently, you’ve probably also noticed that there’s a ‘tiny bit’ of regeneration going on.