The legal sector has traditionally adhered to a strict workplace hierarchy, with senior staff allotted a private office and entry-level employees assigned to the ‘open-plan’. Designed by Warren and Mahoney, the new head office for New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh, challenges the antiquated workplace approach with a daring, material-rich agile strategy.
August 23rd, 2017
Architect
Warren & Mahoney
Photography
Simon Devitt
Project Manager
RCP
Builder
Alaska Construction Interiors
Structural Engineer
Structure Design
Services Engineer
NDY, Marshall Day
Furniture
Aspect Furniture Systems – Workstations
Cite – Vitra Meeting Chair
Goldsworthy – Happy Stool, Ballerina Round Table
Simon James – Mattiazzi She Said Cafe Chair, Felix Arm Chair
Unison Workspaces – Muuto Visu Stool
Cult – About A Lounge Arm Chair
IMO – Kase Storage
Lighting
Ocean Lighting – Lighting generally throughout
Unison Workspaces – Muuto Decorative Lighting, XAL Move It Track Lighting
Finishes
SCE Stone & Design – Stone and tiles throughout
Inzide Commercial – Interface carpet
Resene – Paint generally throughout
Dinesen – Feature timber
Autex – Acoustic panels
Prime Panels – Timber veneer
Rivet – Steelwork
Dulux – Powder coating
Kvadrat Maharam – Fabric upholstery throughout
Cloth NZ – Pelle leather upholstery throughout
Fixed & Fitted
Billi – Quadra Hydrotaps
Plumbline – Tapware
Read more here, or get the full story in Indesign Magazine Issue #70.
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