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.

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.