Office design

Offering a positive workplace experience and environment that people are proud to be a part of, and energised to excel in, will improve employee engagement and help you attract and keep those talented people you have worked so hard to find.

Designing your office to support wellbeing and inclusivity shows you genuinely care about your team. This extends much further than comfortable sofas, plants and a few yoga mats. Everything from lighting, colour, wayfinding, accessibility, acoustics, furniture, choice of work settings and temperature all need to be considered.

Not only will improving the sustainability of your office help reduce your environmental impact and lower energy bills, but recent research shows that companies that prioritise sustainability are generally more profitable than their competitors who don’t.

For any business looking to increase performance and attract and retain the best talent, the office environment is key. Offering greater flexibility and comfort through activity-based and agile work environments, in an environment where colleagues feel connected and valued, is proven to lead to improved collaboration and innovation, and increased productivity.

Planning to grow your business? Clever office design and space planning will ensure your workplace has the capacity to adapt to change and accommodate new teams or departments as it grows, without becoming overcrowded.

All businesses have a unique story, and your office design is an opportunity for you to tell that story to everyone who walks through the door. Everything from your welcome area, to colour, lighting, furniture and the use of branding can help you portray to both employees and visitors what your company is all about.

Through our consultative approach, we’ll work with you to create or develop an existing brief. This will consider what’s important to you, your ideas, your aspirations, your culture, your processes, any current challenges, your budget and how you like to work.  

Our office design experts will then develop creative concepts and solutions tailored to your unique needs, so we can confidently move forward with a detailed design that perfectly suits your requirements and business objectives, and that everyone is happy with.

At this stage we’ll transform the concepts into stunning visualisations so you can envisage your new workplace. We’ll provide you with detailed space plans, sketches and 3D visualisations for your chosen building or space to help bring it all to life.

Throughout the process we work alongside our project management team to provide you with realistic timescales for delivery, as well as accurate and transparent costings in line with your budget. If needs be, we can also advise on the financing of your project. We have a close and long-lasting relationship with our finance partner who can make the process easy and simple.

Next, we will prepare detailed technical design plans, incorporating all mechanical and electrical features, tech, furniture, flooring and fittings. We will also begin selecting suppliers from our trusted partners to make sure your project is delivered on time, within budget and to the quality we pride ourselves on.

Finally, we will provide you with a comprehensive schedule for your project, incorporating specifics of all pre-construction and on-site activity, a list of product specifications and suppliers, and, importantly, how much it will all cost. We detail everything you need to know and remove the hassle, so you can focus on doing what you do best while we get to work transforming your new office design into reality.

A combination of traditional desk spaces, collaboration areas, private meeting rooms, sound-proofed pods, open plan booths, and social and wellness areas is common in modern office design. Giving employees the choice of how or where they work according what they’re working on means they can do their very best work. 

Access to natural light delivers a range of health benefits so you will benefit from incorporating as much natural light into your workplace as possible. Minimising internal walls, or cleverly using glazing can help with this, alongside additional lighting solutions which are perfect for supplementing natural light and adding creative design flare and the wow factor.

In agile and open plan spaces acoustics need to be carefully considered in order to create a comfortable and productive environment. Intelligent space planning plus solutions, such as acoustic panelling, internal glass and glazing, carpets, curtains, furniture and other sound absorbent materials, can all be used cleverly to optimise acoustic comfort while not compromising on design. 

The use of colour, branding and artwork plays an important role in how people feel and act when they are in space, and, used well, can help create a sense of belonging and enhance culture. Think about the workplace environment you’re trying to create and use colours, branding and artwork to complement this.

Biophilic design elements such as planting or water features, calming colours, comfortable chairs and furniture, choice of settings, controllable temperature and lighting, and high quality ventilation will all help to improve the wellbeing of your team.

Technology integration in a hybrid workplace is essential to ensure effective communication between remote and office-based workers. High-speed internet throughout is a must, and all meeting spaces should be equipped with digital conferencing facilities and interactive smartboards to enhance connectivity and productivity.