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The conceptual design is based around colours associated with Perth Airport; the blue of the sky, the yellow of the sun and the dark grey of the tarmac. The colour palette is reflected in the refined materials and finishes of the public spaces and more playfully in bolder colours in staff areas. Inspiration also came from airport language and symbols, for example the illuminated large format numbers for meeting rooms echo arrival and departure gate numbers. The egalitarian modular planning grid can be easily reconfigured.

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Texture, variance in materials, changes in volume and ceiling heights, focused lighting and layering of elements creates a visual richness and the desire to explore. A monochromatic theme was adopted to reinforce the company logo and reference the firm’s heritage. The Tolhurst ‘T’ logo is featured in custom wallpapers and the form of the break-out bench. Traders ‘scribbles’ from strategy meetings are treated onto individual work surfaces.

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Suters Architects national growth warranted a refit of its 3.5 levels. The big idea behind the project was ‘restraint’ – an idea that encompasses respect for the original 1888 building but also for the specific needs of the uses, rather than succumbing to the temptation to make a conspicuous design statement.
Freestanding workstation modules with minimal wall contact are placed within a modern, clean design, and design studio spaces on all levels promote collaboration. Storage for bicycles and surfboards is provided.

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The South Yarra Boutique Office was to combine both work and entertainment areas, while maintaining an open, free-flowing space. A constructed plinth facilitates a self-contained, dual purpose space. Highly sustainable laminated ply, was used, leaving the unique edging exposed to exhibit the fine craftsmanship involved in its making. The interior reflects the warmth and interaction of the family office. A soft, casual design was integrated into the existing, bright, modern space.

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Custom Y-System workstations create a unique and adaptable office for Harvey Publicity, creating a central work table downstairs, which incorporates the client’s brand, graphics and colours. Upstairs, surface changes to the NeoMetro designed interior result in a neutral black-on-black palette of loose furniture and a rug. Pendant light fittings of individually cast and strung porcelain twigs, developed in conjunction with Gregory Bonasera, impart a feminine quality, whilst providing intimate lighting above the boardroom table, cascading over the balcony to the lower work area.

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The ‘big (IDEA)’ behind this project, was to create one open space, out of two restrictive areas, but still retain some intimacy. The space had to inspire the clients of Bayside Project Management Pty Ltd, a residential development firm, as well as represent the quality of their work. The objective was to forge a link between a sophisticated commercial interior space and a warm residential environment within the office.

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Australian Super’s offices, on levels 32 and 33 of The Urban Workshop, are embedded within the skyline of the city’s edge providing privileged views into and out of the city. The cityscape is continued in the office with sculpted joinery elements with Manhattan profiles that subdivide the open plan into team zones (emphasizing the egalitarian and team nature of the organisation). The idea of urban landscape too is included, with the foyer bounded by glass screens printed with imagery of a eucalypt forest.

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The design for the new office of the Electrical Trades Union Southern States Branch reflects their vision of an open and inviting space for its 18,000 members to access information and assistance, and is manifested in a ground floor training facility and café, along with a generous reception that is centrally located between a members’ lounge and library with meeting spaces. An open plan work environment reflected the democratic structure of the organization and fosters communication between the staff and members.

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The Brookes Street Office North is a carefully inserted three storey building occupying the corner of a heritage-listed Methodist Church. A playful use of brick bonds allows the crafted masonry basement to provide a staircase and suspended floor for a public meeting place. The two transparent walls of the meeting place drop into the basement, integrating the space into the urban landscape. The brick detail of the existing church flanks the timber platform above, with the deck mostly open to the Queensland climate.

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To design a new workplace for 140 Arup staff, separate from their current offices. The new space adopts an alternative design approach, where the strategy was to simplify the project by using a limited number of key gestures that embrace the company’s core values: innovation, technology and teamwork. It is unashamedly a place of inspiration.

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The design reflects the business culture of “innovative conservatism” of Korda Mentha. The organisation desired transparency of operation with an appearance of solidity. A blurring of lines between public spaces and common staff spaces is reflected in the planning, feature forms, reception desk and even the graphic films. Traditional materials were in curved forms merge the two spaces. A flowing yet strong line, drawing upon the reference of the swift strokes of an artists brush, enables the eye to wander between the public and private realm.

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The new premises of Friend, a direct marketing agency, represents the company’s identity as well as the heritage features of the 1912 former bank in a boutique warehouse style building. The combination of old and new is emphasised; modern colours and textures such as the polycarbonate Kartell tables were added to original features, including the antique wall safes and timber window frames. Minimum walls maintain the light and sense of connection within the space, and double as functional features, such as the blackboard/newspaper rack wall.

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Was to create a reception area for Minter Ellison that was dynamic and a multifunctional space that evoked warmth and sophistication. Through the use of a monochromatic colour scheme we created a seamless cocoon that encompassed the ceiling, counter and floor. Along with the striking views, we created an intimate area to seat clients within a large open plan space.

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This design creates a flexible office that enables interaction and reflection in a holistic yet dynamic interior. Skirtings, fittings and joins between each plane are essentially removed by co-ordination of services, architectural detailing and a neutral colour palette. Impermanence is created, exemplified by the glass pods with sliding doors that are a permeable membrane between front and back of house, as well as a screen of suspended plantings. This organic thread continues in the breakout space with warm timber veneers a solid timber table.

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Allied Health comprises of Podiatry, Physiotherapy, Pathology, Dietetics and Psychology. Victorian cornices, skirting boards, ceiling roses and chandeliers combine to present the interior as classically ‘Victorian’. This familiar design setting is then dislocated into the biological sphere; glossy white molecules or futuristic pods interlock between the floor plates. The surgery space interiors go against the sterile norm, with walls, floors, ceilings and joinery clad in plywood and finished in clear lacquer with maximum wood grain, creating a rich, warm, womb like interior.