The new office has been intelligently planned to function as both a full-time workspace and as an entertainment area for the firm’s domestic and international clientele. Encouraging the connection and interaction of space, No.12 kept the environment as open plan as possible, sub-dividing areas only with crittall style glass panels, that reveal feature marble and bespoke marquetry. The result, is a unique, serene environment in the heart of the city with an intelligent layout combining a versatile and flexible co-working space and sophisticated entertaining area.
Keeping the palette of materials concise, No.12 utilised white terrazzo in the communal kitchen maintaining the light colour palette for the daytime use spaces. 104 | G&G _ Magazine
The design brief required No.12 to deliver a timeless sophisticated design that would work hard as both a commercial and entertaining space. The Old Park Lane office is comprised of a reception area, two private offices, a hotdesk area for flexible working, a board room area, lounge and full working bar. It also includes new access to a West-facing external balcony overlooking Hyde Park, and staff amenities with a kitchen, bathroom and dining area. South-facing, the office is naturally flooded with daylight. The architectural lighting used by No.12 was made bespoke for the project. Rejecting the formulaic approach to the typical office interior lighting strategy, custom varying lengths of brass cupped LED tube strip lights slice through the ceilings in a seemingly random arrangement.
