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600 West, Chicago
600 West is Chicago's new $230 million redevelopment close to the city's center of its old Montgomery Ward Building. The site has been redeveloped into a mixed use commercial and residential property attracting many kinds of tenants.
AAPT, Sydney
Change Management and Communications
Accenture, Chicago
Accenture's office at 161 North Clark Street in downtown Chicago follows the organization's flexible working model. Currently, Accenture is trying to move towards an even more flexible model by decreasing its amount of physical space overall.
ANZ Bank Contact Centre, Melbourne
ANZ sought to develop a strategic brief for its new development in Melbourne, Australia based on business objectives to deliver a "best practice" environment across all criteria.
ANZ Bank Pilot Floor, Melbourne
ANZ initiated the pilot to explore and develop "non-territorial" workplace concepts in response to continuing business demands.
AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA
AstraZeneca's new laboratory building in Waltham, MA, has acheived an effective collaborative open space.
Bloomberg, London
Bloomberg's London offices provide an instant immersion into the company's culture.
BP Britannic House, London
BP's restaurant in Britannic House uses materials to subtly reflect the organisation's values.
BP, Naperville Campus, Illinois
BP's Naperville Campus is a large corporate campus in Chicago's suburbs which has recently moved to a completely open plan design.
City of Melbourne, Australia
City of Melbourne aims to demonstrate to the development market that sustainable commercial buildings can be built within the cost parameters of the industry.
Crate and Barrel, Northbrook, Illinois
Perkins and Will designed Crate and Barrel's new HQ in Chicago's suburban town of Northbrook. The building design attests to the organization's simple and clean product design and helps formulate Crate and Barrel's overall image.
Ernst & Young, Sydney
Preceding the decision to seek new premises EYA undertook an extensive investigative process to determine the right accommodation strategy for their business.
Genzyme Center, Cambridge
Genzyme wanted to build a space for clients to walk through that would reflect the organization's commitment to innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurialism.
Hewlett-Packard, Riverside Corporate Park
In developing a strategic brief for its new building in Riverside Corporate Park, HP wanted to deliver an environment that reflected its brand and showcased it's high-end technology.
Holland & Knight, Chicago
Holland & Knight recently moved to Chicago's brand new technologically advanced Dearborn Center in the city's downtown loop area. The interiors are luxurious and well designed, using superior materials and coordinating colors throughout.
J Walter Thompson, London
JWT's move to a new location was used as an opportunity to reinvigorate the firm.
Lend Lease, Sydney
"We want an environment that supports people working together and reflects our culture of openness, individual accountability, and participative management."
Maddocks, Melbourne
In 2000, Maddocks became the first Australian law firm to move an entire legal practice group into open plan. This move was done in order to increase communication across the group (including partners and senior lawyers) and create an environment to reflect the firm'sa culture.
Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge
Millenium's new laboratory building in Cambridge's University Park manipulates space and traffic paths to encourage interaction.
MIT Aeronautics Astronautics Laboratory, Cambridge
MIT's Aero Astro Lab undertook an initiative to create a new model for engineering education called CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate). The most suitable work space was then developed according to this new model.
MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge
MIT's Media Lab is organized as a variable loft to accomodate several fields of study, giving an overall theatrical effect.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Chicago
Completed in 2001, The UBS Tower has become PwC's new home in downtown Chicago. The building offers a large floor plate with relatively few columns and a partially raised floor.
Takenaka Komuten HQ
Takenaka Komuten’s new headquarters is an excellent example of workplace design using first principles.