In the past ten years there have been considerable developments in workplace design to satisfy new methods of work. Devereux Architects create contemporary, elegant and flexible workplaces which make and encourage productivity and efficiency, encourage social interaction and provide environments with variety and interest.

The design of a new workplace needs to respond to the philosophy and exact needs of the client organisation. With some clients the development of a new facility can provide the opportunity to re-engineer working practices reflected in new approaches to workplace use and design. For example these could encompass workplace concepts that reflect the company branding or are used to transform structures, for example from hierarchical to team based.

At the Institute of Psychiatry for King’s Colelge, the office facilities have been designed to bring together a number of research teams. For ICI, a non-hierarchical team based environment was generated with open-plan arrangements and incorporation of bespoke furniture systems. The brief for the refurbished Dublin HQ of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals was to transform it into a new high spec office and headquarters incorporating the best ideas in office design whilst saying something about Wyeth and their ideals, philosophy and culture.

Each new workplace project has a new set of requirements and challenges that must be met and it is our role as architect to work with any client to examine and interrogate these requirements before delivering a design proposal that completely fits.