Swish wooden flooring and a grand photo mural create an impressive client meeting area.
The design language for Breckon and Breckon’s office was ‘the little black dress’ – totally timeless.’
Vis-CoM The design team at Vis-com was approached to design and fit out another office for Breckon & Breckon. Their brief was that it would be predominantly middle market but would be able to travel up and down the different property markets. This was to be a lasting design; the language was that it should be like ‘the little black dress’, totally timeless. The final design evolved into having almost two parts of the office, the business end and the front section which has a younger appeal. The beauty of this particular job was in the detail and the quality finishes that the client requested, which inevitably cost a little more but ensured that the office would still look marvellous in ten years’ time. Using the best materials is ultimately more economical than
cheaper alternatives as the shop fits last many more years and the cost can be spread over such a time period.
Albion Design The Albion clients, Richardson Powell, selected for this report, are a three branch estate and letting agency based in Surrey. The first of their branches which was established in Dorking High Street about ten years ago now needs to be brought up to date with a sympathetic refurbishment. Dorking has been a vibrant centre for trade for hundreds of years and boasts a mix of well-known High Street names a well as independent retailers, so Robinson Powell were looking for an eye-catching new look that is both striking and welcoming while being appropriate to their Dorking location. Albion Design and
Fabrication were asked for a proposal for the window display that will be a step up from their existing suspended cable installation and yet continue their substantive look and utilise their existing printed media facilities. The Albion solution is made
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up of two free standing display units, each with an array of A4 poster pockets with integral back lighting, mounted on stainless steel posts, to create a singularly eye-catching window that stands out on the street and sets it apart from competitors. Because of the differing dimensions of the windows in the
Dorking office, two separate units are proposed; each 700mm deep carrying property details on the 1.4 metre high posts. For the larger window a 3.2 metre wide unit carries details of 15 properties in two rows (8 + 7) whilst the 2.0 metre unit shows details of nine properties in two rows (5 + 4). Thus details of 24 separate properties can be presented in a compact, low level display within an aggregate footprint of just over 3.6 square metres. The substantial timber bases of the units provide an echo of tradition whilst the stainless steel of the posts picks up on the Robinson Powell logo and emulates the modern values that underpin the business. The illumination of each poster pocket is provided by an LED
light sheet that creates the highly effective, dual-purpose day/night display. The light sheet’s LED technology provides the high brightness, uniformly distributed across each poster, on which the whole striking effect is based. And because LED technology operates at low voltage (12V) and is cool to the touch, it is inherently safe and gives rise to low running costs. Additionally, with diode life extrapolated at over 60,000 hours, the light sheet technology provides incomparable reliability and low maintenance.
Free standing display units for excellent flexibility.
This implementation is typical of Albion’s ability to produce a bespoke solution in a range of materials using a combination of skills – in-house design, joinery, metal fabrication and welding, acrylic fabrication and assembly – all available within their ISO 9001:2008 accredited production facility in Sandy, Bedfordshire.
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