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14 MICROSOFT HUB, WEST LONDON


The reduced number of meeting rooms is another key aspect of the interior design ethos. Templeton says: “There are fewer meeting rooms here than I think I’ve ever planned for an office. Again, the idea is to get people to collaborate in more flexible, transparent spaces.” In the same vein, Templeton says the engineers’ tech requirements have been set up to be ‘super flexible’. He explains further: “The tech isn’t embedded in parti- tion walls, and there aren’t screens set up around fixed furniture in a meeting room. Staff wanted to be able to set up whatever they want, wherever they want it. In fact, anytime I’ve been at the office, spaces are being used in a slightly different way.” On floor eight, occupied by SwiftKey, the aim was again to create shared, flexible workspaces for a young, creative team who wanted to retain the informal environment of a start-up.


Although much of the previous tenant’s layout was retained, doing away with several meeting rooms allowed for a much more open-plan setting. Sunken lounge areas were also created as collaboration zones.


As with floor seven, the existing SAS plank metal ceiling system was partially stripped out, exposing services and giving additional height up to the slab. Pendant lighting was also installed to create more areas of ambient lighting.


But the signature touch here is specialist


joinery, which is used to help divide spaces. Templeton says: “On this floor our idea was to create an aesthetic that would be canal warehouse – again tapping into Paddington’s history – meets London markets. The timber partitions we created give the impression of what you might find in an old warehouse, while using the influ- ence of London markets by installing artwork collections to animate spaces.” It wasn’t something Gensler had control


of, but it would be remiss not to mention the floor-to-ceiling glazing of this impres- sive office building: it offers eye-catching exterior views of London’s skyline, and equally dramatic interior views of the full- building-height central atrium.


Sticking to budget with sustainable solutions


Getting maximum design impact within the available budget was certainly the project’s biggest challenge, says Templeton. “I think we did just that, and we enjoyed coming up with solutions that we might not otherwise have considered. More money might have


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