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Argyll’s


Nova North London


WITH A PANORAMA across the city, Argyll’s Nova North offers a prime office environment in the heart of London’s Victoria. Looking to reimagine part of the building to provide high-end office and co-working spaces, Argyll opted for a clean minimalist look with a focus on acoustic benefits. Karndean Designflooring partnered with interior designer Emma Turner to create a high-end co-working space and lounge area in what was previously an underused bar area on the double-height mezzanine 11th floor. Combining the practicality of Karndean LooseLay with its Opus glue-down range, the bespoke floor balances the industrial nature of the building with timeless elegance and ensures that the updated interior is instantly understandable so customers can easily identify how to best use and navigate the space.


Fleur Carson, commercial sales director at Karndean Designflooring, says: ‘Karndean flooring is a perfect choice for busy workplaces. With an authentic look of stone flooring but without any of the downsides, Karndean offers a tough


surface for high-traffic areas that’s undemanding when it comes to maintenance. Its consistent thickness makes it eminently suitable for bespoke designs, either by blending complementary stone designs as at Nova North or even combining wood and stone designs alongside each other. ‘As part of the project proposal, our design service graphically conceptualised the flooring within the interior, simulating every detail of the user experience so that the client could visualise the end result. By specifying a combination of glue-down and loose lay formats, we have been able to provide the triple benefits of a practical durable surface, bespoke design and superior acoustic benefits.’ With a paired-back scheme in shades of warm grey and natural biophilic elements in tune with the building and its locality, the bespoke floor features a clean look of poured concrete alongside a statement 3D tile effect. Turner says: ‘It was clear that the design of the tenth and 11th mezzanine floors had to start and finish with the spectacular views across central London. It was important


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