Architecture practice Conran and Partners has renovated the ground floor lobby of a central London office to create a shared space that "blurs the edges between work and play".
Conran and Partners has redesigned the ground floor of Holborn's 200 Gray's Inn Road building to be a bright and comfortable shared workspace that functions more like a hotel lobby.
The project is shortlisted in the small workspace interior category of the 2019 Dezeen Awards.

"[The project] has been designed to re-imagine a new type of ground floor space that interweaves office reception, private members club, café culture and hotel experience; blurring the edges between work and play," said the practice.
"A significant task was to soften the large open space, meaningfully dividing it into a series of connected environments with different uses." "The design responds to the changing work culture of modern tenants, ultimately giving the space a new lease of life," it continued.

The office building, which is home to a number of high-profile media organisations including ITN Productions, ITV and Warner Bros, was originally designed by Foster + Partners and opened in 1991.
Its existing lobby featured a conventional reception area that was largely only used as an entry point to the wider building. The ground floor space now combines an office reception, cafe and a mix of formal and casual seating areas.

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