Hollow cubes help to transform a large industrial building into offices for a production company in Los Angeles, completed by local studio FreelandBuck.
The project was undertaken for Hungry Man Productions, which had acquired an 8,000-square-­foot (743-square-metre) warehouse with a large open floor plan and hardly any windows.

"Asked to rethink the organisation of the office, the project aims to match the light­heartedness of Hungry Man's identity with a series of tumbled cubicles that playfully challenge the regularity of the typical office space," said FreelandBuck.

The collection of white cubes, with some of their walls missing, are positioned near each other to form hallways and nooks, as well as intimate work areas inside their hollowed frames. A couple are stacked on top, taking advantage of the generous ceiling height.
"These surfaces create spatial illusions and a lively, dynamic work atmosphere," said FreelandBuck. "The linework of the panelling reflects and augments the corrugated metal cladding of the existing steel­frame warehouse."

FreelandBuck was founded by David Freeland and Brennan Buck in 2009, and has offices in Los Angeles and New York City­. The studio has previously installed a colourful overhead lighting installation at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC.
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