Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has revealed its new home inside the so-called Cheesegrater tower, featuring brightly coloured furnishings, exposed steelwork and a big central meeting space (+ slideshow).
Intended to foster a more collaborative working style, the London studio brings together the studio's 200 staff on one floor of the Leadenhall Building, completed by the Richard Rogers-led firm at the end of 2014.
Photograph by Paul Raftery
The layout is left as open as possible, eschewing individual offices in favour of a plan where everyone sits together. This allows plenty of daylight to pass through the space, but also promotes the "democratic philosophy" of the firm.
"We have worked hard to preserve the practice's ethos," said Richard Rogers, who runs the firm with 12 other partners. "Our new studio embodies the teamwork, flexibility and sustainable working practices that characterise our architecture."
Photograph by Paul Raftery
For over 30 years, the architects were based in a riverside building at Thames Wharf, west London, with the River Cafe restaurant founded by Richard Rogers' wife Ruth acting as a de facto staff canteen. But they were forced to move when the lease expired and the freeholder decided to redevelop the site.
The partners saw this as an opportunity to bring together staff who previously had been spread out across five floors.

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