Plywood furniture and vibrant colours feature in the headquarters for one of Brazil's major publishers, which has been overhauled by architecture office Studio Dlux.
The studio renovated the 595-square-metre office for Grupo Editorial Record, which is spread across several floors in a 1980s block in the São Cristóvão neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro.
The office design is for Grupo Editorial Record
Local firm Studio Dlux was initially hired to renovate a single level, but after a careful analysis of the company's needs, the project was expanded to two floors.
"The project became a more strategic proposal to reformulate the division of workspaces in some sectors of the company ? editorial and marketing," the firm said.
"The project that once was designed just to modernise the space ended up changing the Group's thinking in relation to workspaces and promoted a behavioural change." Vibrant colours are central to the design

The editorial department is located on the third floor, while the marketing group is housed on the fourth. Overall, the team sought to create a brighter and more open atmosphere on both levels, which were formerly dark and cramped.
On the third floor, the layout was totally reconfigured. In the past, different book groups were separated from one another. To foster collaboration, the architects removed partitions and created a central, open area with shared workstations.
Private offices are enclosed within glass walls
The central zon...