Reception and offices for a law firm in Wola
- Location
- Wola, Warsaw
- Materials
- compact HPL laminate, matt lacquer, handles, profiles and knobs
- Timescale
- 9 weeks
Reception desks, offices, meeting rooms and corridors: we design for daily, heavy use and usually fit outside the office's working hours.
Who it's for
In an office, the same front opens a dozen times a day, and a reception desk stands in the path of a steady stream of clients and couriers. We choose hardware and materials for that scale of use, and plan fitting so the company doesn't have to stop work in the middle of the week.
Fitting scheduled outside working hours
We schedule work for evenings, weekends, or in stages between departments, so the business doesn't have to pause while fitting is under way.
Built for heavy use
Drawer runners, hinges and slides are chosen for a far higher number of openings than a home would see.
We work with the main contractor and the architect
Our schedule slots into the build programme, and design changes are agreed with the office's interior architect, not just the facilities team.
Scope
Reception
A desk with a worktop that resists scratching, room for computer equipment, and power run through to sockets set into the worktop.
Private offices
Desks, filing cabinets and wall units sized to a single room, with lockable sections for documents.
Meeting rooms
A table, a unit built around a screen or monitor, and storage for presentation cables that would otherwise sit on the tabletop.
Corridors and cloakrooms
Lockers for coats and personal belongings near the entrance, laid out for the number of people on site.
Cable and power routing
Cable channels built into desks, skirting units and reception desks, with access for servicing without taking the worktop apart.
Acoustics
Panels and infill that cut down echo in meeting rooms and open work areas, built into the furniture rather than added on afterwards.
Styles
Minimalist, corporate
Flat fronts in muted colours and simple geometry, which sits well alongside whatever fit-out the next tenant brings in.
Warm, with wood and fabric
Veneer, upholstered seating and soft lighting for a reception or waiting area clients actually sit in.
Industrial, with metal
Steel handles and profiles, open shelving, a good fit for creative studios and coworking spaces.
Muted, with acoustic panels
Fabric or felt panels built into a front or a partition wall, cutting down noise in meeting rooms.
Materials and hardware
Office furniture has to survive far more opening cycles and everyday contact than anything at home, so we lean on laminates that resist scratching and hardware built for that extra wear. You'll find the full picture in the materials library.
Fronts
Matt lacquer
A velvety, non-reflective front sprayed onto MDF, in any colour from the RAL or NCS charts.
Fronts
Textured melamine board
Board with a wood decor and a grain you can feel: the most affordable front, and one that won't fade.
Worktops
Compact HPL laminate
A thin, self-supporting board of paper layers and resin pressed under high pressure, waterproof all the way through.
Worktops
Stainless steel
A steel worktop like the ones in restaurant kitchens: it takes heat and water, and fine scratches settle into a patina.
Interiors, fittings and handles
Handles, profiles and knobs
Bar handles, knobs and edge profiles in aluminium, steel or brass. The simplest way to open a front.
Process
We set the fitting schedule together with the building manager or the main contractor, often in evening or weekend blocks, so it doesn't clash with the team's work. On projects led by an interior architect, we check dimension and material changes with them as we go, not only once production is finished.
Every stage of a projectProjects
Questions
What does fitting look like in an office that's open during the day?
We usually split fitting into stages, or move it to evenings and weekends, depending on which parts of the office are in use at the time. We settle the details with the building manager before work starts.
Will the furniture hold up to heavy use in a reception or meeting room?
We choose hardware for a far higher number of opening cycles than a home would see, and build a reception desk's worktop from a material that resists scratching and daily wiping down.
How do you handle cables and sockets in desks and reception counters?
Cable channels are designed into the piece itself, with access panels that let cabling be added or replaced later without taking the worktop apart.
Do you work with a main contractor or an office interior architect?
Yes. We time production and fitting around the main contractor's programme, and agree design changes directly with the interior architect.
Do you deal with acoustics in meeting rooms?
We can build panels and infill that cut down echo into a wall unit or a cupboard front, rather than adding them as a separate fitting once the furniture is in.
Quote
At a consultation or in the online quote wizard, give us the number of rooms and your target fitting date. That tells us whether we'll work evenings, weekends or in stages.