SJ Berwin is a large, growing law firm with its headquarters in London and nine offices throughout Europe. After 25 years in business, the company outgrew its London offices. Providing legal services to entrepreneurial companies and financial institutions, the firm wanted to portray a sophistication to match that of its clients. The similarly large and international architectural firm HOK International understood SJ Berwin’s vision and designed an office complex that resembles less the mahogany-lined, hierarchical model of a law office than it does the hip, luxurious aesthetic of a boutique hotel.
Located in the three-story Thames Exchange Building, which previously housed the HSBC dealing-room floors, SJ Berwin’s new headquarters looks out on the river Thames and St. Paul’s Cathedral. HOK’s objective was to form an energizing space that would allow the large staff to work more closely with one another—a difficult task in a building that could enclose three or four professional soccer fields.
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