Houzz's new European Headquarters in London

25 May 2016

Houzz's new European Headquarters in London

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Houzz wanted to create an environment where their staff feel like they’re part of a family.

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How were you commissioned?:
The design was conducted in-house by Houzz with help from Tetris-Bluu, an interior design firm.

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What was the brief from the client and how much were they involved?:
Creating an environment where our staff feel like they're part of a family is an important part of our culture and the office reflects this. Houzz is an incredibly collaborative organisation. Because of this, we wanted to design the space to encourage team members to talk to and learn from each other - we wanted a completely open floor plan, and for all meeting rooms to have glass walls. Houzz was involved at all stages of the design journey.

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How did the brief affect the materials and design choices?:
Meeting rooms and break-out areas represent a different room in the home, in a different European country (for example there's a British garden room, Swedish midcentury living room, Berlin record room, UK boxing gym, Parisian loft, Spanish bathroom, Italian wardrobe). Everything in the office was purchased from Houzz's marketplace in the US.

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How did your previous experience help you with this project?:
Houzz has also designed, renovated and fitted offices in Germany (Berlin), Australia (Sydney), Japan (Tokyo), Israel (Tel Aviv) and the US (Palo Alto and Irvine, Calif.).

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Can you explain the layout of the project:
The overall brief was to create a home-from-home environment that the whole team, which spans many European nationalities, can enjoy. As such, the meeting rooms and break-out areas represent different rooms in the home, and take their inspiration from different European countries. For example, there's a British garden room, a Swedish midcentury living room, Berlin record room, UK boxing gym, Parisian loft, Spanish bathroom and Italian wardrobe.

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What problems or challenges did you face?:
The brick building was completely gutted on the inside, a new floor was added, including an amazing roof terrace with a 360 view of London.

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What do you feel were the most unusual design elements of the project?:
Given that we are a platform for home renovation and design, all items purchased to decorate the office, were purchased from Houzz's marketplace in the US. Hans J. Wegner's iconic Shell Chair CH07 was customised by Carl Hansen in Houzz green. Blown-up photos in the meeting rooms are top design photos featured on Houzz

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How do you think this project is pushing design forward? What makes it special?:
At Houzz we view our staff as family. As such, our priority was to create an environment where people feel like they're part of the family!

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Please provide details of product names and suppliers where possible.:
Houzz and Tetris-Bluu

Houzz Project by houzz.co.uk

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