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Having first joined us for a week’s work experience back in her university days before coming on board permanently, there’s nothing Ellie does that she doesn’t sprinkle a little of her magic on. Amongst her top skills she lists design, snacks, and theatre shows, of which we can thoroughly back her up on all three (if you’re ever in need of a theatre show recommendation …
Nothing we do would be possible without our wonderful team. So we’re putting the spotlight on them in our series of ‘meet the team’ articles, helping you all get to know each and every person who makes spacelab_ what it is. And next up is Tom. Tom joined us earlier this year as a part II architect and has been spreading his magic across everything …
Why, how and where we all work has shifted massively over these past 18 months or so. Now, as the world starts to open up, it’s all about making work work for us, both as a collective and as individuals. And as we all try to find our new rhythm in this ever-evolving world, one of the most frequently asked questions we get is how …
Photo credit: Andrea Giordano The story of 33 Boundary Street is an ever-evolving one, and that’s exactly what we set out for it to be. It has had many different functions throughout its life – originally a department store, this converted building in Shoreditch was once our workspace and then used as a ceramic showroom for many years. But last summer we knew it was …
Though we say so ourselves, we have some pretty wonderful people here in the lab_ who make everything we do possible – and more. So, to help you all get to know them a little better, we kicked off a series of ‘meet the team’ posts, and next up is Nathalia. Having been with us for over 5 years now, Nathalia is a much loved …
Anyone who knows us will know that our parties aren’t exactly what you’d call normal. They are, some might say, a little bit mad – as all the best things are. And with lockdown putting a temporary stop to our festivities (at least IRL), this summer we had some making up to do. So over the past few months, our party committee were been busy …
Last month we kicked off a series of ‘meet the team’ posts, to help you all get to know the people who make it all possible. And next up is Amie. Having been with us for many years now, it’s hard to imagine this place without Amie. Whether you’re working together or just down the pub, it’s impossible not to be inspired by her passion, …
As this week is Mental Health Awareness Week, this is just a little reminder for us all to take care of ourselves and be kind to others. Our mental health can affect so many areas of our lives, and can often be so easily disguised to others – so it’s important to make space and time for our wellbeing. During these crazy times, we can …
While we’ve all mastered the art of remote working and virtual meetings over the past year or so, nothing quite makes up for those in person conversations when getting to know who you’re working with. So we thought we’d do a series of ‘meet the team’ posts to help with just that. Joe first joined us back in one of his university summers many years …
What a difference a year makes. Since last March, our daily patterns have transformed. Our ways of living, our ways of working, and our ways of inhabiting our local neighbourhoods, are for most people, completely different to what came before. But how permanent will these shifts be? And how do we therefore need to evolve our buildings and cities to stay relevant in the future? …
As you know, our architectural design studio has been transformed into a cutting-edge art gallery and creative hub called the depot_. The brand needed to have a strong visual identity that fully encompassed this wide-reaching project and expressed the diversity that people would experience when visiting the depot_, while still being approachable and playful. We collaborated with our good friends Ian Pitt of Me, Him …
These guys aren’t your ordinary group of people. A company full of innovators, ?What If! make a living from transforming businesses; from asking ‘the big what if, what now and what next’, always looking to push the boundaries and be leaders of change. We workshopped them, they workshopped us. We practically moved in at one point to truly understand how they worked and where the …
Once upon a time, as a few of our old friends might remember, 33 Boundary Street was our home. We moved out 7 years or so ago, but we never really said goodbye to the space. We rented it out as workspace for many years, but now times have changed, and the space needed to too. The challenge was making an ordinary building extraordinary in …
Following our webinar on July 30th, for all those who were able to join us, and for those who couldn’t make it, below are some key insights from Kara Carter, Creative Director at Spacelab, Christopher Aquilina, Director and Chartered Surveyor at Spring4 and Alex Woolf, Strategy Director with Romulus. Working from home is a temporary fix that companies will probably have to reverse. CA: We …
We’re delighted that our Joe Bosson has been included in Mix Interiors’ annual ‘30 under 30’ list, celebrating rising stars in the industry! Joe first came and worked at Spacelab whilst he was a student, and we keenly had him back every summer. After he graduated last year (having also won the RIBA prize for excellence for his diploma), he came on board permanently. And he …
We’ve been reflecting on the differences between the world of work pre- and post-lockdown, and what our workplaces will become in future. This taster video of our project for creative innovation agency Iris Worldwide makes us excited about the types of spaces we could be going back to. Although designed and completed pre-covid, it’s a workplace that sets the agency up for a post-covid world. …
At the end of April we launched our ‘future of work’ survey. There has, understandably, been a lot of speculation about how people are finding working from home, and what all of this will mean for the future of the workplace. So we wanted to collect some data to better understand people’s experiences of working from home, and their feelings on the return to the …
We launched an online survey a few weeks ago to better understand how people are finding working from home, and their thoughts on the future of work. We’re now starting to analyse the responses, and share some of the findings. Last week we looked in more detail at what people are missing most about the office. This week we’re exploring how much people really want …
We launched an online survey a couple of weeks ago to better understand how people are finding working from home, and their thoughts on the future of work. We’re now starting to analyse the responses, and share some of the findings. Socialising and face-to-face collaboration We’ve all mastered the art of various video conferencing softwares and online collaboration tools under lockdown – and couldn’t have …
A few weeks ago I came across this article titled ‘Why architects can’t work from home’. Ironically, I was working from home at the time, and have done every Friday for the past two years. As a mother of two children under five, who also works full time, being able to work from home one day a week is completely invaluable. I get to have …