Build Architecture Awards 2016

2016 Architecture Awards Build 81 Company: MCM Architecture Web Address: www.mcm-uk.com Address: 71 Hopton Street, London, SE1 9LR Telephone: 020 7902 0900 CM have built a strong reputation on listening to clients’ business aspirations and designing imaginative solutions that perform and inspire. Jon outlines how this is achieved. “Our clients are challenging, forward thinking and demanding businesses of all sizes from blue chip multinationals to entrepreneurial enterprises. We work by combining sound design thinking with a deep understanding of our clients’ requirements. “We have a team of exceptional talent with inquiring minds that help our clients imagine the possible and think beyond the expected. Our intention is never to deliver something that merely looks good, it has to respond to tangible needs and address real issues. We believe that design should avoid fads and fashion to stand the test of time and continue to perform against the project drivers for years to come. Our awarding winning work and the many long–term relationships we have developed with our clients over the years, we believe is testament to the success of our approach.” The firm’s relocation of The Estée Lauder Companies UK and Ireland to One Fitzroy is the first time globally, that the business has brought together all of its brands and training facilities under one roof. Jon outlines how the firm worked closely with its clients to create a project which exactly met their needs. “Working closely with The Estée Lauder Companies, MCM Architecture developed a design solution to create an open, transparent and flexible environment that would unite over 25 beauty brands as part of one family, while preserving their individual brand identities. “Set over ten floors, the experience starts from the moment you enter the hotel-style foyer on the ground floor. In order to manage the large numbers of visitors to the training suites on the first and second floors, MCM intro- duced a dramatic staircase which provides a dedicated entrance to the training suites from the building reception, offering a glamorous welcome to the many visiting Beauty Advisors attending training. “MCM set out to create a space that ‘works like an office, but does not look, or feel like an office’ and to make everyone feel like the whole building was theirs to be used to the full, from day one.” Best Workplace Interior Design Company - UK & Most Innovative London Office Project: Estée Lauder MCM is a creative consultancy of Architects, Designers and Workplace Strategists. We invited Managing Director Jon Race to talk us through the firm and its latest, award winning project. M AR160055