Mcconaghy Workplace
By Hogg & Lamb
Located on the top two levels of the Annex on 12 creek Street, this unique tenancy is quite a special place. A sweeping garden terrace surrounds the lower floor, the upper floor is set back, looking onto the floor below while giving the trees room to grow.
The client brief was unusual too, a “non-corporate” space which could double as a showcase for their skills as both builders and landlords.
Visitors are greeted by a traditional café space which floats between the lift core and the garden terrace. The café acts as a reception as the guests are greeted and offered a beverage while they wait for their host to arrive. All staff enter via the café before walking upstairs, this helps imbue a feeling of ownership over the garden and facilities and ensure the café is active throughout the day.
Access to the workspace above is via the stairs. Circulation spaces are darkened corridors which become “negative space”. The subtle lighting and lack of colour focuses the attention on the workspace beyond, from this dark corridor the workstations are efficiently arrayed, the irregular tips of the tenancy become green meeting spaces.
The combination of these spaces forms layers, from dark, to workspace, to green space, to the view beyond. Vegetation within the green meeting spaces helps soften the view and as the tree from the floor below grows it helps to reinforce this layered diagram.
Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones
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Hogg and Lamb is an architectural design practice based in Brisbane and Byron Bay, with experience in award winning residential & commercial projects.
The studio combines the energy and enthusiasm of a new firm, with decades of experience designing and delivering high end residential & boutique interior projects.
Hogg and Lamb was established in 2016 by good friends and colleagues, Michael Hogg and Greg Lamb.
Michael spent more than 15 years at the renowned architecture firm Donovan Hill where he was involved in over 60 residential projects including the internationally published C House. He was Project Architect for the Robin Boyd awarded D House and numerous other published and awarded residential projects.
He has significant experience in the conceptual, schematic and design development phases of projects of varying scales from residential projects through to large commercial and public buildings.
Prior to establishing Hogg and Lamb Greg had worked at several firms in Australia and the UK. Over 25 years of experience has led to a knowledge base across a broad range of projects including; restaurants and bars, office fit-outs, hotels, health clubs and residential work.
A particular interest in human cognition and perception, combined with an expertise in the design of the custom fixtures, furniture and graphic design result in a total user experience which characterise Greg’s approach to the design environment.
Both Michael and Greg have been working in the industry since the early 1990’s and have a back catalogue featuring hundreds of projects in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Together Michael and Greg provide a high level of service to create unique buildings for discerning clients.
Nominated Architect NSW: Michael Hogg 11220
Nominated Architect QLD: Michael Hogg 3398
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