Archetech Issue 42 2019 | Page 80

ALIGN EXPANDS CITY OF LONDON WORKSPACE INTERIORS FOR AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP CLIENT ALIGN For their second project for an Australian financial services group, workspace specialists align were briefed to design 13,745 sq ft of new working, meeting, presentation and break-out space across 1.5 storeys at their client’s City of London offices in order to meet a period of sustained growth and house three divisions of the company, totalling around 150-170 people. align had previously worked on an office interiors scheme in Reading for the same client, before being instructed to create this new Cat A and Cat B scheme, where the brief was to include integrated, but differentiated, zones that worked within the overall building environment with a pronounced accent on biophilia, agile working and staff wellbeing.