CLIENTConfidential Media Company
SERVICESInteriors
LOCATIONSan Francisco, CA
SIZE38,000 sq ft
STATUSCompleted 2021
We transformed a partially below-grade expansion space into a dynamic, welcoming place where people want to be. The elegant design celebrates this media company’s lively, playful culture.



Our client was thrilled to secure expansion space within a cool converted warehouse with exposed steel trusses, a light-filled central atrium, and an open and airy double-height second level. Due to the sloping site, however, the building’s partially subterranean first level felt more like a basement than a workplace.
We brought natural light into the open work area and glass meeting rooms through the high windows on one side and the sky-lit atrium on the other, while a new grand stair with platform seating links the all-hands area and servery to a second-floor pantry.



Through the first floor entry, an arcade room connects to a pantry and community lounge, where a partial wall provides acoustic and visual separation between the lounge and open work area while allowing light to carry across the floor.

PHOTOGRAPHYBruce Damonte
Awards
- ULI Washington Awards for Excellence, Finalist | MLK Gateway II
- Future of Work Awards, Jury’s Special Prize | Ledger HQ
- BIM d’Or, Tech Show Awards | Google AI Hub
- Interior Design Magazine, Best of Year Awards, Office Renovation, Winner | Meta EMEA Headquarters
- Interior Design Magazine, Best of Year Awards, Medium Tech Office: Finalists | WHOOP Headquarters
- ULI Europe Awards for Excellence : Winner | L’Atelier Covivio
- Interior Design Magazine, Best of Year Awards, Finalist: Large Early Education | Raymond Elementary School
- AIA DC, Awards of Excellence in Architecture, Chapter Design Award: Winner | Raymond Elementary School
- ULI Washington Awards of Excellence, Excellence in Institutional Development: Winner | Raymond Elementary School
- ULI Washington Awards of Excellence: Finalists | Raymond Elementary School
- USGBC, US Local Market Leadership Swards DC, MD, VA, Decarbonization Award: Winner | Raymond Elementary School
- Fast Company, Innovation by Design Awards, Best Workplace Design: Honorable Mention | WHOOP Headquarters
- Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award, Display Installations: Winner | Welcome Galleries at the National Building Museum
- Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award, Best in office Buildings: Winner | Meta EMEA Headquarters
- Interior Design Magazine, NYCxDesign Awards: Finalist | 825 Third Avenue
- CoreNet NYC Design Excellence Awards, Project of the Year Under 25K sq ft: Winner | 825 Third Avenue
- USGBC, US Local Market Leadership Awards DC, MD, VA, Judge’s Choice Award: Winner | MLK Gateway II
- NAIOP DC MD Awards of Excellence, Best Washington DC Urban Office: Winner | MLK Gateway II
- CoreNet New England Awards of Excellence, Large Workplace: Winner | WHOOP Headquarters