Architect, Chris Romer-Lee, chats with us about about the MullenLowe global headquarters his studio designed. What were your initial thoughts about this project? That we were working on a small city. The agency required us to integrate 4 different brands, that all had a separate visual identity, in one building. The meeting rooms, café and reception were all shared spaces and became the public realm. From a corridor bench to a flexible café space or ‘piazza’ for all agency meetings. The range of colours in the BAUX collection gave us a really exciting opportunity to vary the “inbetween” break out areas. Why did you choose BAUX for the space? BAUX was important because we wanted the space between meeting rooms to be break out areas. It’s often the space between buildings that provides some of the most engaging urban conditions in a city; we wanted to create something similar throughout the building. The lighting was playful and external in aesthetic, which further emphasized the red, green and blue BAUX panels. How did colour transform the space? We used Diagonal Wood Wool Panels on the back wall because the texture and pattern in the natural finish looked great against the logo made of … Continue reading BAUX Interviews – Chris Romer-Lee