Step 4: Plan your space With your budget in place it’s time to start getting into the details. The next stage in your successful office fitout is planning your space. Beginning with a blank floor plan (one that includes all load-bearing walls, pillars, windows, security doors, permanent fixtures etc) start laying out what – and [...]
Weaving more natural elements, like wood, into indoor spaces is one of the biggest trends in modern architecture right now - wood architecture. Modern architecture has been reviving the nuts and berries architecture of the 60’s lately, favouring organic and natural houses and weaving more natural materials like wood into their work. The [...]
Why is a Make Good an Important Matter to Consider? A Make Good can be an easily overlooked process for tenants that are moving out. It seems simple at first glance. Isn’t a Make Good just something you have to remember to do at the end of your lease? A promise to leave your [...]
On 9th January 2023 RWC officially opened our Chatswood office at Suite 12.01, 1‑5 Railway Street, Chatswood NSW. Like many organisations coming out of COVID lock downs, integrating flexible working arrangement into our business culture and gradual changes in staff commuting patterns has presented challenges both in how we work, the culture of our [...]
Covid-19 has meant seismic changes for modern offices. Zoom, flexible hours, time-shifting and work from home have had a huge effect on the way most companies function. But as vaccines roll out around the world and the “new normal” looms on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about how office life – and [...]
Millennials and Boomers have two drastically different philosophies in what they want out of their workspaces, and that can give rise to tension in the office. The Boomer generation preferred quiet spaces and privacy, creating the traditional cubicle office design, still commonly used by large organisations, with a need for internal procedures, standardisation and bureaucratic [...]
What is a Complying Development Certificate (CDC)? Under NSW’s State Environmental Planning Policy, a CDC is designed to ensure compliance with various environmental and safety codes. While this may sound like a chore or overwhelming if you’re in charge of overseeing an office fit out, keep in mind that the certificate is referred to as [...]
Colour and the ways it is used in interior design has an impact on how we feel and how well we perform in that environment, there’s no doubt about it. But our preconceptions and common beliefs about how exactly colours will affect us don’t always hold true. The rigorous long-term study conducted by academics at [...]
A unique study conducted over 20 years by a team from the School of Architecture at the University of Texas examined the influence of colour within the office environment to properly understand how it affects those who work in it. They ran a series of four intriguing experiments, with some unexpected results. Study #1: Colour [...]
Colour has a direct impact on psychological wellbeing and productivity in the workplace. So it’s a key consideration in office and workplace design and planning. The authors of a study done at the University of Texas go so far as to say that designers have a responsibility to create harmony between colour and the intended [...]
