The Design Lab, functioning as a generous lobby, hosts a range of staff activities, charrettes, client meetings, and community gatherings.

Custom-patterned fir plywood panels outfitted with pegs serve as a movable display system for boards, models and whiteboards in support of a collaborative design culture.

Meeting rooms as well as a design materials library, maker space, and model shop line the perimeter walls along both sides of the main studio workspace, taking advantage of the newly enlarged windows and views.

A multipurpose lounge area, with communal tables and furniture alongside the newly created outdoor porch, invites indoor and outdoor options for work, gathering and refuge.

With abundant views and optimized daylighting throughout, indoor-outdoor connections nurture a healthy biophilic workspace.

A series of open collaborative pods, equipped with technology, work booths and shared workstations, sit atop casters and are demountable for ultimate flexibility.

A variety of spaces provide different levels of acoustic privacy to support a range of meeting types, from quick impromptu discussions to hybrid client presentations.

Interior space was carved out of the original structure to create a multipurpose outdoor porch supporting varied uses, from casual meetings to lunchtime socializing.

The suite entry door was fabricated from reclaimed fir as a modernized nod to the building’s original fir trusses.

To create a universally accessible building entry, a glass bay on the northeast corner with a cantilevered mass timber roof seamlessly extends the street into the studio.