For a fast-moving industry with high levels of decision making, our design response needed to embody balance by providing opportunities for rejuvenation and pause. Collaboration zones stand out through colour and texture and surprising moments punctuate the team’s workday. Self-care havens, games rooms, quiet spaces, massage chairs, indoor greenery and an outdoor park create a sense of fun at work and ensure the team feels valued, energised and supported.

A striking atrium visually connects the showroom and the workspace above, with a ‘stack’ of cafés ascending from the ground level and slicing into every floor to give teams a place to meet or retreat.

The workspace achieves its aim of expressing trustworthiness while reassuring customers that Carlisle Homes understands their dreams. Solid foundations, like hard floors and polished concrete sit beneath sculptural ceilings that symbolise innovation and imagination.

Ultimately, this workspace demonstrates how much Carlisle Homes values its people and their work. By inspiring a sense of employee ownership over space that’s truly theirs, Carlisle Homes has laid the foundations for a strong future while overseeing a hugely successful post COVID-19 office return.