We were delighted to work with a leading wealth management business to create a new Edinburgh office on Princes Street. This is a flavour of the new office at No. 40, but the real star is the stunning view from the 4th floor overlooking the Gardens, Castle, and Arthur’s Seat.
Anchorpoint Interiors had the pleasure of transforming the entire office across five floors within a stunning townhouse in Rutland Square, Edinburgh.
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Are you looking to transform your office space? Reach out to our team today on 0131 341 3066 or send us an email to hello@anchorpointinteriors.com
Your office is more than just deskspace: it’s where your workplace culture is born. It’s true, shared workspaces bring people together, but if they’re designed with people at the heart they can do so much more. Anchorpoint is proud to design interiors that forge relationships, foster creativity and promote wellbeing through intelligent design.
We understand the power of smart spatial planning, furniture placement, colour selection, lighting and all the tiny details that breathe your brand personality into a workspace. That’s why we’ve developed our holistic 4-step process to create vibrant zones that people love to spend time in. Here’s how we do it:
We recommend working with external business consultants to identify key areas that require change and set out tangible objectives to address them. That way, we can discover your aspirations and overcome any uncertainties or doubts you have about a redesign project. We’ll work diligently to achieve your goals and deliver a space that surpasses your requirements.
We assess your current environment and establish whether it can fulfil the ambitions of your objectives. Should you stay or move? Could we refurbish or should we find opportunities elsewhere to meet your expectations? We’ll come up with the right solution for your business and use our industry expertise to find the perfect premises for your people.
Our experienced team will guide you through every step of the design process. We’ll take care of everything: from design visuals and spatial planning, to product selection, sampling and ergonomics. You won’t need to worry about a thing: safety is paramount to us and we guarantee all designs are developed with regulatory compliance at the core.
We’ll never compromise on anything we design. That’s why we project manage the construction phase to ensure your expectations are exceeded and all plans are flawlessly executed. We supply and fit to the highest standard and hand over a workspace that has been transformed through intelligent, contemporary design.
There’s no doubt about it: the appetite for secure, collaborative and imaginative working environments is growing. We know businesses are challenged with reintroducing safe, shared spaces for their staff and that’s exactly where we can help. Anchorpoint designers are experts in conceptualising compelling, functional workspaces that promote interactivity and a positive, balanced flow.
What’s more, we know how to do it safely. We work diligently with clients to redevelop workspaces to find secure solutions tailored to the size, shape and requirements of the space. We’re passionate about bringing people together and here’s how we do it..
Your workspace aesthetic should be a bold reflection of your brand. This can be achieved with welfare in mind, and modern style and comfort can continue to lead the way in a COVID-secure space. We tailor plans to ensure every aspect of the design surpasses your requirements – from layout and structure, to facilities, furniture, colour, lighting, materials and more – we do it all.
We’re passionate about creating vibrant, shared zones that people love to work in. With that in mind, requirements for social distancing, hygiene and infection control can be planned to your specification to instil confidence in users of the space. Anchorpoint carefully considers every aspect of the environment to maximise potential, reinvigorate underutilised areas and promote comfort, functionality and sociability through clever design.
Put simply, we get to know you and your people inside out. Anchorpoint’s workplace consultants are specialists in really getting to grips with the dynamic of your workspace. Smart working environments are born out of understanding the requirements of teams and individuals. That’s why we invest time into workshops, surveys and workplace behaviour analysis to determine the optimal design for your people to thrive.
With lockdown restrictions easing, it’s critical for offices to be comfortable, reassuring and welfare focused spaces for staff. Anchorpoint’s commitment to employee engagement means we can understand the concerns, fears and worries that people may have and develop solutions to alleviate them. We’re proud to promote people-led design and we’ll do whatever it takes to get it right.
Anchorpoint will focus on what works best for you. Our experienced team takes responsibility to guarantee exceptional results are delivered on time. We take care of drawings, documentation and calculations required for certification and building. You won’t need to worry about regulations, we have everything covered.
Our commitment to workplaces extends to keeping them safe and ensuring suitable infection control measures are in place. In addition to the smart placement strategy of our furniture, we provide protective screens, PPE and sanitation equipment to ensure all bases are covered where necessary. We know how important workplace safety is and we have everything needed to protect your staff.
We’re bringing people together in safe and imaginative ways and we’re here to help your business make design-led, smart choices for your space. If you have any questions, we want to hear them. Get in touch & we’ll find the right perfect solution for you.
As a leading specialist in corporate and commercial workplace design and build, our clients might expect us to start pulling out colour charts and furniture examples as a first step.
But the Anchor Interiors design process goes far deeper than that. We have a four-step process that takes you from initial feasibility and design through to completed project.
The first step alone includes a site survey and information gathering process, along with a client brief. We work with our clients to develop the brief as it becomes clearer what they need as the process continues. Step one will also include a concept design, project programme and of course an outline cost.
Any design begins with looking at the very heart of the business. We find out how the business runs, what its vision is, what happens in the workspace, and any future plans.
This enables us to conduct a design and feasibility study, so that we can create an office space that really works for you and your employees, increasing productivity, encouraging collaboration – even improving staff engagement and retention.
Our aim: to create an office space that your employees look forward to spending time in. This is important because it’s estimated that disengaged workers can cost their employers anywhere between £3,400 and £10,000 in wasted salary each year. Your new office should also be able to grow and transform with your business, and offer your team opportunities to work in the most creative and productive ways.
During the design and feasibility process we will consider:
To make the first step towards a new workspace, call us today, without obligation, on 0131 341 3066 or supportteam@anchorpointinteriors.com.
As the pandemic has changed the way we live, work and conduct business, moving away from the traditional workplace to an inclusive culture environment is ever more prevalent. With businesses closed and employees forced to work from home, the office sat empty, only in use for specific meetings. Now the dynamics of the office should adapt and change to embrace the new working culture. Hybrid offices offer everyone a collaborative space for working, learning and adapting.
From a design perspective, the hybrid model combines the home environment with open desk spaces, away from the traditional offices and desks, into an intelligent, tech-driven, socially engaging work culture.
Employees during lockdown lacked social engagement, and virtual meetings became the only source of interaction. Designing a functional, social space for meetings or group hangouts is a vital step to employee wellness, inclusion and cohesive support.
Introducing relaxing areas for rest allows people to relax at certain points in the day or even bring pets to the office to ease the stress of employees’ lives as they return to the workplace.
As the world operates digitally, a high percentage of meetings are still virtual. A boardroom redesign to adapt to tech-heavy environments and inclusive technology-driven boardrooms demands more space, attention, and thought in the layout.
Talk to us about how your office could become a hybrid workspace. Call us today, without obligation, on 0131 341 3066 or hello@anchorpointinteriors.com
Last week was Mental Health Awareness week and it is particularly important to recognise this at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across the world and many of us have been in isolation now for over two months. There has been an impact on many of us in terms of mental health, an increase in stress or anxiety, levels of loneliness and a sense of disconnection from our work teams. Taking care of our mind as well as our health is really important while staying at home. We may feel bored and frustrated, but it is important to remember that it is OK to feel this way and that everyone reacts differently. Remember, this situation is temporary and, for most of us, these feelings will pass. Staying at home may be difficult, but you are helping to protect yourself and others by doing it.
We have put together some tips and advice here are things you can do now to help you keep on top of your mental well-being and cope with how you may feel while staying at home.
Stay connected with others – think of unique ways you can stay in touch with friends and family. If you used to enjoying meals with them, why not do them over a video call!
Take care of yourself & take time to relax – our physical health has a big impact on how we feel, and at times like these it can be easy to fall into an unhealthy pattern of behaviour. We have been enjoying some lovely summer weather recently so make use of spending time outside if it is safe to do so. Spending a few minutes relaxation can help with difficult emotions and worries, and is extremely important to our overall well-being.
Don’t stay glued to the news – try to limit the amount of time you spend watching reading or listening to the coverage of the outbreak on news and social media platforms, and consider turning those notification alerts off on your phone.
Look after your sleep – with different routines in place, many of us have found our sleeping patterns change. Remember good-quality sleep makes a big difference to how we feel, so its important to make sure we get enough.
For many people, co-workers are their main source of daily human interaction, but with Covid-19 disrupting daily life, and sending millions home to work remotely, office workers across the country are having to navigate new ways of connecting with colleagues they no longer see in person every day. Here at Anchorpoint Interiors we get together for a quick morning catch up on Microsoft Teams, to say hello to each other, share any exciting news and to help us stay connected as a team. Below we have put together some simple ideas on staying connected with you team:
Recreate morning coffee breaks – just because there are no break rooms to hang out in with colleagues doesn’t mean morning coffee catch ups have to stop. Why not have a video chat room link set up for workers to join in the morning to chat over coffee?
Encourage friendly competition – those games you use to play in the office, move them to a digital platform to enable you to continue the competitive fun.
Team messaging apps – sending group emails is not the same as having direct conversation, so this is where team messaging apps are very useful. Why not set up a group WhatsApp chat as a quick and easy way to communicate with your team, send pictures and share good news!
