This zany Washington office is the HQ of the creative agency JESS3. Their services range from animation, content creation and digital PR to social strategy creation and infographics. I have it on good authority from within the agency that the giant mural at their Washington office was actually painstakingly hand-drawn by one of their illustrators!

The office is eclectic, creative and energetic in equal measure, qualities which are no doubt cultivated with great care within an agency such as this.

According to their website:

Our client roster is a cross between Fortune 500 giants, media empires and start-up power-houses, including Samsung, Nike,Washington Post, Facebook, NASA, National Geographic,foursquare, Microsoft, C-SPAN, Turner Broadcasting andGoogle. But it doesn’t stop there. We also have a dedicated labs division, which funds and launches our own products for the social web. What’s more, we regularly take on pro bono work for causes and issues in which we strongly believe.

AKQA  has been a force in the media development field since 1995, it has now grown to over 750 employees globally. They’ve won Agency of the Year numerous times both in the USA and in Europe. Their minimalist and very elegant office is located in Washington D.C, and though it has a very raw look, the office doesn’t look unfinished or under-designed.

The neutral colours used throughout complement the cement floors and natural wood accents. The look therefore achieved is calming and pleasant, while at the same time creative and far from mundane. Overall the office achieves a fine balance between minimalism and warmth, something that can be quite difficult to get right.

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The ASH (American Society of Haematology) recently had their Washington office space redesigned by the well known global design firm RTKL. The Washington DC office space reflects core tenants of design, including cost efficiency and environmental sustainability.

In fact the project ultimately won the NAIOP Award of Excellence in the Best Sustainable Design LEED category.

What made the experience so rewarding for us is that it embodies two driving trends in workplace design today—brand and sustainability. As a LEED-certified workplace, it’s not only a reflection of ASH’s commitment to environmental responsibility but a true expression of their brand as a progressive, innovative organization.

This attempt to synergies flexibility and sustainability demonstrates a keen commitment to changing the modern workplace. This is something eOffice definitely supports, well done ASH!

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A lot has changed since 2004, when DLA Piper hired Lehman Smith McLeish to personalize a spec building going up on a parking lot in the Penn Quarter in Washington, D.C. As the desolate neighborhood blossomed into a vibrant mixed-use hub, DLA Piper morphed, after multiple mergers, into one of the largest law firms on the planet. Leaving behind a tired 1980′s office, the expanded firm seized upon the 230,000-square-foot space to forge a new identity and work paradigm.

Debra Lehman-Smith lost no time in presenting modifications to developer Boston Properties and building architect Hartman-Cox Architects, which embraced her vision to reshape the structure, still in the schematic phase. That set the tone for an extensive and remarkably collegial collaboration and of course reduced the expenses and complications that last-minute interventions entail. The changes were hardly insignificant. Lehman-Smith completely reorganized the entry and eliminated a through-block lobby that would have bisected the building and fragmented the other ground-level spaces. This created two distinct entries, including a dedic
ated one for DLA Piper on the building’s quieter side, facing the historic General Post Office, now the Hotel Monaco.

The design for this waterfront home on Lake Washington knits together themes of nature, art and the science of sustainable design. The house is oriented on the site to respond to the sun’s path, site features such as existing shade trees, optimal views across the lake, prevailing winds, and the clients’ intention to actively use the outdoor spaces on and around their home.