This new 8,500 SF office building for a real estate brokerage links the owner’s passion for nature with an appreciation for contemporary design. The design team worked with the owners and staff to develop an airy scheme which organizes the space around an interior board room, making sure every employee has “a room with a view.” The facility features both private and open offices, a reception area, a gallery, a small conference room, a lounge, restrooms, showers, a board room, and a work room. To compensate for its remote location, the office provides a well-stocked kitchen and break room, and includes a fitness room.

The interior design celebrates nature through forest-inspired colors, renewable materials such as wood panels and trim, palm wood flooring, hand-made paper artist luminaries, and cleanly detailed furnishings. The conference table is hewn from a single tree trunk, still displaying its natural, undulating edges, to infuse the modern interior with an outdoor spirit.

RECOGNITIONS: AIS South Carolina (Merit Award); ASID Carolinas (Honor Award)