African Design Magazine August 2015 | Page 47

African project: Project: Desert Flower Investment offices By avoiding all ostentation, and relying on the impact of quality, Inhouse Brand Architects has satisfied a top local investment firm’s desire to appear modest, yet substantial… I nhouse Brand Architects was tasked with creating a comfortable, international standard office interior that reflected an understated ethos. The client, a top investment firm linked to its own charitable foundation situated in adjoining premises, wanted its office space to be modest yet elegant. Although an extremely successful firm, the client is equally invested in giving back, and thus briefed Inhouse to champion quality over flashiness and to reflect a subtle tastefulness. Careful consideration was required on the part of Inhouse, as the two separate entities, located in adjoining premises, were to share a communal reception area and boardrooms. In order to reflect the client’s integrity and pursuit of quality, Inhouse focused on using natural materials for africandesignmagazine.com 47