Bank of America, London

The client’s brief for the design and colour schemes were to be progressive and commensurate with the level of corporate visitors to the building.

Although the brief was unrestricted, Spice were required to consider a number of practicalities which included retaining existing brown granite finishes to flooring and lift lobby surround.

The original reception area was thought by the bank to be gloomy and corporately impersonal, therefore the emphasis was placed on providing interesting and effective lighting embracing the new planning requirements for a strategically located ‘greeter’ reception desk, in front of a new system of turnstyle gates .

As the planning brief was developed, Spice drew the client’s attention to the possibilities of using the available space, not only for a visitor waiting area, but also for informal meetings with low level purpose-made glazed separation screens. The meeting areas were to be enhanced with the incorporation of new flat screen monitors recessed into the special applied painted plaster wall treatment.