office & law firm interiors

Connect ing people to placeOffice & Law Firm Interiors

atlanta new york washington

Since the firm’s founding in 1960, Cooper Carry has grown into a global design practice with thoughtful, collaborative design as the cornerstone of our core principles. With professionals in architecture, graphic design, interior design, landscape architecture, planning and sustainability consulting, we embrace a holistic philosophy. This approach has enabled us to provide our clients with a more thoughtful, collaborative design process; one that merges all aspects of the project.

From our offices across the United States, we have been privileged to provide this comprehensive view of design services to the most prominent private, institutional and public entities throughout the world.

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Connect ing people to place

CORPORATE/OFFICE GOVERNMENT HIGHER EDUCATION HOSPITALITY

MIXED-USE PLANNING RESIDENTIAL

STUDIOS

Cooper Carry’s studios focus the talents of our

design specialists on projects that demand in-depth

understanding of the unique aspects of a project.

Our knowledge of the nuances of various project

types smoothes the path to a successful design.

Every studio is guided by veteran principals

knowledgeable in the specialty area and accom-

plished in the practice of connective design.

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Interiors

Cooper Carry’s Interiors Studio creates well- designed spaces to lift and inspire the spirit. The studio provides a full range of professional interior design services, from programming through space design through the complete selection of fittings, finishes and furnishings. We are particularly skilled at identifying and understanding the core vision of a client’s business, permitting us to bring a high degree of connectiveness and insight to our projects. We consistently create spaces that support the client’s mission, rich in architectural language,

promoting interaction, enabling communication and erasing isolation and separation which can be unhealthy resulting in an unproductive atmosphere. Our attention to detail leads to spaces that lift morale, and help to control business operational costs, inevitably resulting in more beautiful and functional spaces. Each design represents the embodiment of the character and values of our client. Each project is a uniquely, aesthetic solution tailored to reflect the requirements and mission of the client.

Office + Law Firm Design Philosophy

When designing office, and specifically law firm, space, the talented visionaries at Cooper Carry will shepherd you through the design process to ensure you receive a modern, functional, and efficient office design. We strive to provide a space that has the versatility to grow and evolve as your business grows and evolves. In doing so, we consider the latest trends and incorporate them into the design to make sure you are attracting the best and brightest to your company, and providing them a workspace where they can thrive. Beginning with our guiding principals, doing extensive design with discovery and research, and finally realizing the design as a built environment is a tried and true process that has lead to countless successful office work places. Research is at the core of every solution we design.

We create space that not only inspires “happy employees,” but proud ones. In offering creative solutions to your design problems, and by taking a progressive view on your space, we can achieve a comfortable and versatile environment that also stays true to your businesses brand identity. Planning and analysis create a strategic approach that informs a smart, branded, and experiential design.

Office + Law Firm Design Philosophy

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DEFINEProviding workplace strategies is one way we at Cooper Carry fulfill our mission of connecting people to place. The desires and expectations of employees have changed rapidly throughout the last decade, making it both vital and challenging to pinpoint what employees deem important in a workplace environment. Today’s business “buzz” focuses on cross-functionality, emotional intelligence, innovation, and networking. Addressing employee needs not only benefits employee recruitment, retention, and loyalty, but it can also improve efficiency and productivity in the workplace.

Law Firms are beginning to recognize that they need to pay attention to the workplace. The traditional notion of a space layout and design is not appealing to this new generation, yet

there are many deeply embedded customs, culture and ideas, as well as fun¬ctional considerations that do not allow for the revolutionary workplace design. Likewise, the process of enacting strategies at a Law Firm is not the same as for a corporate user. This is not a top down change management endeavor. It is a discovery and buy-in process.

We use this strategic process to help Law Firms find the right balance for their office design. The first step of the process is important: establish the process with the Managing Partner and discuss desired outcomes. Next, we listen to what everyone has to say. During this discovery phase, we uncover the important needs and goals of the attorneys, while capturing the functional information of the staff. In the end, everyone has had a chance

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DEFINEto contribute; and the information received in multiple ways help define what is important to that office.

The resultant four to six Drivers give the team points to focus on with the layout and design of the new office. For example, privacy is a common issue for Law firms. The team will endeavor through the project to check major decisions against the need to provide privacy.

The strategy process is an evolution of traditional programming. As time for projects becomes compressed, we believe that returning focus to the preliminary phase of discovering and understanding a Law Firm is important to the success of their future design.

THE LATEST OFFICE TRENDS

GENERATIONAL SHIFT: This generational shift is driving changes in workplace design and function. More technology-based generations are in the workplace.

• Boomers & Traditionals are retiring• Gen X in current leadership roles• Millenials are the majority of employees• Gen Z is on-boarding to the workplace

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: Smaller, more efficient, comfortable, and personal workspaces are becoming more desirable.

• With mobile technology, people tend to work away from their desks• Offices are smaller, less restrictive, and more ergonomic

THE NEW BUSINESS MODEL: Non-traditional work day hours are becoming more dominant.

• Mobility vs. In the Office• Cross Functional Teams are furthering business• Competition is more real time• Business is more people focused•

TECHNOLOGY: Most information is now more commonly found in digital format.

• Video conference is more common than client travel• Reducing/Eliminating libraries as stand-alone spaces• Laptop and Office needs• Visitors are more portable - do not need an office to connect

THE HUMAN FACTOR: Ergonomic design is used in order to enhance the desired efficiency and mobility in an office space.

• Creating a different space for different types of work• Allowing for work away from the desk• Spaces designated for “chance encounters”

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INFLUENCERS

Kilpatrick Townsend Law Office RelocationNew York, New York

44,960 SFDesign Services: Interior Design

Kilpatrick Townsend Law Office RenovationWashington, DC


Kilpatrick Townsend OfficeSan Francisco, California


Intergraph Corporate HeadquartersHuntsville, Alabama

240,000 SFDesign Services: Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape

Architecture, Enviornmental Graphics and Planning

Edward Andrews Design CenterAlpharetta, Georgia

7,000 SFDesign Services; Interior Design

Cooper Carry Corporate OfficesAtlanta, Georgia


HexagonNorcross, Georgia

62,000 SF

Design Services: Interior Design

Uzun + Case Office RelocationAtlanta, Georgia


Kimley Horn & AssociatesVero Beach, Florida

30,797 SFDesign Services: Interior Design, Sustainable Design

Connective: [kuh-nek-tiv]adjective

1. multi-layered, interwoven, and thought-provoking.

Cooper CarryConnecting people to place

Focused on the innovative design of exceptional places and spaces, Cooper Carry is one of the nation’s most dynamic, context-driven design firms. Our projects are crafted to enrich the experience of the people who interact with them . . . for a day or a lifetime.

An internationally recognized team of design professionals, with vast experience in a variety of project types, collaborate in the pursuit of excellence through the practice of Connective Design. Since our founding in 1960, we have steadily built a reputation for our thoughtful design, attention to detail, and client service. Our goal with every project is to maximize its interaction with surrounding buildings, the environment, and the community . . . all of which are instrumental in our Connective Design approach.

Connective Design is the cornerstone of our architectural, planning and urban design approach. For example, our design process treats landscapes as being of equal importance to buildings; therefore we pursue excellence in landscape design just as carefully. The result is that we combine architecture and landscape design into a rich composition of functional, thoroughly connected spaces formed to unite the experience of the inhabitant, celebrating theexperience of both the interior and the exterior environments. Likewise, we treat the interiors of the space with the same attention to detail, recognizing the impact that quality interior design has on not only the space itself, but the inhabitants of the space as well.

With sustainability as the foundation of Cooper Carry’s Connective Design philosophy, our team is inspired by the interconnections between natural systems which support our lives. We collaboratively pursue creative design solutions patterned with nature as our model with the result being a more holistic project because we consider how plants, animals and the physical world they inhabit, impact all that we do.

The Connective Design process assesses the sustainability of materials, the suitability of assembly methods, and the options for organizing buildings, their interiors and the landscape around them into compositions which tend to maximize the advantages of solar orienta-tion, daylighting, weather, building conditioning, and other variables that affect the building’s environmental performance. And we seek ways to optimize the human experience, thereby elevating the quality of life for all who come to live, work or play within the space.

Our commitment to environmentally responsible design is evident in our comprehensive, ongoing in-house education program to support LEED accreditation of team members and to provide ongoing programs, increasing our command of the techniques of sustainable design.

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OFFICE + LAW FIRM INTERIORS

625 North Washington StreetSuite 200Alexandria, VA 22314phone: 703-519-6152

For more information please contact [email protected] or visit our website at www.coopercarry.com

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