Hybrid Workspace, Open Plan, Private Offices, Coworking
Offices & Workspaces
Creating beautiful and functional spaces for your team and your business.
At Board & Vellum, we design workspaces that feel special and just right for you. Our individualized approach incorporates architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture, as needed, for tailored spaces that suit not only your brand and your style, but your style of working.
We never take a one-size-fits-all approach — we address the specific needs of your circumstances, guiding you with best practices for space planning, creating custom offices and workspaces that favor the personal touches that keep a workplace from feeling stuffy, while also highlighting the unique qualities setting your business apart.
The needs of office workers and office spaces may be ever-evolving. But when your office or workspace is designed for the functionality, efficiency, and comfort you need to be successful, you’re able to tap into the best parts of your workday.
Communal Kitchen
The office kitchen features a cute Smeg refrigerator, built-in cubbies, and salvaged lockers for personal items. The Office at Ada’s | Image courtesy of The Office at Ada’s.
Communal Kitchen
The office kitchen features a cute Smeg refrigerator, built-in cubbies, and salvaged lockers for personal items. The Office at Ada’s | Image courtesy of The Office at Ada’s.
Connection to the Lucille
Entering from the lobby of the Lucille offers a slightly elevated view into the space. This second entrance allows apartment residents to access the coworking space without leaving the building. Seven Starlings Workloft | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Connection to the Lucille
Entering from the lobby of the Lucille offers a slightly elevated view into the space. This second entrance allows apartment residents to access the coworking space without leaving the building. Seven Starlings Workloft | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Shared Workspace
Rows of desks provide efficient workspace, flanked by a series of conference rooms. The Office at Ada’s | Image courtesy of The Office at Ada’s.
Shared Workspace
Rows of desks provide efficient workspace, flanked by a series of conference rooms. The Office at Ada’s | Image courtesy of The Office at Ada’s.
Creative Lobby
The lobby is composed of a variety of contrasting materials — from wood, to steel, and concrete — encompassing a breadth of construction materials in a refined, business-professional setting. W.G. Clark Lobby | Photo by Tina Witherspoon.
Creative Lobby
The lobby is composed of a variety of contrasting materials — from wood, to steel, and concrete — encompassing a breadth of construction materials in a refined, business-professional setting. W.G. Clark Lobby | Photo by Tina Witherspoon.
Period Maps
Each of three conference rooms is identified by a period map on the accent wall. The Office at Ada’s | Image courtesy of The Office at Ada’s.
Period Maps
Each of three conference rooms is identified by a period map on the accent wall. The Office at Ada’s | Image courtesy of The Office at Ada’s.
Navigating the permitting and construction process.
Offices are somewhere you spend a sizable part of your week, and their design directly impacts your health and happiness. It also plays a key role in the impression a client or customer will have of your company. We take care to design authentic commercial offices reinforcing your brand identity.
Workplace design is about more than just creating a beautiful workspace: it’s about pursuing designs that also comply with occupancy codes, egress codes, fire and life safety codes, and more. We have the knowledge and experience to guide your project from visioning and space planning through construction.
It can be surprising to learn that most commercial spaces need permits to complete construction, even if their use remains the same. Our team understands the complexities of designing, documenting, permitting, and constructing office and workspace projects — whether you’re the first tenant in the space or taking over from another business.
Open Shelving
Open shelving makes for easy access for many people to access what they need at once in the social office kitchen. Board & Vellum Office | Photo by John G Wilbanks.
Open Shelving
Open shelving makes for easy access for many people to access what they need at once in the social office kitchen. Board & Vellum Office | Photo by John G Wilbanks.
Communal Table
A large kitchen table invites casual lunch conversations with others. Seven Starlings Workloft | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Communal Table
A large kitchen table invites casual lunch conversations with others. Seven Starlings Workloft | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
One-size-fits-all rarely feels just right.
It helps to have architecture, interior design, and landscape design at your fingertips.
We compose in-house multidisciplinary teams of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects, as needed for each project, so we can approach your design from varied perspectives, without you having to interview and hire multiple firms who may not have ever worked together.
Workspaces come in all shapes and sizes, and even challenging spaces are filled with opportunities when you have a diverse team of designers on hand. With collaboration deeply engrained in our approach, you not only benefit from smooth coordination across teams, but you leverage the creative advantages of an interdisciplinary design team.
Whatever your requirements, we’ll collaborate with you to ensure all your needs are met — from spaces to host events to unique employee amenities, to comfortable and productive workspaces. With our in-house interior design team, we can ensure the vision is realized beyond construction, with purchasing, installation and even styling, so all the finishing touches are in place for your move-in.
Wood Screen Details
Designing and constructing the wood screen required careful detailing and precise carpentry. Seven Starlings Workloft | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Wood Screen Details
Designing and constructing the wood screen required careful detailing and precise carpentry. Seven Starlings Workloft | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Custom Touches
Large format floor tile is custom cut to give way to smaller diamond tiles in a classic three-dimensional cube pattern. W.G. Clark Lobby | Photo by Tina Witherspoon.
Custom Touches
Large format floor tile is custom cut to give way to smaller diamond tiles in a classic three-dimensional cube pattern. W.G. Clark Lobby | Photo by Tina Witherspoon.
Attention to the Ceiling Plane
To keep more height in the space, there is no dropped ceiling. Instead, the mechanical infrastructure and concrete slab of the building remain exposed. With every surface painted a deep blue-green, the space feels calm and cohesive from floor to ceiling. Seven Starlings Workloft | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Attention to the Ceiling Plane
To keep more height in the space, there is no dropped ceiling. Instead, the mechanical infrastructure and concrete slab of the building remain exposed. With every surface painted a deep blue-green, the space feels calm and cohesive from floor to ceiling. Seven Starlings Workloft | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Residential Touches in a Commercial Space
Rather than typical commercial storefront windows for glazed conference rooms, interior windows with divided lights lend a cozier, more residential feel. Board & Vellum Office | Photo by John G Wilbanks.
Residential Touches in a Commercial Space
Rather than typical commercial storefront windows for glazed conference rooms, interior windows with divided lights lend a cozier, more residential feel. Board & Vellum Office | Photo by John G Wilbanks.
Pivoting Partitions
Wooden louvers can be closed for privacy in the conference room, or they can be left open to increase natural light in the lobby. W.G. Clark Lobby | Photo by Tina Witherspoon.
Pivoting Partitions
Wooden louvers can be closed for privacy in the conference room, or they can be left open to increase natural light in the lobby. W.G. Clark Lobby | Photo by Tina Witherspoon.
Is your workplace working for you?
Let’s collaborate to design a workspace customized to you and your team.
We understand the importance of creating an office space that truly captures the best parts of your business. Your workspace should be comfortable, beautiful, safe, and make sense for how you and your teams actually work.
Opportunities abound when the workspace you walk into everyday supports, and is specifically suited to, your brand and company’s individual needs.
Whether you’re a budding tech startup moving out of the incubator, an entrepreneur opening a neighborhood coworking space, or a local business owner looking to update your existing office, we believe strongly in our multidisciplinary team’s ability to deliver the attractive and functional spaces you, your employees, and your clients or customers need.
Highlights from our portfolio of offices & workspaces.
No matter what type or size of project, we put our hearts into our work. It is our goal to collaborate with you to create a space you’ll love.
Highlights and helpful posts from our blog.
Our blog isn’t written for other architects and designers. It’s designed to be a helpful, approachable resource for you.
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