L23 Exchange Tower
Designed to embody the global expertise its financial services firm client, L23 Exchange Tower, offers a rich and engaging workplace with sweeping views across Perth’s Swan River.
The new workplace sought to reflect the global brand’s value of long-term relationships, while facilitating an internal cultural shift. The firm’s ambition to create positive change needed to be tempered with respect its existing legacy, embracing continuity and evolution to stand proud of its competitors.
With these goals in mind, Design Theory replanned the workplace to facilitate richer and more meaningful interactions, while optimising the site’s connection to the landscape river. A large welcome area engages clients on arrival, with rich materials reinforcing the company’s sense of expertise and trust. Timber batten ceilings are discreetly fitted with Pista Linear Spots by Modular Lighting – a compact trail of high-output LED luminaires, while a timber-lined wall behind the reception desk is enlivened by a wash of strip lighting.
Beauty and Function
A variety of beautifully and functionally appointed meeting spaces facilitate individual, group and organisational gatherings, with support spaces creating an elevated guest experience. The client boardroom is accentuated by a layered approach to lighting, with warm colour temperatures fostering a residential feel.
A circular, LP Grand Pendant by Louis Poulsen sits over the boardroom table, emitting a combination of softly diffused, glare-free downlighting and reflected, indirect uplighting. The fitting’s elemental form offers lasting impact, complemented by Modular Lighting Shellby 184 fittings – compact, orb-like luminaires with fine, decorative inlays. To the perimeter, Modular Lighting Hollow Trimless 115 offer accent lighting to the client’s striking art collection – a memorable talking point for new and returning guests.
Throughout, carefully curated furniture pieces create a feeling of ease and approachability, fostering a greater sense of connection between staff and visitors. L23 Exchange Tower’s refined tone reflects the firm’s unique positioning and values, yielding a culture of pride and positivity.