This iconic Oregon company was moving its corporate headquarters from Prineville, OR to Bend, OR. Their signature office space needed to be worthy of one of the Northwest’s best-loved brands, taking advantage of, and reflecting the natural beauty that defines central Oregon. The team at Environments orchestrated an incredibly complex process, allowing the design intent of GBD Architects to be carried out in the custom fabrics and finishes needed to reflect the natural surroundings; and all within a compressed and often frenetic timeframe. The state-of-the-art facility with low workstation horizons, lots of natural light and ample sightlines to the beautiful surroundings, its quite clear, have created a very comfortable, pleasing and productive workspace. Architecture and Interior Design: GBD Architects 280 Open Office Workstations: Knoll Dividends Horizons 40 Private Offices: Knoll Autostrada Applied Wall 17 Executive Suites: Knoll Graham Casegoods 340 Knoll Life desk chairs throughout
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In the 1970s, most furniture companies were focused on avocado green instead of being GREEN. Knoll was one of the first companies to design stylish furniture that was also safe for the planet, and their commitment to sustainability helped set the industry standards. Today, we work with a whole host of manufacturers who scorn avocado green, but love to produce furniture that's kind and gentle to the environment. Meeting your Green Goals: Whether you're working toward LEED certification, looking for products that meet SMaRT requirements or FSC wood standards, or just want an affordable, environmentally sustainable office, we know the furniture that can help. Allow us to introduce you. Recycling Furniture: We work hard to keep furniture and landfills far apart. Most office furniture can be broken down and reused through programs like Knoll's Full Circle resource recovery program. So if you're ready to retire parts of your office, we're happy to handle recycling for you. Protecting Resources: We're pretty fond of natural resources, so in our building, we chose green products like sustainable carpet and energy-efficient lighting.
But those lights are just a back-up system; we incorporated large windows and an open floor plan with low horizons to naturally light our office and conserve energy. We use real coffee cups, plates, and silverware to reduce waste. We recycle glass, aluminum, plastic, paper, cardboard, and metal. And we're always looking for new ways to help our good friend, the Earth. For help in meeting your (not avocado) green goals, drop us an note or give us a call:"Tools for Life" by Rem Koolhaas for Knoll "Tools for Life" by Rem Koolhaas for Knoll The innovative Dutch architect behind OMA teams up to create a collection of kinetic and transformative furniture Following in the footsteps of such visionaries as Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen and Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas has been tapped by American furniture design powerhouse Knoll to create a collection of dynamic furniture to help ring in their 75th year. A collaboration for the ages, excitement over the project was only enhanced when Prada was thrown into the mix, offering their Milan exhibition space during Salone del Mobile as a formidable stage for the collection's first proper showing.
Officially created by the Dutch architect's firm OMA, the "Tools for Life" collection consists of 11 kinetic pieces which are retro, contemporary and futuristic all at once. As both Koolhaas' and OMA's first venture into product design, the collection forced the firm to adapt a fresh way of thinking, from "form to performance" as Koolhaas explained it. When asked about the catalyst for stepping out of the "puritanical confines" of an architecture-only practice, Koolhaas said he had simply outgrown the need for such oppression. Counter to his preconceived notions of product design, the collection even led Koolhaas to realize the "deeply satisfying quality in doing small things." As for the collection itself, Knoll CEO Andrew Cogan said he approached Koolhaas "not to do a product, but to create an environment," which not only hints at the collection's purpose but it seems to explain the use of Prada's multi-leveled exhibition space as well—the execution of which can be seen best in the collection's signature piece, the 04 Counter
, a monolithic stack of horizontal shelves. Arranged neatly, the piece is a single counter top, but when pushed or pulled in nearly any direction, the three tiers create a communal gathering space with cantilevered benches and shelving. An engineering feat, the piece utilizes a system of internal bearings and rails to facilitate full 360-degree movement in each layer. Resembling a 1960s prediction of what the future may look like, the 05 Round Table and 06 Table feature an exposed mechanical base, which raises and lowers at the push of a red button encased in acrylic—a rather tempting button hinting at the power of doomsday, we might add. Like the complimentary acrylic 01 Arm Chair and 02 Arm Chair, the two tables can be adjusted between coffee table or lounge height, dining level and standing height. This gets at the collection's ultimate goal, to create "furniture that helps people live their lives," says Cogan. Put simply, the collection should accommodate an ever-changing life and suggests that furniture should change along with us.