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INABA WILLIAMS ARCHITECTS

INABA WILLIAMS ARCHITECTS

Los Angeles, CA

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LARGE MEETING ROOM
LARGE MEETING ROOM
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Hush Studios by Inaba Williams and Kyle May, Architect

As the physical and digital worlds converge, there’s a greater appreciation for each in their own right. We found their stand alone qualities have more value not less even as they now get mixed together in many ways. That appreciation seems especially true with those who work with both mediums, like Hush, a design agency known for combining physical and digital design into integrated user experiences. For the interior of their new office, they decided to use purely physical elements with the idea of getting the most out of their inherent properties.  

To complement Hush’s digitally intensive work, our design focuses on people’s very basic experience of architecture. In a work environment where staff construct models, code, and communicate on digital platforms and visitors view projects on flat panel displays, we concentrated on the 3D world using movement, material, and light.

The entry was relocated to one end of the 8,600SF interior to form a path across the space. Visitors enter through a 40-foot long white walled tube. Above hangs a series of stainless steel panels that reflect motions and light. Past the gallery visitors walk along a procession of interactive panels, animated mock-ups, workstations, and meeting rooms that show the inner workings of Hush’s immersive designs.

We developed the points where people come into immediate contact with the space through materials and details. The frameless meeting room door pulls are made of one-of-a-kind rounded mirror polished stainless steel plates. The meeting room tables are covered in Forbo with curved edges to soften the feel of the work surface. The same edge detail runs the length of the 30-foot lounge table, which is made of smooth sanded ‘Pink Oak’ - oak planks treated with multiple layers of paint and stain. Meeting room area rugs that zig zag around columns and walls absorb ambient sound to reduce reverberation. 

Other materials were chosen for their visual effects. Sheer red curtains line the large conference room to minimize daylight and filter glare while creating a translucent border around the space that’s visible throughout the office. The meeting tables’ translucent cast resin leafs transmit light and contrast the tables’ opaque Forbo tops.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Brooklyn, NY, US
Firm Role: Design
Additional Credits: Project Name: HUSH Studios
Design: Inaba Williams Architecture
Website: inaba.us
Contact email: [email protected]
Firm Location: Brooklyn / Los Angeles

Architect: Kyle May, Architect
Website: http://kylemayarchitect.com/
Contact email: [email protected]
Firm Location: Brooklyn

Completion Year: 2019
Gross Built Area: 8,800SF / 818SM
Project location: Brooklyn Navy Yards, Brooklyn, NY

Design Team:
Design: Jeffrey Inaba, Inaba Williams
Architect: Kyle May, Architect
Project Designer: Sharon Leung, Inaba Williams
Designer: Nabila Morales Perez, Inaba Williams

Photo credits: Naho Kubota
Photographer’s website: https://www.nahokubota.com/
Photographer’s e-mail: [email protected]

Client: Hush Studios
Collaborators:
The Gallery ceiling was done in collaboration with Jonathan Olivares, United Factory Production, Zahner Metals
Engineering: Tan Engineering
Table fabrication: Kyle May, Architect
General Contractor: Raymond Chow

 
LARGE MEETING ROOM
LARGE MEETING ROOM
LARGE MEETING ROOM
LARGE MEETING ROOM
LARGE MEETING ROOM
LARGE MEETING ROOM
 LARGE MEETING ROOM DETAIL
LARGE MEETING ROOM DETAIL
 LARGE MEETING ROOM DETAIL
LARGE MEETING ROOM DETAIL
GALLERY
GALLERY
 LARGE MEETING ROOM DETAIL
LARGE MEETING ROOM DETAIL
GALLERY CEILING
GALLERY CEILING
GALLERY DETAIL
GALLERY DETAIL
PINK OAK TABLE
PINK OAK TABLE
PINK OAK TABLE
PINK OAK TABLE
PINK OAK TABLE
PINK OAK TABLE
RESIN AND FORBO TABLES
RESIN AND FORBO TABLES
FRAMELESS DOOR AND STAINLESS STEEL DOOR PULL
FRAMELESS DOOR AND STAINLESS STEEL DOOR PULL
 LARGE MEETING ROOM DETAIL
LARGE MEETING ROOM DETAIL
VIEW FROM LOUNGE TO MEETING ROOMS
VIEW FROM LOUNGE TO MEETING ROOMS
MEETING ROOMS AT NIGHT
MEETING ROOMS AT NIGHT
AXONOMETRIC
AXONOMETRIC