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Akenstone
Berkeley Ltd of London UK have
specialized in all aspects of the design
and construction of commercial and office
interiors since 1974. Projects range from
minor office
partitioning installation or
alteration, to major fit outs or office
refurbishment.
Clients
include both large and small companies,
architects, government and local authorities.
Both UK and overseas. Our expertise in office
interiors and refurbishment covers a multitude
of products and services including glass
partitions suspended ceilings, carpets,
flooring, electrical and lighting.

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Akenstone
Berkeley have the skills and experience
to bring you a working environment that
enhances the lives of those who work within
it, compliments, facilitates and improves
the processes and workings of your business,
and impresses clients and visitors alike.
The majority of us spend most of waking
hours at work, and the importance of working
with a company that knows how to produce
the environment that you require, when you
want it, and within your budget cannot be
over emphasised. Akenstone Berkeley services
extend across the whole process, right through
from design and construction to installation
and alterations. For More information about
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Articles:
How to Use Glass Creatively in Your
Office The
widespread production and use of toughened
and laminated glass for architectural purposes
has opened up a whole new world of creativity
in internal office environments. Shaping,
colour, films and decorative treatments,
lighting, and the combination of the glass
with different frames are just some of the
ways that the workplace itself has become
inspirational and enjoyable. Much of the
creativity focuses on glass office partitions
and how they are presented. Here are some
of the sources of creativity that I have
observed in office environments. Read
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Why
Most Office Partitions Are Bespoke
Although
today’s offices can incorporate design
features and themes which have a huge spectrum
of influences, there is still a basic functionality
and work focus that is needed in an office.
There are standard sizes to many components
doors, windows, suspended ceiling tiles,
and other aspects of office interiors, and
similarities between many office layouts
and sizes. Having said this installing office
partitions is inevitably going to require
what is essentially bespoke work for a number
of reasons. Here are just some of areas
which can govern or contribute to such customisation.
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How
to Create a Glass Office Using Partitions
The
last 3 decades have seen a rise in the increased
and more imaginative use of glass to make
up the majority of the outer surface area
of new office buildings. This can create
a spectacular effect, and advances in the
strength, tinting and colouring of external
glass means that privacy and design possibilities
are not compromised. The use of glass, particularly
in the last decade has been extended to
the office interior. There has been a quest
to create a division of office space for
specific functions and roles but not to
compromise the benefits offered by an open
plan look and feel to the office interior.
Toughened glass has proved to be an ideal
medium to help achieve the balance between
aesthetics, safety, hard wearing functionality,
and affordability for the end buyer. What
sort of features therefore make up the perfect
glass internal office?
Creating
this type of internal office effectively
involves the imaginative use of glass office
partitions. These are generally made of
10mm or 12mm toughened glass panels and
doors. Doors made of other materials such
as beech veneered doors can also be combined
with the panels if required. For particularly
clean lines, and to create a completely
clear look to the office frameless glass
doors can be fitted. Read
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Using
Toughened Glass Partitions in Your Office
Many
offices have at least some areas within
them which include office partitions. These
partitions can be temporary or permanent,
can be floor to ceiling height or lower,
and can incorporate rooms, corridors and
glazed areas into the design. Many such
partitions use solid panels e.g. PVC / plastic
, MDF or even metal e.g. aluminium frames
because they are flexible materials in terms
of what can be constructed from them, and
many different finishes and colours can
be easily applied to them. For example,
laminate finishes are popular, although
materials such as silk can also be applied
to solid panels to provide an extra element
of aesthetic appeal. In recent years however
there has been a high demand for glass office
partitions, and for architectural glass
art pieces, particularly in corporate offices
and design / creative related industries.
Although essentially made from the same
underlying material i.e. toughened glass
panels of varying sizes, there is no real
‘standard’ glass office partition.
In the first instance these panels are made
/ cut to measure depending on the area of
the office they have to fit into. Strong
aluminium tracks, which can be made in a
variety of colours, provide the supporting,
and unobtrusive framework. These tracks
can also be carried on vertically from floor
to ceiling, or for a cleaner line clear
or crystal silicone can be used along the
joints. Read
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Building
A More Flexible Office Environment By Using
Office Partitions
For a country with a high dependence on
service industries an office environment
is where many people spend most of their
working life in the UK. Although budgets
play a large part in deciding how, where
and what offices are, there are many other
aspects of an organisation which dictate
what an office environment is ‘like’
physically, and what employees experience
there.
The
human elements and the actual business /
the work at hand take place against a physical
backdrop which is dictated to large extent
by the nature of the work itself e.g. where
there is a lot of talking and noise but
individuals need quiet to talk and listen
on phones then there is likely to be the
use of partitions or barriers which offer
sound insulation. Read
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The
History of Office Partitions
Offices
in the 1960s were very different in some
ways, although there are still some common
elements. The first 2 post war decades saw
a large focus on psychological research
of all kinds in the U.S. and the ‘office
worker’ was no exception. This research
however did lead to some lasting change
in the physical office environment and formed
the beginnings of today’s office partitions.
The
Herman Miller Research Corporation in 1960
studied how offices functioned with the
research being led mainly by Robert Propst.
At that point in time many offices were
using a purely open layout – many
rows of desks in an open space with everybody
able to see, and able to be seen by everybody
else. There was a standardised appearance
to everything. Propst’s research findings
however indicates that in the modern office
there was a lot more information for the
individual to deal with than there had been
in the past, and the open design wasn’t
totally conducive to facilitating the handling
and understanding of this information. Read
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Ways To Improve The Office Environment
Updating
and altering the office environment can
be necessary for a number of reasons including
changes in staffing / staffing levels, changes
in business strategy and direction , changes
in ownership / new premises, re-branding,
or simply because it’s something that
is long overdue, and has been planned for.
The type and quality of working environment
can have a big impact on for example, communications
(helping or hindering), staff morale, staff
comfort, business processes and their effectiveness,
efficiency and energy costs. When an office
environment for example is updated or improved
the refurbishment work and its extent obviously
relates closely to the specified needs of
that particular organisation. There are
however some popular services that office
refurbishment companies provide, and this
article looks at 3 of these.
1.
Installing office partitions (like Mezzanine
Floors) is a way to make the best use of
the space within the actual solid structure
of the building. Corridors, office, reception
areas and meeting rooms can all be created
using a variety of modern materials, finishes
and colours. Glass, sliding and folding,
and aluminium and steel framed partitions
with varied panels and glazed areas can
all be designed and installed to exactly
fit the space, function and existing design
schemes. Read
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Key Benefits of Office Partitions
The
popular services industry in the UK and
the customer service and marketing parts
of most modern businesses require the use
of office space. Health and Safety legislation
(and fear of litigation), the evolution
of office interior design and fashions,
and the increasing expectations of staff
and customers make having good, and intelligent
office interior design more important than
ever. Since the parallel evolution of office
partitions from workstation / cubicle structures
to modern, modular and glass structures
a memorable and productive physical office
environment on any scale is now a realistic
and affordable proposition for most businesses.
Read
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Creating
Excellent Visual Effects With Office Partitions
Advances
in glass manufacturing and convergences
of different technologies, different industries
and art itself have meant that it’s
now possible to bring amazing visual effects
into office environment. Taking toughened
safety glass as the main structural component
and combining it with other materials, objects,
decoration and power sources can add a whole
new inspiring and amazing visual dimension
to glass partitions. Read
more...
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The
Modern Office Look Today’s
office environments go far beyond the faceless,
functional admin factories of the past.
There is now a lot more cross-over between
design elements that could be found for
example in a domestic setting, a hotel,
a restaurant, or public building and the
workplace. Similar interior design options
for individual elements wouldn’t look
out of place in each e.g. the flooring,
the blinds, the ceilings, the lighting etc.
An office refurbishment today achieves a
modern look only through a balanced combination
of elements that can produce an end result
that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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