Reece’s ‘The Works’ Challenges Traditional Office Design, VIC by Havwoods

ArchiPro Project Summary - Reece's new headquarters, 'The Works', transforms a historic Rosella warehouse into an innovative office space, designed by Futurespace and built by Schiavello, accommodating 8000 employees and reflecting the brand's identity.

Title:: Reece’s ‘The Works’ Challenges Traditional Office Design, VIC
Manufacturers and Supplier:: Havwoods
Category:: Commercial/; Office
Photographers:: Nicole England

With 8000 employees, Reece needed a new headquarters. Settling on a historic old Rosella warehouse, Reece engaged designers Futurespace and builders, Schiavello to transform the warehouse into a new head office, reflective of the brand. The resulting design delivered not only a new HQ, but an experience centre, aptly named “The Works”.

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Creating a hub for 8,000 Reece employees proved to be an exciting project for Futurespace and Schiavello. The brief was for the new space to create a new Reece head office that would connect their employees and enable innovation and inspiration, while showcasing and representing Reece’s brand. The resulting design is an exceptional experience centre, which has been aptly named ‘The Works’.

The new office site has a rich history, having previously served as a Rosella warehouse. The historic façade was retained, whilst behind this, a substantial seven story, modern space now rises.

The design has strong connections to water and plumbing – from copper pipes, to reflective ‘water-like’ surfaces. Timber flooring has been artfully incorporated in order to represent the home spaces of Reece’s domestic clients, who are such an important component in Reece’s business.

Havwoods European Oak timber flooring was selected due to the perfect product tone and grain characteristics found in the Venture Plank product, Aspen Raw. These Havwoods pre-finished engineered boards were attractive to the design and build team for many reasons, including the efficiencies found through no pre or post prep being required, meaning time and money saved for installation of the flooring.

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Products used in Reece’s ‘The Works’ Challenges Traditional Office Design, VIC

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Havwoods. Havwoods are a local Australian owned family business, supplying exquisite, engineered timber flooring and interior timber surface products across Australia, and globally, for close to 50 years. Trusted for our design-led and high-performance products, our clients love working with Havwoods for our exceptional customer service and product knowledge. With a range of over 300 timber products for interiors, from timber flooring, to timber panelling and even timber veneers for cabinetry, we have the largest range of engineered timber in Australia. Majority of our products are available in various patterns and sizes so please speak with our team about your specific requirements so we can recommend the perfect timber tone and product specifications for your project. Why choose Havwoods? Largest range in Australia Select multiple timber surfaces from the one supplier Uncompromised quality Sustainably sourced Trusted industry leaders Renowned service excellence Delivery when you need it – in stock products Flexible payment options After sales service and support