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Today, it takes more than a tempting salary/benefits package to recruit and retain staff. An office's intangible 'added value' can be a pivotal factor in the attractiveness of an employer.

Beginning with the relative pros and cons of building new or retrofitting existing buildings, firms face a number of unique considerations when planning technology-intensive facilities in China

A conventional approach to architecture can often create buildings which inhibit rather than support the businesses using them. By contrast, designing from the ‘inside-out’ aligns physical structures with business needs.

Using a single source of comprehensive, integrated expertise can prove a decisive advantage for delivering: Workplaces that meet financial sector needs

The ability to ‘hit the ground running’ is a crucial advantage to firms entering fast-moving sectors of the financial market. A workplace that functions effectively from day one can be the key to success.

Different businesses demand different things from their workplaces. Here’s how six firms used a single source of integrated design expertise to arrive at solutions that met their distinctive business needs.

As a workspace design firm whose clients include some of the world’s largest corporations, M Moser Associates has long recognised the importance of sustainable practice.

Achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness in the workplace

Common perception has it that a brighter office is a more effective office. The truth of the matter is not so simple – and affects everything from productivity to staff health.

To tap into China’s growing pool of software engineering talent, Symbian – the world market leader in smartphone operating systems – chose Beijing as the location for its fourth global R&D centre.

Effective design solutions during economic downturns. Locally focussed 'Savings in the workplace' case studies are available for Hong Kong, China, USA, and UK

Sustainably designed workplaces need no longer be exotic, expensive, or inherently compromised: today, going green can have a positive effect on everything from productivity to the bottom line.

For their new training centre, PricewaterhouseCoopers envisaged a space that would foster ‘Connected Thinking’ and give its users a chance to take an inspiring, interactive break from routine.

Principal Global Investors’ new headquarters in New York is a healthy, productive environment that also reflects the firm’s strength and dynamic approach to the ever-changing financial landscape.

As it winds its way through Global Sources’ office, an eye-catching red ribbon literally connects the space’s utilities and amenities while providing a solid expression of the firm’s purpose.

The success of any change in the workplace depends as much on how it is managed as on its substance. Workplace specialists can play a key role in easing staff from old environment to new.

When most little girls were playing with dolls, Moira Moser played with blocks. Later, M Moser’s founder and chairman would embark on a journey that led to a workplace revolution.

When Lloyd’s of London planned its entry into the rapidly expanding China market, they commissioned M Moser to create a workspace that would evoke its reputation for integrity and innovation.

By expanding and relocating its Guangzhou office to a new arts-and-culture area on the city’s fringe, Ogilvy & Mather looked to revitalise its brand image in the south China market.

Some logical suggestions on how financial companies who wish to set up new UK offices can enjoy an optimally managed site/space selection process and a smooth, efficient and economical fit-out.

Mulino International’s first New York office is a minimalistic design that engages visiting clients. Its simple geometry is accentuated with light wooden floors, honed stone walls, and full-height glazing.

After its MLC subsidiary embraced the open-plan workspace, the National Australia Bank Hong Kong decided to ‘open up’ its own people to a more interactive and collaborative working environment.

A glossary of 25 design features, approaches and technologies that not only directly improve the work experience, but also give a long-term boost to the bottom line.

M Moser designed Big Dutchman’s Asia headquarters ‘from the inside out’. This approach to architecture helped to achieve time and cost savings, and fostered a strong corporate image in the process.

Scottish Re Limited’s City of London office makes a visual statement of business acumen while at the same time making the international staff feel perfectly at home away from home.

Today, it takes more than a tempting salary/benefits package to recruit and retain staff. An office’s intangible ‘added value’ can be a pivotal factor in the attractiveness of an employer.

This extensive renovation of Nokia’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore transformed an unwieldy series of spaces into a flowing architecture that encourages free communication, face-to-face contact, and continual creativity.

A plan to consolidate four separate offices into one brought with it a great opportunity for National Australia Bank subsidiary MLC to adopt a more open way of working.

The end-result of BP’s need for an environmentally progressive office that would place a Singaporean spin on its ‘Blue Chalk’ corporate workplace strategy had management and staff alike seeing green.

M Moser solved three challenges for Maersk’s new Shanghai offices: co-location from two buildings into one; transforming retail into office space; and a final product that reflected Maersk’s high standards.

The right office setting can help transform individual efforts into organisational achievements. This award-winning design for OMD by M Moser Associates is an eye-catching demonstration of how it’s done.

A curved wall winds through the award-winning Singapore offices of Keppel Energy. The feature links functions, stimulates interaction, and lends a jolt of energy to the routines of day-to-day business.

As the leading specialist in secure messaging services for the financial industry, it was natural that SWIFT would approach another specialist to create an optimal design for their latest office.

This sophisticated interior helps The British Council in Hong Kong to align its space strategy with cultural and business activities. Expanded from a highlight in

“People aren’t speaking with each other – let’s change that”. This simple observation speaks volumes about the importance of fluid communications in business. Expanded from an article by M Moser in

Resourceful design is good design. That’s the premise behind the Shanghai office of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Adapted from an article in

The Shanghai office of Dentsu, Young and Rubicam is an M Moser design of unusual inspiration. Adapted from an article in