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After a year of design and transformation, the uber-modern style refurbishment of Grant Thornton’s three floor, Clarendon Dock office, inspired by Senior Designer Lisa Allen, has been completed and officially launched this week.
There is a perception that Business Advisors’ offices are boring but Grant Thornton, with Lisa Allen’s help, have moved in a different direction, showcasing their unconventional approach to business and creating one of Grant Thornton’s trendiest offices. The Belfast Partners wanted a “creative” workspace in which their staff would feel excited to work” and changed the office layout to make it more fun.
The themed meeting rooms, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Willy Wonka Emporium, will host training sessions and large group meetings. The firm said it hoped the fun, yet functional, office features, would inspire creativity and productivity among staff and attract more new graduates to join the company.
Senior Designer Lisa Allen, stated at the Gallery launch evening: “Inspiration for my designs for the Grant Thornton office came from blockbuster movies – people are fascinated by movies and are in awe of what Universal and Disney can create, transporting people on a new discovery and away from day to day stresses of modern day life. Life along with work can be stressful and people can find it hard to gain a work life balance.”
“My design aim was to create an open functional office design for Grant Thornton people to work in, yet have unique meeting rooms where they could step away from their desks and feel they have been transported to a jungle when they are in the Jurassic Room, or a Spaceship when in the Star Wars room, or magically be in the Common Room at Hogwarts”.
“Office space does not have to be traditional and boring – it can be a fun place for people to work and relax during breaks, and recommend to their friends as a great place to work. Grant Thornton people can play a quick game of ping pong or table football during their breaks. There are also video games consoles for those employees who prefer to let their thumbs do all the work.”
Gareth Neill, Partner at Grant Thornton stated: “It is really our people that make Grant Thornton the kind of company it is. We currently have around 250 employees in our Belfast Clarendon Dock offices, of which 80% are client facing. We hire people who are smart and determined and we favour ability and attitude over experience. It was important for us to invest in a creative environment, showing we care about our people, while inspiring them to grow with the business and most importantly recognizing the excellent work that they do.”
“Everyone working for Grant Thornton is amazed at the office transformation and how Lisa has turned her stunning vision into reality. Her challenge was to understand our people and we had the confidence that she would deliver a unique, enjoyable, dual-purpose workplace which can enhance your mood.
“The quality of Lisa’s work, attention to detail and design touches such as the library for our staff, the egg chairs in the Jurassic room, the Suit of Armour in the Harry Potter Room to name a few, has made the real difference to the office refurbishment “.
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