Virginia Bar Association
This corporate office attracts new members while better serving existing members.
Driven by a desire to attract new members and serve existing members better, the Virginia Bar Association’s new location has been crafted to become a fresh, inclusive home base for lawyers to meet, work, and collaborate.
Voluntary Legal
Professional Organization
Market: Corporate
Location: Richmond
Size: 7,100 SF
Year Completed: 2017
APPROACH
Geared to serve members more effectively through innovative meeting space and touchdown areas for debriefing, the space was designed to support many types of gathering and transforms to fit a variety of functions. Capturing prominent views of the Virginia Capitol, the prime gathering place – the café – was positioned at the windowed corner of the office. By locating the large 26 person conference room adjacent the café, the layout offers the opportunity to open up from end to end, in order to support larger functions.
Small conference rooms were created with a mix of glass and drapery, giving members the necessary option for both transparency and privacy, whether they are meeting with clients or collaborating with peers. The concept of study “carrels” morphed into private focus rooms for careful reading and solitude amongst the meeting spaces. The Virginia Bar Association staff needed to remain fully accessible to the member space, but also allow dedicated space separate from the members to maintain their own operations.
