25 Feb 2022

A design playground to delight both customer and consultant

The Lobby, Tridel’s new headquarters and design studio, is an interior that inspires innovation, supports the community, and stimulates workplace evolution. The client had a vision of integrating their multiple studios across the city into one location and creating a one of a kind, multi-functional workplace environment that pays tribute to the brand’s long-standing legacy and achievements as one of Canada’s top developers.

Interior Designers: Keith Rushbrook, ARIDO, Dan Menchions, ARIDO

Design Firm: II BY IV DESIGN @iibyivdesign

A view from the building entrance through a red accent wall feature toward the White marble reception desk on the ground floor with an impressive stair case right beside it leading upstairs

Visitors and clients are welcomed by an impressive marble reception area, balanced by an architecturally spectacular staircase. It is surrounded by bronze-tinted mirrors and floating on a spine supported by risers and self-illuminated LED treads. Our team felt it was crucial to reconstruct the old staircase and have it repositioned in the existing opening to establish a captivating first impression.

White marble reception desk on the ground floor with an impressive stair case right beside it leading upstairs

Impressive staircase is surrounded by bronze-tinted mirrors and floating on a spine supported by risers and self-illuminated LED treads

The showroom is a transformative runway, featuring contents tailored to any project with the ability to move all of the fixtures and dividers. A multi-digital screen unites the entrance with the showroom environment, transforming it into a design playground that inspires both the customer and design consultant.

Beside the lounge area is the meeting room behind a glass wall with black detailing, modern furniture throughout

The success of merging Tridel’s corporate office with their design studio is evident in the human experience this space provides. The Lobby environment creates an opportunity to connect, educate, enliven, and to make life at work more enjoyable and fulfilling.

Comfortable and flexible showroom environment with the space divided into sections with glass screens on one side, large tables with seating down the center and walls with samples along the other side.

One side of showroom environment showcasing sample kitchens separated with glass walls

More than just a design studio, this interior reinvents what it means to be in the workplace today. It is a meeting place – corporate office, head office, event space, showroom, and educational facility. Flexibility was key in design planning, allowing the space to transform based on the needs of the employees and their clients. Great design adapts without compromising beauty, innovation or quality – and that is exactly what The Lobby delivers, the opportunity to enjoy design to the fullest.

At the other end of the showroom are the design studio and offices behind a large glass wall separating the showroom from the office area