SFM Offshore Offices, Dubai

The interiors of SFM Offshore Office are diverse in style and aesthetic. Swiss Bureau Interior Design designed the space for the Dubai headquartered financial services firm specializing in offshore company formation.

The space accommodates 30 people in both open workspaces and closed rooms, along with a filing room, meeting rooms and CEO office. The concept stemmed from the colonnade of ancient times that still permeates within architecture of the modern era. Derived from its form and the sense of rhythm and harmony created, an interpretation of the colonnade is seen in the office. Achieving this through a sequence of tinted glass fins in the corridor and wood louvres at the glass partitions, the designers attempt to encapsulate the essence of grandeur and sophistication, characteristic of the ancient colonnade. The frosted cloud lights above the desks bring a certain calm dynamic to the structured lines of the space. The play of the dark smooth polished marble and light porcelain against a rough tactile stone feature wall of the landscape provided subtle contrasts in texture.