Molecular Designs

Business Interiors is proud to have worked on the new headquarters for Birmingham-based Molecular Designs. In collaboration with Williams Blackstock Architects, BI provided all wall, millwork, and furniture solutions.

Molecular Designs, a biotechnology research firm, needed two solutions: a corporate office space for their staff, including all the usual office components—open workstations, private offices, lounge seating and collaborative spaces, breakroom and café seating, etc.—as well as a Falkbuilt Ltd. wall solution, including millwork, that provided airtight lab spaces that could be pressurized and smoke tested, all in the same footprint. The result was a 25,000-square-foot corporate office and lab combination, a world-class facility with long-term flexibility.

Utilizing new design-build technology and our exclusive partnership with Falkbuilt, our architectural products and furnishing design teams provided a full solution for the client’s walls and millwork, from private offices and meeting areas to airtight accommodations for their lab spaces. To protect against the medical testing performed in each bay, lab walls include sliding doors with locks and cabinets with solid-surface tops, slow-close drawers, and thermally fused laminate.

Arriving guests are greeted by a steel reception desk facing a café with bar and lounge seating. This area doubles as an informal meeting area as well as a break area for employees. Inside the open office, groupings of workstations are interrupted by casual lounge and breakout spaces furnished with couches, club chairs, and floor lamps spaced throughout the floorplan. Private offices are enclosed with glass fronts, and desks incorporate height-adjustable worksurfaces.

Photography by Luker Photography