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Molecular Designs

Business Interiors proudly 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 a dual solution. They required a corporate office space for their staff, including all the usual office components. Additionally, they needed a Falkbuilt Ltd. wall solution, complete with millwork, to create airtight, pressurized, and smoke-tested lab spaces—all within the same footprint. The result was a 25,000-square-foot corporate office and lab combination: a world-class facility offering long-term flexibility.

Architectural Walls for Specialized Labs
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. This ranged from private offices and meeting areas to airtight accommodations for their lab spaces. To protect against the medical testing performed in each bay, for example, lab walls include sliding doors with locks and cabinets with solid-surface tops, slow-close drawers, and thermally fused laminate.

Modern Corporate Environment
The office design supports collaboration and employee focus. Arriving guests are greeted by a steel reception desk facing a café with bar and lounge seating. This area doubles as both an informal meeting area and a break area for employees. Inside the open office, groupings of workstations interrupt casual lounge and breakout spaces. We furnished these areas with couches, club chairs, and floor lamps spaced throughout the floorplan. Private offices feature glass fronts, and desks incorporate height-adjustable worksurfaces.

 

Photography by Luker Photography

 

 

 

Alabama A&M University | Welcome Center

Alabama A&M University in Huntsville recently celebrated the ribbon cutting and opening of their new Welcome Center.

The center serves as a university hub. It houses the admissions department as well as conference and dining areas. The center will also include commercial restaurants, such as a Chick-fil-A that is already open, and a Starbucks that is scheduled to open next year.

This is a high-profile project in the heart of the campus. We are proud to be a longtime partner of Alabama A&M. The BI Team worked with the university and Huntsville-based Nola | VanPeursem Architects on the project.

Luckie & Company

LUCKIE, an innovative, 70-year-old brand agency, made a strategic move. They relocated their longtime headquarters from a suburban business park to a renovated warehouse in downtown Birmingham.

Business Interiors partnered with Williams Blackstock Architects, who defined the shape of the interiors. BI was tasked with providing furnishing solutions for both open and private workspaces, as well as open and semi-private collaborative and meeting spaces. The project needed to inspire the employees and their clients, given the agency’s reputable history and consistent innovation in the highly competitive advertising market.

IDIE Award Winner
The BI Team’s work on the Luckie project earned a major honor. We won the IDIE Award for “Furniture Install | Small” at the biannual 2023 IIDA Alabama IDIE Awards last Friday evening.

Congratulations to the BI team members that worked on the Luckie project, and congratulations to all the other firms, dealerships, and IDIE Award winners who submitted projects to this year’s awards. It was a wonderful night celebrating design excellence.

 

 

Fetch

Fetch

 

The Wisconsin-based rewards app company Fetch opened a new Birmingham branch earlier this year. Located in the former headquarters of real estate company Shannon Waltchak, the building was the area’s first-of-its-kind sustainable shipping container office. The new location provides employees with a landing space for in-person meetings and collaboration, and individual workstations, a complement to Fetch’s remote-first hybrid office model.

 

The BI team assisted Fetch in all aspects of the renovation, including coordinating new paint, new carpet, millwork, electrical, acoustical materials, and furniture. Great job, all!