Financial Services Firm Account

Workplace, branding, and signage guidelines establish a reliable portfolio foundation through scalable templates and a modular kit of parts. Biophilia, neurodiversity, and outdoor access are treated as operating principles rather than optional amenities. At the Malvern campus, that framework addressed years of incremental change across thirteen buildings. IA’s master plan clarified routes, linked destinations, and made the campus easier to understand for employees and visitors. Twelve buildings have now been refreshed. The same standards extend to Charlotte, Oakland, Plano, and Scottsdale, reducing reinvention while giving each city room to respond to its culture, workforce, and evolving business needs.

A new third-floor connector spans the former gap above a loading area and creates the campus’s most active center. Initially conceived as a narrow bridge, it expanded across most of the floorplate to extend the trading floor between two buildings, add approximately 50 workpoints, and introduce a collaboration hub. Brick and metal façades respond to the surrounding architecture so the addition feels integral rather than attached. Inside, focus areas, social settings, digital market tickers, a personalization wall, and a kinetic sculpture bring global finance into view. The connector turns circulation into productive space and gives a large organization a more human center.