
Commercial — George Town, Penang
Office at Beach Street
The brief
A workplace for a 14-person law practice occupying the upper floor of a colonial-era building on Beach Street. The brief required equal acoustic privacy across all working positions and a single shared meeting space that could host clients without leaving the floor.
The approach
We organised the plan as a single perimeter loop of acoustic timber screens, with workstations facing inward across a central library wall. The meeting room sits behind a sliding panel of the same timber and reads as part of the wall when not in use. Carpet, soft furnishing, and lining materials were specified primarily for absorption.







We measured the acoustic performance after twelve months. It exceeded the brief in every position.
Credits
- Photography
- Yong Kai
- Main contractor
- Heng Construction Sdn Bhd
- Joinery
- Workshop Bersama
- Acoustic engineering
- Sumber Akustik
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