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Bronte Turner
What is it like to work at HLW Architects? Ft. Bronte Turner
Bronte Turner, interior designer and long-serving Managing Director of HLW's London studio, on studio culture, workplace design and careers.
- Current role
- Managing Director
- Practice
- HLW Architects
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0199 · Architecture Social
What is it like to work at HLW Architects? Ft. Bronte Turner
We're super excited because in our next episode, we're sitting down with Bronte Turner, the Managing Director of HLW since 2012.
Explore episode moments
Use the timestamps below to find each moment in the full episode.
- 05:00 · Bronte Turner's route to London and HLW · Audio only
- 08:00 · Practice culture, presentations and getting started · Audio only
- 15:00 · Office life, team culture and the realities behind project work · Audio only
- 20:00 · Projects, workplace design and client ambition · Audio only
- 25:00 · AI in architecture and emerging technology · Audio only
- 30:00 · Researching firms and understanding what interests you · Audio only
Selected work
Selected work.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Roku Cambridge
A 90,000 sq ft Cambridge workplace integrating specialist technology laboratories with collaborative and social spaces.
Explore the project ↗Paddington, London, United Kingdom
Kingfisher
A 25,000 sq ft Paddington headquarters shaped around activity-based work and a measured 78% embodied-carbon reduction.
Explore the project ↗Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom
Global Technology Campus, London Shoreditch
A 173,000 sq ft Shoreditch workplace using expressive materials and strategic restraint for a confidential global technology client.
Explore the project ↗Other public work
Financial Services Firm, London ↗
A 7,100 sq ft St James’s workplace pairing a residentially influenced interior with flexible settings for a 24-hour financial firm.
SAP (UK) Ltd., Clockhouse Place ↗
A fast-track 100,000 sq ft refurbishment of SAP’s long-established UK headquarters, delivered while the business remained operational.
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Bronte Turner is an interior designer by background and a long-serving member of HLW's London leadership. Originally from Australia, she moved to London in 2005 and has spent her career in architecture and design studios, working across commercial, residential and retail projects.
At HLW she served as Managing Director of the London studio for more than a decade, helping to grow the practice's UK and European work and shape its studio culture. Her portfolio spans workplace and commercial interiors for clients in the technology and financial sectors, and she is known for pairing design expertise with commercial insight.
In this conversation she shares what it is really like to work at HLW, from the studio's speciality teams and sustainability commitments to its approach to hiring, early-career development and building a network in architecture and design.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Inside HLW Architects: Studio Culture, Workplace Design and Careers.
The practice
HLW Architects
HLW is a global multidisciplinary design firm. Its London studio delivers workplace, commercial and interior design across the UK and EMEA.
Architecture practice · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Managing Director
- Practice
- HLW Architects
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2024
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