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ASD|SKY provided full design services for this build-to-suit new construction project in Atlanta, including signage and furniture. The design concept relies on contemporary interpretations of traditional law-firm design motifs, offering a fresh point of view that emphasizes the client's strong heritage and firm history. Rather than adopting the dark wood and paneled solemnity associated with conventional legal offices, the project translates the values of longevity, craftsmanship and institutional authority into a lighter, more contemporary vocabulary that still reads as substantial and considered. The presence of art and sculpture is inherent to the design of the space, responding to the surrounding community and establishing the project as an iconic design element in Atlanta's commercial interior landscape. Amenity spaces include a large multi-purpose event space with direct access to an outdoor terrace, a café and lounge, and coffee bars and reading rooms distributed through the floor plates to support both formal client meetings and informal daily work. The result balances the sober, crafted expectations of a legal workplace with the openness of a contemporary cultural interior, using material richness, collected artworks and generous shared rooms to reinforce the firm's institutional identity while giving employees and visitors a welcoming, memorable and comfortable environment.