Barely Legal: BHDM’s Colorful Office For Law Firm Axiom

Mark McMenamin |  June 2, 2014

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For the Axiom lawyers determined to prove they’re not boring barristers, 8,700 square feet inside a landmarked New York building seemed an unlikely choice. BHDM Design reconciled the incongruities by retaining original architectural details, but painting them glossy white. The firm then installed an 8-foot-long shark in Axiom-orange fiberglass over reception’s Astroturf rug and symmetrically assembled straightforward workstations beneath existing skylights. The café boasts retractable bleachers reclaimed from a school gym. An edgy mix of mid-century and contemporary furnish meeting areas, i.e. “living rooms.” Clearly, we’re not in high court anymore.

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At the New York office of Axiom, BHDM Design retained the 19th-century cast-iron columns and beadboard ceiling.

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