A former bank with windowless rooms and narrow corridors has been transformed into an espresso bar and flexible workspace for Thomson’s Coffee with practical and dramatic HIMACS elements throughout. Designed by Technique Architecture & Design this new HQ for Scotland’s oldest coffee roaster features HIMACS in Intense Ultra Dark Grey for the countertops and surfaces – a colour that was chosen to complement the rich and intense flavour of the coffee itself.
The brief for Technique architects was to Combine cutting-edge techniques and equipment with traditional values, also including a tasting room and office space, which features HIMACS in Intense Ultra Dark Grey for the countertops. This area is designed for social events, training and tasting sessions and complements the more intimate feel of the espresso bar. With the HIMACS fabricated by Silo Design & Build and structural engineering by Design Engineering Workshop, HIMACS says the project shows how it can enhance any retail space or company HQ, creating both classic and contemporary interiors with all the practicality, cleanliness, hygiene and easy cleaning that such spaces demand.
HIMACS Intense Ultra combines Intense Colour Technology with Ultra-Thermoforming. The formulation of Intense Ultra allows for colour consistency during and after fabrication as well as allowing for a small internal radius, up to 6mm, with almost no whitening effect.
