Snøhetta arranges unconventional finance office around stepped wooden amphitheatre

A multipurpose forum featuring tiered seating elements forms the centrepiece of this office designed by architecture studio Snøhetta for a finance consultancy in Taichung, Taiwan.

Snøhetta was awarded the project by Good Finance following an invited competition that called for a radical departure from the more structured, task-oriented offices typical in the finance sector.

The studio responded with a proposal that transforms the 800-square-metre space on the 32nd floor of The Landmark skyscraper into a flexible...