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Coolest Office (Modern): Baker Donelson

3/10/2017

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by Amber Helsel
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Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam
​High up in One Eastover Center, the elevator opens up into a reception floor accented with red walls, steel architecture and winding staircases.
In March 2016, Baker Donelson law firm moved from its office in the Meadowbrook Office Park into the top three floors of One Eastover Center, and office managing shareholder Scott Pedigo says the new office overlooks the old one.
PictureBaker Donelson’s office has large and small meeting rooms on each floor, with some that can change based on the needs. Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam
​The Baker Donelson space is roughly 70,000 square feet. Pedigo says when they began designing the new office, the firm wanted to create an environment that would encourage more collaboration and activity.


"In our old space, we were in two buildings separated by a walkway (and) spread across six floors, and we were coming together under one space," Pedigo says.

​"We could've just done three floors and be separated by an elevator and closed-shaft stairway. But when we told our architects what we wanted to accomplish, they came up with a more open plan down the center of the space with the open stairs and coffee bar and everything so that all activity and movement would flow through that space."

PictureA balcony on the third floor of Baker Donelson has seating for employees and overlooks Interstate 55 and ongoing construction at The District at Eastover. Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam
​That is also the reason the firm used glass in much of its design, including in outer walls of offices and the large windows that overlook the interstate and ongoing construction at The District at Eastover.


One of the more unusual parts of the space is the red accent on the wall behind the coffee bar and in the lobby. The office also has a leather wall behind the receptionist's desk on the space's second floor, a steel screen with an intricate design that runs down all three floors and an open stairwell with glass and metal railings.

PictureBaker Donelson’s office on the top three floors of One Eastover Center has common areas that the firm can make bigger or smaller based on what they need. Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam
Each floor has common areas and offices for people to both meet informally and to conduct meetings. On the third floor of the office, Baker Donelson has a balcony that overlooks the interstate and has outdoor seating.


The spaces also has elements such as motion-censored lights, large rooms that can expand or be divided based on a meeting's needs, and a common area on the third floor that can be transformed in a large space for a gathering.

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