Past Event

London, UK

WOD’s first ever project tour was a resounding success, and Myo St Paul’s proved to be the ultimate starting point. An evening that reminded every single person in the room exactly why they fell in love with design in the first place.

Spanning 47,500 sq ft across three floors of One New Change, Basha-Franklin’s design for Landsec is a masterclass in considered, intuitive and flexible workspace. The recognition speaks for itself: WELL Platinum certified, BCO Awards 2025 shortlisted, Dezeen Awards 2024 longlisted and Mix Awards 2024 recognised. Even more impressively, the building reached full occupancy within just eight months of opening. But none of that quite prepares you for what it feels like to walk through it.

The Tour

The tour was led by Nicola Osborn, Megan Chandler and Isabella Williams from Basha-Franklin, who walked the group through the thinking, design approach and process behind the project.

The challenge of deep floor plates set the stage for everything. With 45 metres between the entrance and the first window, light, colour and materiality weren’t decorative choices — they were structural ones. Colour was deployed as an architectural tool to enliven the interior, while a layered lighting strategy with carefully considered colour temperatures supports both energy and retreat across different zones of the building.

Nicola Osborn, Basha-Franklin’s Creative Director, spoke about the design not as an aesthetic exercise but as an act of care, recognising that we are all somewhere on a spectrum of sensory sensitivities, cognitive preferences and emotional needs, and that great space should honour every point on that spectrum. This emotional intelligence was evident at every turn of the tour

Neuroinclusive design is the thread that runs through everything at Myo St Paul’s. It’s seen in the intuitive wayfinding that reduces the need for signage, making the space feel naturally easy to navigate. This is supported by a genuine diversity of environments, from high-energy social hubs to quiet recharge zones, and ‘prospect and refuge’ spaces that give people real choice and agency over how and where they work. Every detail is tuned to respect the different ways people experience and process their surroundings rooted in the conviction that comfort, focus and wellbeing are not luxuries, but preconditions for people to do their best work.

Design Highlights

The Staircase

One of the highlights of the tour was the sculptural staircase that winds through the deepest part of the floor plate to connect all three levels. Because no original record drawings for the building existed, the structural engineer had to design the secondary steelwork entirely from scratch. The result is a breathtaking centrepiece that feels more like a work of art than a standard way to move between floors.

Materials & Sustainability

Materials told their own story throughout. Valchromat, a 0-carbon wood fibre sheet sourced from Portugal, was cut into perforated acoustic tiles layered over bespoke acoustic build-ups. Cemento, a surface of 95% recycled stone, lines the meeting room walls with beauty and extraordinary durability. Renewable, biodegradable and responsibly sourced materials mesh throughout with abundant indoor greenery.

Connecting all three floors is the stunning artwork of a Liverpool-based Irish artist and designer. Her work’s presence here is a testament to Basha-Franklin’s dedication to supporting independent artists and consistently sourcing truly unique artwork tailored to the specific identity of each space they design.

For Myo St Paul’s, the result is a surface that feels genuinely alive, the kind of texture that invites you to reach out and touch it. And we did.

The Event Suite

The hyper-flexible event suite on Level 2 has become a blueprint for the modern office. At its heart is a folding partition system that opens the entire floor for events of up to 100 people, with everything stacking neatly to the rear, adaptability made physical. With embedded meeting rooms, stackable furniture and infrastructure designed for rapid turnaround, the suite supports everything from intimate gatherings to full-scale events. It has generated repeated revenue for the client and is now being rolled out across all Myo offices.  A masterclass in making every square metre work hard and capitalise on it. 

An Evening to Remember

The tour closed with celebratory drinks at a local pub, with stunning St Paul’s Cathedral in the background, the perfect backdrop for continuing the conversation and the kind of collective energy that only happens when a room full of passionate people experience something genuinely brilliant together.

This was WOD’s first project tour. It will not be the last. Our sincere thanks to Nicola Osborn, Megan Chandler and Isabella Williams and the entire Basha-Franklin team, and to Myo and Landsec for welcoming us so warmly.