Spotify Focuses on Originality, Authenticity and Wellbeing

Located within the iconic Adelphi Building, Spotify’s new London office provides an inspiring home for both technical and creative teams. The scheme captures Spotify’s energy, focuses on originality, authenticity and wellbeing, and places audio at its heart. Experiential design is considered throughout, with sensory cues such as braille art pieces that enable users to ‘feel the music’.

Well beyond the technical requirements of a typical workplace, the performance and production facilities required significant and clever structural interventions. The showpiece is Spotify Hall, a state-of-the-art, acoustically isolated, 200-capacity music venue in the atrium base of an occupied commercial building. Other facilities include a market-style food hall, fitness studio, rehearsal/jam room, the hideaway, gaming room, podcast and recording studios, listening rooms, training facilities, mindfulness room, café, performance venues, green rooms and VIP artist facilities.

Historic elements have been sensitively restored and abandoned spaces given new purpose. Fit-out materials complement existing elements, taking into consideration sustainability, durability and functionality. Existing concrete soffits were retained, with added acoustic ceiling panels made from recycled PET for the working floors. In the shared spaces, reclaimed timber flooring and products containing recycled content with low VOCs were specified. The ‘industrial deco’ concept balances ‘raw & refined’ while graphics reference London icons such as tube fabric patterns and the Gherkin. Planting, Biophilia and clever lighting are important, particularly in areas with limited daylight. Whether it’s the grand yet welcoming lobby, the gallery-partnered artwork rotation, or the whimsical design touches that pay homage to tech and audio, the space embodies Spotify’s culture of innovation, collaboration, and playfulness.

Project Information

Architect: tp bennett