Designed by: Design Work Group
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Photographs: PHX India
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Curated by: Rupali Sebastian
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The new headquarters for Star Cement sits within Oberoi Tower on the Delhi–Gurgaon corridor, a glazed floor plate that opens to expansive views of DLF Cyber City. For Design Work Group, the brief was to craft a contemporary workplace that balances daylight-led design with a sense of calm restraint. Their approach results in what they describe as “a quiet confidence—where minimalism meets warmth,” a sentiment that sets the tone for the entire project.
Spread across 6,000 sq ft, the office is designed for a compact team of sixteen, with openness and visual connection shaping the spatial strategy. A reception and two meeting rooms define the public edge before the plan draws visitors inward toward the directors’ cabins located at glazed corners for maximum light and transparency. These cabins are visually linked through a planted internal courtyard—an engineered microclimate that sustains real greenery inside a sealed high-rise shell. This biophilic anchor softens the crisp architectural lines and brings an emotional centre to the corporate interior.
A restrained palette of natural veneer, glass, and lime plaster moderates the intense east–south–west daylight, lending the interior its composed, tonally consistent character. Slot diffusers and slender custom furniture maintain the purity of the minimal language, while curated art and subtle accents in red and green echo the group’s identity. The lounge, boardroom, executive dining, manager cabins, and open workstations follow an intuitive flow that supports efficiency without losing the essence of contemporary Indian workplace design. Refined yet approachable, the Star Cement office reflects a workplace attuned to light, material, and the rhythms of daily work within a modern corporate landscape.
Project: Star Cement
Location: Gurugram
Area: 6,000 sq ft
Principal architect: Dinesh Suthar
Design team: Jitendra Sabalpara, Bharat Patel, Hardik Padmani, Bhavika Suthar
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