The new service-focused members’ club for the creative industries, Bureau, has now expanded into a second building in Design District – a dramatic concrete structure by Architecture 00 that blurs the boundaries between indoors and out.

Conceived for our new world of work, Bureau meets the needs of freelancers, start-ups and larger organisations looking for flexible workspace for remote teams. Bureau takes the old-school template of the members’ club and turns it on its head, making a thoroughly modern workplace proposition for anyone in the creative sector.

The traditional member’s club was a stuffy, exclusively male and monocultural affair – an old boys’ club of wingback chairs, cigar smoke, back-scratches and back-handers. Although things have moved on, modern equivalents still tend towards being elitist, expensive, status-driven and lifestyle-focused, while at the other end of the spectrum, many of today’s membership-driven co-working spaces lean toward bare-bones practicality.

Bureau is different. Led by an all-female team, it takes the benefits of the members’ club as a place where people could relax, be themselves and build their networks, and translates them into a more progressive, accessible and open offering. Rather than being exclusive, Bureau is designed to serve anyone working in the creative sector, and give them access to one of the most affordable workspaces in the capital.