Software specialists JDA, who help many of the world’s biggest businesses to manage their supply chains, recently decided to expand their European presences. They rented some office space in one of London’s most iconic skyscrapers, the Gherkin (or, to use its formal name, 30 St Mary Axe), which was designed by architect Norman Foster in collaboration with Arup Group, and hired workplace experts Area to fit it out for them. ‘It was a fluid brief,’ recalls Area’s Divisional Director Calvin Williams. 'We conceptualized the design journey together, which was great because we were all involved in creating the concept.’