Paw & Co. Veterinary Clinic

Brass, oak and sage — a veterinary clinic that borrows its manners from a good hotel.

The entrance sets the rule for the whole clinic: a fluted oak wall, brass pulls, a single sage-green plane, and light hidden in every shelf. There is no reception counter shouting for attention and no laminate anywhere. The paw is the only ornament, and it is used once per room.

The laboratory is treated with the same care as the front of house — a working island in the middle, labelled drawers, and the brand on the wall above the bench. It is the room clients never see, finished as if they did.