Creative Solutions via Rare Paintings

Good interior design incorporates quality furnishings and workmanship to create an atmosphere of intimacy, luxury and graciousness. A visit to the Corporate office of the multinational Reckitt Benckiser in Gurgaon demonstrates this truth.

Dr. Ranjit Singh

OCATED in the Enkay Centre at Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon, the office of the world no.1 household cleaning multinational company — Reckitt Benckiser — presents an elegant grandeur. Reckitt Benckiser manufactures in all continents, and has over 50 manufacturing facilities. These include major facilities in the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, UK, Australia, Poland, China, India and Brazil Completed in January 2000, the corporate office bears the stamp of the well-known architect, M/s. Design Ateleir. Today Increasingly sophisticated clients demand higher and higher levels of design excellence and "Atelier" seems to have met this challenge with great success here as every new project should have its own identity.The company has taken special care and pride in honouring such individuality through its research and attention to particular needs. For instance, the walls replete with tastefully selected paintings from reputed artists cast a strange kind of soothing spell.

Rakesh Khurana Manager, Administration Services, Reckitt Benckiser

Colour creates an atmosphere - communicating a message about the corporation.

For instance, the turquoise blue coloured chairs in the office create a positive mood that blends with the paintings that embellish the walls.

The company in its new avatar was formed on 3 December 1999 as a result of the merger with Reckitt & Colman plc and Benckiser N.V. Its products like Dettol, Mortein, Harpic are household names in India. Reckitt Benckiser operates in all continents. "Our products are sold in 180 countries. We have operations in 60 countries", says Rakesh Khurana, Manager Administration Services who is proud to reveal that the entire commissioning of the corporate office was completed in just 4 months. "The interior decoration required an investment of Rs 15 lakh," he remarks.