A few great and busy weeks working on Toad’s Caravan‘s new co-working space – Toad Hall

Their new premises in one of the railway arches in Eastvale Place Glasgow, with its unique curved roof and mezzanine provided an exciting jumping-off point for the build.

My favourite piece was this standing desk. I designed it on Sketchup to make use of a single sheet of ply and got it cut by a friendly chap at B&Q – their vertical panel saw made short work of all the cuts I needed. The ply has a lovely salmon colour and takes a good finish.

As the desk sits on top of the already existing banister of the mezzanine the strong pipe structure was sturdy enough to support the majority of the weight but I still needed to figure out some kind of legs or braces.

After researching several alternatives I decided to have a look at the Yooz yard – which yielded a stack of aluminium scaffolding poles with the (almost) perfect attachment feet. They looked the business – sitting right at home with the industrial look of the arch.