The 2,550 square foot office for The Recording Academy (NARAS) of Memphis was designed to be kept as raw as possible to accommodate offices, meeting space, and a temporary art exhibit space during the monthly “Trolley Night” street festival. The existing stained concrete floors, exposed brick walls and concrete beams were preserved while a translucent plane splits the long thin space into an office zone and a gallery zone. The paint color scheme coordinates with corporate branding, and the patchwork pattern of the translucent plane serves to break down the scale of the 70-foot-long wall as well as filtering natural light into the office spaces. As with many projects, cost was a major factor that had to be taken into consideration while making design decisions. Much of the material used throughout the project was reclaimed from other construction projects being completed by the owner including track lighting, acrylic panels, metal studs, and the steel beam. Off-the-shelf materials such as metal studs, birch plywood, and acrylic panels were chosen to match existing reclaimed material, as well as their simple assembly by unskilled workers. The final cost per square foot was $17.