Workplace Look Book

West Elm's New DUMBO HQ Is a Laboratory for the Future of Workplace Design

West Elm's New DUMBO HQ Is a Laboratory for the Future of Workplace Design

west elm WORKSPACE tested its new line of research-driven designs in the outfitting of its new, 300-person headquarters in DUMBO. Situated on Brooklyn’s waterfront in the historic Empire Stores Warehouse — a long-lived 19th-century brick building — the team set out to effectively un-office their office.

Why Hyatt Designed Its New Headquarters To Feel Like Its Hotels

Why Hyatt Designed Its New Headquarters To Feel Like Its Hotels

Chicago-based Hyatt has spent the last month moving into its new location in Chicago’s downtown Loop. Designed in a collaboration with global architecture firm Gensler, the new space isn’t just built to enhance the boilerplate corporate ideals of flexibility and cross-team collaboration.

A Rotterdam Office Relocates to a Renovated Historic Building

A Rotterdam Office Relocates to a Renovated Historic Building

FinTech’s company Bridgevest relocated offices to the center of Rotterdam to Veerhaven, an area where architectural character still remains. They chose a building from 1890 to renovate with the help of Studio Tomorrow, who came in with a light, colorful design plan that also kept historical details intact. The building was once a bank with the bank owner and his family residing there – there’s still a safe in the cellar!

Kimball Office’s Park Avenue Showroom – New York City

Kimball Office’s Park Avenue Showroom – New York City

Kimball Office Park Avenue is an urban design hub that redefines the product experience and provides a lab that encourages exploration and creativity. Like a theatre company that transforms bare stage into fabricated realities, the Kimball Office Park Avenue showroom provides an ever-shifting mise-en-scène. It is an urban arena for the workplace to act as a stage.

The Coolest, Most Fun And On-Brand Office I've Seen Yet: Desigual's Headquarters In Barcelona

The Coolest, Most Fun And On-Brand Office I've Seen Yet: Desigual's Headquarters In Barcelona

The nature of my work has enabled me to visit many offices of creative companies around the world.  I’ve never seen one I’d want to work in more than the Desigual fashion brand’s 4-year old beachfront headquarters on the Mediterranean in Barcelona’s Barceloneta neighborhood.

Inside Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s new minimalist office at East Market

Inside Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s new minimalist office at East Market

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the design firm known locally for the Liberty Bell Center redesign and Penn’s New College House dormitory, recently became one of the first tenants to move into their new office at 1100 Ludlow at East Market, a $600 million mixed-use development in Philadelphia.

Inside Bedrock’s stunning new offices in a long-vacant downtown building

Inside Bedrock’s stunning new offices in a long-vacant downtown building

Where does Detroit’s most recognized real estate company work? Located in between the First National Building and the Vinton Building, Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock purchased the handsome Metropole Building in 2013. The four-story building had been largely vacant for 47 years, except for the Bangkok Crossing restaurant on the ground floor.

Nendo Takes On Architecture With A Huge New Public Plaza (And A Trampoline, Of Course)

Nendo Takes On Architecture With A Huge New Public Plaza (And A Trampoline, Of Course)

The Japanese designer Oki Sato is known for producing a tremendous amount of work each year—from design objects to lifestyle products to exhibitions—through his design studio, Nendo. Now, Sato and his 30- person team are increasing not only the quantity, but also the scale of their work. In its first foray into urban planning, Nendo has designed a massive public plaza near Kyoto, with a stage, park, bike rental station, and jungle gym housed in a series of stepped saucers reassembling local topography.