Gensler's playful offices for Adobe in Dublin reflect the collaborative, down-to-earth spirit of the US software giant.
Where the new and old architecture meet throughout the building, the new elements are always set back to allow the older elements to take center stage.
With a focus on materiality, functionality and hospitality, the Gary Lee Partners office in Chicago represents the interior design firm's sophisticated, yet approachable aesthetic that aims to bring people together.
The Stuttgart, Germany–based interior architect combined vibrantly painted furniture, ample applications of zinc and wood, and bold black-and-white zigzags.
Tétris has designed the new EMEA headquarters of cosmetics company KAO Group located in Amersfoort, Netherlands.
Two different offices are now combined in one office where you can really experience the KAO brand identity throughout the whole office. The colors of their product packaging are used in the office and there is enough space for KAO to display their products incorporated in the design.
UK Mikomax SmartOffice’s Partner – Max Furniture has designed new HireRight office located in Katowice, Poland.
As one of the world’s largest providers of employee background check services, HireRight specializes in helping organizations of all sizes, manage and control their background screening programs.
Crucial challenge was to create huge open space with 400 workplaces and co-ordinate the supply and installation of all office furniture requirements into a new continental office. With meeting rooms and multiple break out areas, there are plenty of places to go for quiet working or informal meeting areas.
Liftoff is a mobile app marketing and retargeting platform which uses post-install data to run true CPA-optimized campaigns. Liftoff’s headquarters are located in Palo Alto, California and offer a modern, collaborative vibe with an open layout and open dining area.
Ted Moudis Associates has designed the new offices of biotech firm Biotronik located in New York City.
Biotronik, a German headquartered biotechnology firm that creates cardio- and endovascular medical devices, was looking to establish a presence on the east coast of the United States. Ted Moudis Associates designed a state-of- the-art office and showroom space in downtown Manhattan that highlights the precise engineering and technological advantages of Biotronik’s products.
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VOA (now Stantec) has developed the new offices of marketing agency Gyro located in New York City.
Guests and staff enter Gyros offices directly off the elevator into their reception/lounge. This semi-private area is screened by shelving and includes several diner-style banquettes and a super-graphic installation of Gyro’s main mantra, “Ignite Something.” By locating this informal meeting zone in the middle of the floor plan it functions as a collaboration hub between the studio and client areas on either end of the floor plate.
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Prescient’s new office in the Prudential 1 Tower in Chicago is exactly what you might expect from a high-tech global security firm’s office, and a bit of what you might not. Designed by Chicago-based Perkins+Will, the space is specifically designed to facilitate both human and technological collaborations.
Transparency may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about a security firm, yet Prescient’s office is predominantly an open space: The main area of the office is filled with staggered standing desks, and there are glass-encased break-out areas around the periphery. Framed windows that once made up the former exterior facade of the building are now used as dividers and are specially coated to act as transparent dry-erase boards for impromptu conversations and meetings. Along with the open lunchroom and break areas, the entire space is specifically designed to encourage free interaction between all of the employees.
More than 79 million people read BuzzFeed every month and the media company has built an empire on OMG-Cute-Fail-WTF moments that give bored desk jockeys some reprieve from their menial jobs. Predictably, its new office in New York City reflects the editorial content that's carried the brand—memes, emojis, '90s pop culture, food porn, and then some—for better or worse.
To Chris Rushing, BuzzFeed's senior art director and the person in charge of directing the company's branding, supergraphics made sense to channel the business's culture into a spatial context.
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Ben Adams architects has completely reinvented a dated office building next to Tech City’s Old Street roundabout. Albert House is now a truly flexible and visually appealing space, designed for The Office Group (TOG).
The Office Group has built a strong reputation as a pioneer in London’s booming co-working market. Their new space in Shoreditch couldn’t afford to rest on its laurels and Ben Adams Architects decided to mix the brand’s contemporary workspace solutions with the style of 1920s speakeasies and their cool, relaxed interiors.
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Splunk, a tech company that provides the leading platform for operational intelligence, recently reached out to NicholsBooth Architects to design its new headquarters in San Francisco, California.
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VSCO, an art and tech company that builds digital tools and apps such as: VSCO, and VSCO Film, recently opened a brand new office in New York’s NoMad neighborhood. According to VSCO team, the main goal was to build a space that could function as both an office and workspace for VSCO employees as well as an open studio for collaborators from the VSCO Community to use for photoshoots. The office features a permanent 20x40ft cyclorama as well as borrowable lighting gear, enabling any project to be brought to life.
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LPA has developed the new collaborative work environment known as The Cove located in Irvine, California.
The Cove is a 31,000-square-foot collaborative work and event space located in University Research Park at University of California, Irvine. The space was created for inventors and entrepreneurs.
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Apple has forever changed our understanding of retail architecture and design. A global brand synonymous with innovation and sleek marketing skills, the world’s largest technology company is headquartered in Cupertino, California, and is famous for its iconic range of electronics, software and online services. Building off the success of its iPhone, Mac and iPod products, Apple began selling its products through specially designed Apple Stores back in the early 2000s. These minimalist, carefully crafted environments are made to recall the reliable and rigorously designed nature of the products themselves.
The global company 3M might be best known for creating a wide range of indispensible adhesive and stationery products, but its latest endeavour goes back to the spirit of problem solving and innovative thinking that set it apart in the first place.
3M recently unveiled a new Design Center, which is focused on enhancing creativity for its in-house design team. ‘The 3M Design Center enables colocation of designers from multiple creative disciplines – ranging from graphics to products, to user experience, materials, and packaging – across the company,’ says chief design officer Eric Quint. ‘The inspirational workspace offers continued advancement of collaborative creativity and design leadership. This studio represents a hybrid model of workspaces to accommodate creative activities supporting the 3M Design mission. The engaging space is a catalyst for creative engagement and dialogue for our design talent.’
Lundstrom & Associates Architects has developed the new corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility for lighting company Intense Lighting located in Anaheim, California.
Designed by the acclaimed architecture firm, Lundstrom & Associates, the center blends seamlessly into Intense Lighting’s existing 156,000 square-foot corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility.
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Like 1871, a premier local example of the power of physical community, the Literacenter provides creative space on a membership basis to organizations in all stages of development, and enhances that experience with a full slate of events where members can connect.
The Literacenter workspace includes open office sharing and offices with book-themed names and bright colors which enrich the space with the literary goals its occupants aim to achieve. Fully fit with tech-enabled conference rooms, classrooms, event space, snack bars, and scooters to get you around. The space feels light and airy while at the same time fun and energizing for its members who have two key things in common: missions focusing on literacy and the desire to collaborate for the cause.
Sandbox Industries is more than just a venture capital firm. By fostering collaboration between established corporations and emerging startups, Sandbox generates extraordinary returns for its portfolio clients, accelerates the growth of new businesses, and promotes innovation across numerous industries. Sandbox has formed venture funds alongside many strategic corporate partners including 50 Fortune 1000 clients.
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For brokers and staff at CBRE in Palo Alto and San Jose, the end of the day means clearing everything off their desks. And that means everything.
“The only thing that stays on the desk is the technology that belongs to the desk,” said Emily Neff, an associate in CBRE’s Global Workplace Strategy Practice.
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How does a startup still feel cozy and cohesive when it has ballooned into an 800-person organization? Many architects in the San Francisco Bay Area have been enlisted by tech companies to foster a sense of communal purpose—that all-hands-on-deck excitement—within corporate-scale digs. A new office for the design-focused company Pinterest, which allows users to create and share digital inspiration boards, is a refined example of how to steer people toward each other.
“Pinterest is about a grid that structures all the ideas and images, and architecture provides the grid in building,” says cofounder and chief creative officer Evan Sharp, who studied architecture at Columbia. “We wanted to set up the right architecture to shape circulation and the qualities of the working environment to reinforce collaborative behavior.”
HGA Architects and Engineers has designed the new offices of skin care company H2O Plus located in San Francisco.
When beauty company H2O Plus announced their headquarter relocation from Chicago to San Francisco, they enlisted HGA Architects and Engineers to design their new 9,000-square-foot office to help them create a space that supported H2O Plus’ shift to focus on the marketing and sales of its products.
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Admit it: You occasionally pine after your college days. At CA Ventures — a Chicago-based real estate management firm focused on high-end student housing — you don’t have to. The new office has themes of college quads, sitting circles and ivy-covered buildings.
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