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.
Danish studio Norm Architects has taken influences from both Scandinavian and Japanese design to create this pared-back gallery and workspace for Kinfolk magazine in central Copenhagen.
The local studio worked closely with Kinfolk's editor-in-chief Nathan Williams and communications director Jessica Gray to develop the design, which features a gallery as well as an office.
Grupo Floria has designed a new bank branch office which mixes public and private spaces for Kutxabank located in San Sebastián, Spain.
Grupo Floria decided to combine next generation bank offices concept into a private to public areas mixed use space, thanks to coding areas by colors – white for public spaces, black for private areas, wooden surfaces where VIP meetings allocated.
Simplicity in forms helped to resolve the complexity of having several different situations where high range type of customers where going to use this office in a traditional luxury retail area of the city. Technology was adapted to serve the best way for user experience and natural interaction where needed.
In 2015, EMD Serono — the U.S. division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany — teamed up with INTEC Group to design their government and regulatory affairs office in Washington, DC.
EMD Serono first tasked INTEC with researching and designing an “office of the future.” From there, the team at INTEC studied employee engagement, wellness, and the multi-generational workforce, concluding that the client’s workplace of the future must consider biophilic design, kinetic architecture, and technology to provide a holistic and engaging work environment.
The result is an optimized, adaptable space that incorporates several layers of sustainable practices in terms of the materials used but also the positive impact on those who occupy the space.
The Outkast Group has recently designed a new office environment for their growing Sydney-based commercial design firm.
The design brief was twofold; 1. the office must work operationally, allowing for plenty of storage and separated spaces for each team in the business, and 2. whilst also acting as a showroom for our creative design and project delivery skills, showcasing the high level of quality that has become associated with Outkast fit outs.
pS Arkitektur has designed the new offices of charter airline company TUI Nordic located in Stockholm, Sweden.
TUI Nordic were ready for a positive change. One that could induce new energy and facilitate meetings and interaction among the approximately 440 members of staff.
Situated in the amazing old brewery Munchenbryggeriet, overlooking the water in central Stockholm, TUI was happy to be able to stay thanks to a new layout, freeing area to dispose of.
Clockwork Architecture + Design has designed the new offices of financial services company Financial Engines located in Overland Park, Kansas.
As a rapidly growing financial company, Financial Engines decided to trade in their current office space for one that catered towards a new corporate workplace model. The main goal for the company’s new headquarters; an open and collaborative environment that would support the company’s expansion plan as well as to help attract and retain talent in a competitive financial market.
Rapt Studio has designed the new offices of genealogy company Ancestry located in Lehi, Utah. We previously looked at their offices in San Francisco.
Every single one of us isa living, breathing collection of data. Ancestry can take that data —any kind of data, really —and translate it into stories of human connection. The story of Ancestry itself is a tale of family, genealogy, migration, and attention to detail.
To create the company’s ideal space, Rapt Studio brought all those components together, turning abstract ideas into something you can touch, see, and feel. That meant making sure the space felt like home for both the young, agile tech side of things and Ancestry’s longtime employees —self-described “crusty book nerds” who’ve been there for nearly four decades.
Fabric Interiors + Architecture has designed the new offices of health insurance company Aetna located in Farnborough, UK.
Aetna came to Fabric to design and assist in selecting a building that could consolidate their two offices.
The selected building is across two wings enabling Aetna’s primary brand colours to be integrated across reception, cafe, and each wing allowing each space to have its own identify but still on brand. The key design drivers included creating a space that maintained the bright aspect the building offers as well as maintain as much transparency between the various departments.
Kiva Design has designed the new offices of Foliot Furniture located in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada.
Foliot Furniture, founded in Québec, is dedicated to providing quality furnishings for the hospitality and educational communities throughout North America. The goal for the 38,000sf of renovations was two-fold: to impress clients and inspire the employees.
A company focused on staff well-being, Foliot wanted transform the existing workplace into an environment that would attract millennials and retain the existing Generation X and Baby Boomer staff, while increasing productivity and efficiency. Kiva Design’s new layout focuses on areas to promote collaboration and mentoring, while addressing the differences in the communication styles and work habits of these 3 diverse generations.
MDO Architects has designed the new offices of global beer manufacturer Heineken located in Dublin, Ireland.
The new Heineken – Dublin office is located opposite the historic Kilmainham Goal with a design intent reflecting a move to full open plan for all staff. The design aspires to create an exciting workplace full of vibrant colour, exciting lighting, exposed services, geometric texture and strong interpretations of Heineken brand graphics.
Existing ceilings are retained as floating rafts over desking with open services exposed in the remaining areas. Meeting room cubes are positioned at angles to create a streetscape of corners as you move through the office with quiet nooks for conversations and calls. Extensive glazed screens in the meeting room cubes open up long through views.
Studio Banana has designed the new offices of McCann Worldgroup located in Madrid, Spain.
McCann Worldgroup is a leading global advertising agency. As part of its Vision 2021 a radically collaborative way of working is being implemented. MWG Madrid approached Studio Banana in order to support this transition, foster a novel workplace culture and design its new headquarters in the same spirit.
To this end we embarked on an experimental co-design journey with MWG’s creative and executive team and Studio Banana’s team of architects, product and graphic designers, workplace strategists and communication experts.
PARAT has created a new office space for the IT consultancy company Monday located in Hamburg, Germany.
Featuring work stations, conference rooms, and various other functional areas, the floor plan brings together spaces for communication with places for concentration. The space has been conceived to absorb staff increases effortlessly, offering sizeable potential for densification.
The central meeting point in the space is the lounge in the entrance area. The overall concept is geared towards maximum flexibility so that a full range of events can be staged: every piece of furniture is mounted on wheels and lights are hung on sliding ceiling rails. The core element is a mobile seating stand with a screen integrated into the rear and storage space for a games console.
Neri&Hu has designed the new offices of financial data, software, and media company Bloomberg located in Hong Kong.
Robin Evans’ 1978 essay Figures, Doors and Passages analyzes how ordinary elements of a plan and their arrangements interact and shape occupancy. A simple corner or window opening is in fact inscribed with a complex matrix of spatial relationships that determine how a space is used. Neri&Hu’s design for Bloomberg Hong Kong’s internal office stair is in part inspired by the mundane elements of space-making – windows, passages, staircases and thresholds. The client’s brief was to design a staircase to connect the 3 different floors of their office with the explicit rule that this stair should to be used daily as the only vertical connection within the office to encourage employee interaction.
Unispace has designed the new offices of online magazine Slate Magazine located in New York City.
Our design for Slate Magazine’s New York workplace helps unite staff and promote ideas as the publication moves to a space it can finally call its own.
Slate Magazine is a daily online, general interest and current affairs publication that offers a witty take on politics, news, business, technology and culture. Slate is headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Washington, DC.
Fabric Interiors + Architecture has designed the new offices of boutique pet food company Lily’s Kitchen located in London.
Fabric designed the interior for Lily’s Kitchen and we were also involved in assisting the client in selecting a building suitable to accommodate the growing business.
As part of the building evaluation, we discovered a concealed roof light that extended the length of the building and was a key factor in Lily’s Kitchen decision to take the space.
ME&C Creative has designed the new offices of financial education platform Financial.org located in London.
With a prestigious location overlooking iconic London views of the Olympic Stadium, the O2 and One Canada Square, the brief was simple, to create an executive lounge space and meeting rooms for Financial.org to welcome global visitors in a refined environment resemblant of the finest London Gentlemens clubs.
Using over 500sq ft of bead blasted aluminium panelling, horizontal grained crown cut walnut and gloss black ceiling tiles, the scene was set for bespoke seating arrangements and luxury flooring. This 6500 sq.ft space was our first project in Canary Wharf and was completed on a tight timescale, we’re hoping it will become the showpiece for many more.
Whether or not we’ve realized it, most of us have bought products through Square, a company that supplies small businesses with the now-ubiquitous square-shaped hardware and software that remotely processes credit card payments. Square’s new offices in San Francisco are meant to be as minimal, clear, and usable as its products.
Located in what was once a miserable, almost completely windowless Bank of America data center, the new 300,000-square-foot, fourth-floor office is just the opposite: an open, light-filled workspace organized by a central “boulevard,” lined with gathering spaces (including a library, gallery, and cafe), and a wide variety of working spaces, including bench-style work desks, tables, and semi-private, acoustically lined “work cabanas.”
Perkins+Will has designed the new offices of Takeda Pharmaceuticals located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Perkins+Will provided programing, design-engineering, and construction administration services for this tenant build-out. Takeda is the principal tenant of the building, fully occupying floors 2 through 6, and a portion of the ground floor. Takeda’s top priorities were to design the space to promote opportunities where people can run into one another by chance, and for an office that encourages engagement across disciplines.
FormNation has designed the new offices of mobile WiFi company Karma located in New York City.
Located in New York’s Little Italy, Karma’s office was transformed by design studio FormNation into a modern space that combines Dutch and American design influences and provides transparency, communication and work-life balances for the employees.
Karma’s design brief was short, but clear: Design a space with 40 desks, ample break out areas, a war room, communal lunch space for 40, that fits the brand, and they had to move in there in 4 weeks.
Kiva Design has designed the new offices of digital signage company Broadsign located in Montréal, Quebec.
Broadsign, a leading provider of digital signage software wanted to adopt an agile environment in their new offices to better meet the needs of their high-tech work environment. Discussions with the client established three project goals: collaboration, technology integration and the expression of the brand.
