Technology Office
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Gensler add playfulness and a down-to-earth ...

Gensler's playful offices for Adobe in Dublin reflect the collaborative, down-to-earth spirit of the US software giant.

Gensler add playfulness and a down-to-earth ethos to Adobe's Dublin office
Technology Office
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Inside Google’s cool new Playa Vista offices

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.

Inside Google’s cool new Playa Vista offices
Design, Architects Office
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Gary Lee Partners Offices – Chicago

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.

Gary Lee Partners Offices – Chicago
Manufacturing
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Alexander Fehre Designs a Surreal, ...

The Stuttgart, Germany–based interior architect combined vibrantly painted furniture, ample applications of zinc and wood, and bold black-and-white zigzags.

Alexander Fehre Designs a Surreal, Postmodern-Inflected Office in Germany
Technology Office
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Intcomex Offices – San Jose, Costa Rica

Viroslav Arquitectos recently completed the design for the offices of Intcomex, a security solutions platform company, located in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Intcomex Offices – San Jose, Costa Rica

MOBI Offices – Zionsville

MOBI Offices – Zionsville

Axis Architecture has designed the new offices of MOBI located in Zionsville, Indiana.

The 60,000-square-foot space has a modern West Coast vibe and includes a movie theater, free local craft beer during the last hour of the workday, and meeting spaces throughout. The layout includes low walls to increase interaction, instead of typical cubicles. Soundproof phone booths were also installed to provide privacy for phone calls. Axis paired the founder’s love for Restoration Hardware and hunting lodge aesthetics with a desire to speak to the broader company culture of a hip technology company.

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Intrepid Travel Offices – London

Intrepid Travel Offices – London

Peldon Rose has designed the new offices of small group tour and travel company Intrepid Travel located in London.

The vision for the new Intrepid Travel office was to provide the business with a catalyst for growth, energise the brand identity and create an inspiring environment that would attract the best talent in a stylish part of London. The Intrepid Travel office was previously based outside of London and so their relocation was an important step in their business journey. Taking space in The Piano House in Brixton provided Intrepid Travel with a space packed full of style and a variety of interesting original features that fit with their identity and brand.

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Monotype's New Office Pays Tribute To 750 Different Fonts

Monotype's New Office Pays Tribute To 750 Different Fonts

Most of us can't get through a day without reading something in Helvetica or Times New Roman. Monotype, the global type foundry that controls those and many other iconic fonts, recently completed its new London office—and its products took on a very visible architectural role.

Ben Adams Architects designed the U.K. headquarters—one of 15 scattered across the world—with the firm's craft in mind. Inside the office, you're greeted with letters—lots and lots of letters. Along with selections of the firm's famous fonts, like Helvetica, Gill Sans, and Times New Roman, letters from Monotype's 20,000-font-strong archive dot its walls.

When employees and visitors enter the 3,500-square-foot Shoreditch office, they're welcomed by a giant letter "M," a motif which follows them around the office. Designed to flexibly fit 32 workstations as well as collaborative spaces, the office's central feature is a birch plywood tunnel etched with 1,500 different "M" logos in 750 different typefaces from the company's robust archives.

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Currency Cloud Offices – London

Currency Cloud Offices – London

CCWS has designed the new offices of global payment company Currency Cloud located in London.

This is CCWS first project with one of the world’s leading FinTech organisations, that move money around the digital economy, using a fast and dynamic platform for entrepreneurial success on a global scale.

CCWS won the project in a completion with London’s top turnkey office design and fit out businesses. Currency Cloud awarded it on creativity, a flexible fixed-cost procurement route and enthusiasm for their culture.

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The Work Project Coworking Offices – Hong Kong

The Work Project Coworking Offices – Hong Kong

Bean Buro has designed the new coworking offices of The Work Project located in Hong Kong.

Bean Buro completes an unprecedented workplace consisting serviced offices and co-working spaces that allows members complete freedom to adjust their office space and duration according to their evolving needs. Office bookings can be made as easy as booking a hotel, for stays as short as one day.

Located at Midtown in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, the project is 33,000sqft over four floors, with a dedicated social floor consists of different types of shared workspaces and a vertical garden by botanical pioneer Patrick Blanc.

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YAM Worldwide Center – Scottsdale

YAM Worldwide Center – Scottsdale

McCarthy Nordburg has designed the new YAM Worldwide Center located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

McCarthy Nordburg created a modern, industrial space for Arizona-based YAM Worldwide, which houses five different businesses owned by billionaire entrepreneur Bob Parsons. The McCarthy Nordburg team was tasked with creating a bold space that captured YAM Worldwide’s fearless culture.

The space encourages collaboration, featuring community workspaces and open seating to cater to a variety of work styles. The lobby features a blackened steel stairwell and exposed ceilings accented with wood slats. The main conference room’s focal point is a conference table with a base made from a restored fighter plane wing, harkening back to YAM Worldwide’s military history.

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THREADLESS - CHICAGO

THREADLESS - CHICAGO

Staking its claim in one of the coolest locations in the West Loop, Threadless’s new home on the top floor of Morgan Manufacturing bares its artistic soul from the inside out. The Partners by Design team embraced the beautiful bones of the old industrial warehouse to ensure unobstructed views and a plethora of natural light. The shared workspace and group seating encourages collaboration between employees at every level, and the choice to construct no fixed offices emboldens communication and visioning amongst the newest hires, the company founders, and everyone in between. Honoring the creative mindset of both its workers and its customers, the office itself is a constantly-evolving blank canvas—from the DIY sticker-bombed bathroom to the Brian Killer commissioned roof deck water tower, the space is alive with a diversity of talent, including work from street artists like SickFisher, Elloo, Lauren Asta, and JunkYard.

 

While the new headquarters houses a variety of opportunities for creative production, with a photography studio, maker lab, and a proprietary fabric printing process, it also inspires mixed-used elements that transition seamlessly from work-day to after-hours. The reception desk doubles as a bar with four kinds of beer on tap, there’s a stage for bands and performance events that serves as a collaboration zone and work space during the day, and Threadless is able to actively engage their commitment to imagination and ingenuity by hosting events for neighborhood artists and the local creative community.

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Oxford Road Offices – Los Angeles

Oxford Road Offices – Los Angeles

Stefani Stein has designed the new offices of ad agency Oxford Road located in Los Angeles, California.

Oxford Road is an ad agency that helps disruptive tech companies scale their marketing efforts on channels like Television, Radio and Podcast, with media placement, creative development, and analytics.

Having outgrown their original previous office space, Oxford Road was ready to commence construction on a new 20k square foot suite in an iconic building in the heart of Hollywood when they tapped Stein for the Interior Design. The clients requested a unique and immersive space that felt like the anti-office. An important directive was “no white walls”.

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American Beverage Association Offices – Washington D.C.

American Beverage Association Offices – Washington D.C.

FOX Architects have designed new offices for the American Beverage Association, located in Washington D.C.

Having been in their original space for 40 years, American Beverage Association wanted a new space that reflected their iconic industry. Their former office consisted of smaller floor plates across multiple floors, with no conference areas to host events. This forced them to rent out hotel space, missing the opportunity to champion their culture.

The design team generated a parti-diagram along the ceiling plane which connected the space through color-changing LED lighting. Common materials used in the beverage industry were used as inspiration for their new space. The lifecycle of bottles and glass is captured in the elevator lobby with a lighted “bubble effect” made of recycled materials. As you step into the reception area, you are greeted by a colorful, lighted display of beverage container silhouettes. The café features a bottle cap backsplash and pendant lights made out of beverage containers.

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PillPack Offices – Somerville

PillPack Offices – Somerville

Haley Mclane has designed the new offices of pharmaceutical company PillPack, located in Somerville, Massachusetts.

We wanted to move away from the sterile, abrasive aesthetic that is so common in startups. We completely gutted the existing build out, exposed the ceiling and polished the terrazzo concrete floors. One of the design challenges was lighting – the existing windows were small and widely spaced. Our solution was to focus on earth tones, muted colors, and warm lighting to compliment the dark hues.

Rather than adding loud pops of color, we focused on incorporating varieties of texture in the space. A Venetian plaster wall lies behind our vintage reception desk. Heavy plaid curtains add color to the custom made glass walls surrounding the conference rooms, while also providing privacy during meetings. We also incorporated locally sourced reclaimed wood in the kitchen.

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Criteo’s Cool NYC Office

Criteo’s Cool NYC Office

Criteo, a Paris-based digital technology company that serves personalized online display advertisements to consumers on behalf of e-commerce companies, recently opened a new office in New York City.

“Criteo’s ultimate goal for its office relocation was to attract top professionals to the organization, as well as increase collaboration among employees. The firm desired an energizing and flexible office environment that tied into their brand story and is as engaging for their global firm’s staff as it is to their visitors. The design of the 40,000-square-foot space maximizes on the entire office footprint by providing a multitude of areas for work style options. As such, workspace choices include a completely open layout with open workstations, a robust coffee bar with lounge area, small and large private meeting rooms and arbitrary alcove seating. The office’s interconnecting staircase facilitates accessibility between departments, but also serves as an alternative meeting area. The overall design characteristic of Criteo’s office is reminiscent of hospitality/hotel environments, where the focus is on the ambiance that employees and visitors experience as they first enter and are greeted at reception, and continue to circulate throughout the space. ”, says HGA.

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BKM Headquarters and Showroom – San Diego

BKM Headquarters and Showroom – San Diego

Hollander Design Group has created the new headquarters and showroom of workplace furniture dealership BKM located in San Diego, California.

“Place Matters” is at the core of this furniture dealership’s culture. They have been shaping environments throughout San Diego since 1989 to help customers connect their workplaces to business objectives and goals.

With continued growth and development, the organization decided to establish its new headquarters and showroom in the heart of UTC. Realizing that the role of physical place is an important factor in their success, the new space had to be intelligently designed to provide solutions that address their key workplace issues. Their objective in moving to a new location was to create an inspiring space to help tell their story.

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Bain & Company - New York City

Bain & Company - New York City

The stunning views of downtown Manhattan aren't what make Bain & Company the best place to work in the US, but they certainly don't hurt.

For the third time since 2009, the year that workplace review site Glassdoor began its Employees' Choice Awards — a ranking of the best places to work, as judged by the employees themselves — the global consulting firm has taken the top spot. Over the nine-year period, in fact, Bain has never fallen outside the top four.

One of the pillars of any great company is its workspace, and while Bain's headquarters are in Boston, the New York office is just two years off a total redesign.

Here's what it's like inside one of the company's 53 global offices.

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medneo Offices – Berlin

medneo Offices – Berlin

Boka has designed the new offices of radiology as a service company medneo located in Berlin, Germany.

medneo is a young and innovative company with headquarters in Berlin that specializes in Radiology as a Service – a new operation model for radiology – for the inpatient and outpatient sector. Under this model, medneo has transformed a traditional hardware business into a service business. The company offers diagnostic imaging on demand. We supply clinical images instead of devices – a revolutionary idea, which today has become the key to medneo’s success.

medneo moved its headquarters to the centre of Berlin in May 2016. With lots of space, glass and panoramic views over the city, a perfect atmosphere is provided to encourage productivity and creative problem solving. Spreading on the two top floors of the building the office features industrial elements that support the functional design and add a lofty character.

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Scott Long Construction Headquarters – Chantilly

Scott Long Construction Headquarters – Chantilly

Clockwork Architecture+Design has designed the new headquarters of construction company Scott Long Construction, located in Chantilly, Virginia.

Having outgrown their crumbling and dated existing office, Scott Long Construction looked to Clockwork to design a new headquarters that would create an open, flexible and collaborative space. The goal was to encourage the cross-pollination of ideas among employees and to create a visual journey through the office for visiting clients, subcontractors and vendors.

The large café was strategically placed adjacent to the reception to create an inviting atmosphere for visiting parties. The café also functions as the ‘hub’ or meeting point for all employees, promoting opportunities for interaction.

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Trend Micro Offices – San Jose

Trend Micro Offices – San Jose

auckgroup has designed the new offices of security software firm Trend Micro located in San Jose, California.

As a global leader in IT security, Trend Micro develops innovative security solutions for businesses and consumers to exchange digital information. lauckgroup has guided the transformation of the company’s workplace strategy effort which has led to a long-standing relationship and several projects.

Trend Micro enlisted lauckgroup’s help to complete an adaptive re-use of their Dallas headquarters, a space lauckgroup previously designed for an another client. The evolution of the workplace began with high panel workstations, which gradually migrated to a smaller footprint based on benching. In 2015, lauckgroup and Omniplan began work on the Trend Micro San Jose office. Throughout the transformation, the team has worked with the Trend to create a model that now includes amenities spaces such as break rooms, cafes, and game rooms and customer-facing spaces like executive briefing centers. Huddle rooms, small meeting rooms, and large meeting rooms foster collaboration and have become standard in every office location.

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Multicontact Consulting Offices – Budapest

Multicontact Consulting Offices – Budapest

LEVEL UP Office Design has designed the new consulting offices of Multicontact Consulting, located in Budapest, Hungary.

Meet the new office of Multi Contact Consulting with 683 sqm floor space in Budapest, Hungary. Today the company offers professional services in organizational development and process rationalization, public administration management, IT consultancy, and project management with over 60 employees.

When planning the new office the priority was to offer an atmosphere that reflects the high quality of their services. The aim was to create a powerful arriving experience and to give the meeting rooms as well as the open office a welcoming sensation. For this reason a geometric reception desk with unique lighting was installed between the symmetrical office wings. In order to offer a stress free but dynamic and professional environment, the designer team made place for soundproof phone booths and silent rooms in the open office area.

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DES Architects + Engineers Offices – San Francisco

DES Architects + Engineers Offices – San Francisco

DES Architects + Engineers have recently designed and opened a new office location for their firm located in San Francisco, California.

DES recently opened a second office at 1 Sansome in San Francisco. Providing a place for casual collaboration with clients, a flexible gathering area was strategically placed directly off the main entry. It features a high-top walnut table, a raised quartz island, and hide-away cabinetry making it a flexible, client-oriented space. With low partitions and an exposed twelve foot ceiling, the open office is an expansive and airy volume.

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The Predictive Index Offices – Westwood

The Predictive Index Offices – Westwood

Margulies Perruzzi Architects has designed the new offices of The Predictive Index located in Westwood, Massachusetts.

The Predictive Index (PI) hired Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA) to design their new office layout, ceiling, and lighting plans. Working closely with designer Lannhi Tran of Little Dragon Decor, MPA created PI’s new headquarters to be reflective of the company’s entrepreneurial mindset of innovation, collaboration, transparency, and human respect.

PI is a fast growing firm. To help attract and retain staff in a competitive market, PI needed an office more expressive of its brand and culture. Even though they were doubling their space, PI expected even more growth. To provide flexibility, a demountable wall system was selected which also provided this innovative company with more glass and writable surfaces than would have been available with a traditional stick-built approach.

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Project Files: Norfolk Southern

Project Files: Norfolk Southern

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a major rail freight transportation company in the United States, operating over 20,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Norfolk Southern engaged IA to renovate the lobby and conferencing center of its building at 1200 Peachtree Street N.E. in Midtown Atlanta, and tasked IA to design a space that would facilitate employee collaboration and enhance the corporate brand among the public, employees and potential new hires.

IA redesigned the multilevel lobby and adjacent conferencing center floors to create a modern, open, and efficient space while embracing the railroad imagery that defines Norfolk Southern.

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