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.
PLY has designed the new co-working spaces of OTTO Campus, located in Hamburg, Germany.
PLY atelier designed a Co-Working Space at Otto Campus in Hamburg. Within the framework of ´Kulturwandel 4.0´ a former storage with 1700sqm at 8th floor was developed into a collaboration workspace with different scenarios for open and creative work.
Graham Baba Architects has designed the coworking space Cloud Room, located in Seattle, Washington.
The concept for Cloud Room posits that “the best office might not be an office at all.” Cloud Room provides a shared working environment and private member’s club enriched by the people who occupy it. The light-filled space creates opportunities for independence and provides people across a range of fields with the ability to connect and collaborate.
MoreySmith has designed the new co-working spaces of office company Deskopolitan, located in Paris, France.
MoreySmith, one of Europe’s leading architectural design practices, has completed the first ever global co-working concept for new serviced office brand, Deskopolitan, which has launched at 48 Rue du Château d’Eau, Paris.
Linehouse has designed the new coworking offices of WeWork Yanping Lu located in Shanghai, China.
WeWork Yanping Lu is located in the Jing’An district of Shanghai. Nestled in what was once the British settlement, the area was occupied by a neighbourhood of longtangs. These houses and laneways are scattered throughout the area, and many now exist as remnants of their previous lives. These longtangs are sectionally cut, revealing the structure and interiors of the buildings and the way residents once occupied these laneway houses. Linehouse used this as their conceptual approach in developing the co-working space for WeWork.
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.
Supermachine Studio has developed the new coworking offices of Hubba-to located in Bangkok, Thailand.
No network, No Hub…
With their ambition, Hubba, a co-working space operator, wants to create their new edition of their space differently than their first one. They collaborate with Sansiri, one of the biggest developers in Thailand, to curate their space in Habito, Sansiri’s brand new mall locating in the center of the residential territory they created. Hubba came up with the idea of enlarging the portion of “making” within the ecosystem of “working” to suit the new neighborhood. They call it “Artisan space”, which consists of several handmade facilities such as pottery and wood studio, open kitchen and photography dark room. Screening room for different lectures, workshops and seminars is also added. The intention is to expand their already wide networks, strengthen the concept of being a “hub” and reinforce their “co-working” philosophy.
A group of Melbourne creatives pooled their skills to create this co-working space, which features wood-lined walls, concrete floors and furniture designed by the studios that occupy it.
The 330 Park Street Collective is located in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. Designed by design studio Hip V Hype, the space comprises two interconnected wings that create studio spaces, product showrooms and an event space.
Studio RHE has completed an interior design project for co-working group Huckletree at the Alphabeta building on Finsbury Square in the City of London. The 5,029 square meter space across the ground and lower ground floors of the building – which was also designed by Studio RHE and completed in 2015 – features a variety of areas that meet the needs of contemporary knowledge workers.
Albert Angel and Lawrence Knights have designed the new coworking offices of KWERK located in Paris, France.
Born out of the imagination of its two founders, Albert Angel and Lawrence Knights, KWERK is a coworking space designed to make working fluid, inspiring and creative. More than a workplace, KWERK is a state of mind: openness, curiosity and creativity. The aspiration is to bring together all those who share a quirky state of mind and an enterprising spirit, no matter their industry.
The creative duo has designed the workspace they might find on their travels around the world with the experience is between boutique hotel design, stage design and the art gallery.
As a boutique hotel, each floor is different, comfort is the priority, gym, human size, is equipped with cardio machines, and has changing rooms with individual showers and adjoining yoga room.
The Royal Bank of Canada's historic Montreal headquarters was once the tallest skyscraper in the country, built in 1927. But the bank abandoned the grand space in 2010, leaving behind a decaying neoclassical masterpiece with 50-foot ceilings, brass chandeliers, and marble floors. (And to think, Montreal is now building stuff like this.)
Now the building has a second life, after being repurposed by Crew, which hired architect Henri Cleinge to turn the former bank into a cafe and co-working office featured recently in The Spaces.
Frost Architects has recently developed the serviced business center The Print Rooms located in London.
The Print Rooms operates as a serviced business centre for small and medium sized businesses which is owned and managed by Workspace Group PLC. The existing building was refurbished with all common parts, WC’s and circulation, upgraded and reconfigured. A further 23,000 sqft of lettable space was added to the building by constructing 2 additional floors on the roof and a 5 storey side extension in the existing loading bay. The new ground floor area of the side extension is now the new entrance to the building, incorporating café, reception, meeting room, admin facilities and informal coworking space. The reception and café area was designed to have an informal, playful feel, with rough materials such as expanded mesh panels, expressed structure and exposed services mixed with polished surfaces such as a mirrored wall and the polyester resin lacquered ply panels which line the perimeter of the space.
New York developer Macro Sea has turned a warehouse at Brooklyn's Navy Yard into a workspace for tech entrepreneurs, using the building's "cathedral-like" steel trusswork to inform new elements.
New Lab is located in Building 128 of the Brooklyn Navy Yard – a former shipbuilding complex between the Dumbo and Williamsburg neighbourhoods that is undergoing extensive regeneration.
Macro Sea worked with Marvel Architects to transform the disused shell into a space for designers and entrepreneurs working in the fields of emerging technologies like robotics, artificial intelligence and connected devices.
Spatial Concept has developed a new coworking office location for The Wave located in Hong Kong.
This is The Wave 2nd coworking office designed by Spatial Concept after the huge success of the 1st office opened in 6 months ago. As the new shared office is targeted for I.T., bloggers and tech startups, the concept is very different from the previous one.
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has transformed an ageing Shanghai office block into a business incubator, featuring a new translucent aluminium skin.
The Scandinavian firm was tasked with overhauling an office block at the CaoHeJing Hi-Tech Park – an office campus just outside the city centre – to create a new hub for startup tech companies.
The main change is the addition of the corrugated aluminium skin, which completely covers the old rendered concrete to give the building a new identity.
Architecture studio gort scott has completed the refurbishment of walthamstow central parade, converting it into a mixed-use hub that offers a total of 650 square meters for creative industries. the interior scheme seeks to promote local businesses, allowing them to collaborate and become part of the community. flexible event and exhibition space, as well as an independent start-up bakery and café, remain open to the public. there are also small ‘maker’ shops available for those who wish to pilot new products or services.
WeWork is a $16 billion coworking platform that leases out private offices and co-working spaces to creative freelancers and innovative tech companies across the globe. This is one of WeWork’s NYC campuses located right in the middle of New York’s Financial District.
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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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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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.
ThirdWay Interiors has developed the new offices of tech community hub Runway East located in London.
