We’ve covered so many great office spaces here on home designing that we thought it was about time for a top ten tech office round up; fun meeting rooms you could happily spend all day in, roof top gardens and cool canteens in which to linger over coffee breaks, and workspaces that promote the sharing . . .
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Twitter’s New Headquarters in San Francisco
The Twitter team decided that San Francisco was to remain the place they call home, and moved into office space at 1355 Market Street, Market Square. Office space within the two art-deco buildings that make up Market Square has experienced a long period of vacancy-decades in fact-and the injection of business life brought by the . . .
Interiors of Microsoft’s Building 4 in Redmond Campus
Building 4 in Redmond, Washington, is home to the Microsoft campus where the firm’s office innovation team was challenged with the question of how offices will work and appear in 15 years time. The task of determining what an office in the future would look like resulted in the Building 4 prototype, designed by Studio . . .
Microsoft’s Briefing Center in Wallisellen, Switzerland
Microsoft’s office building, in Wallisellen, Switzerland, are enjoying the recent completion of a superb Briefing Center, by Stuttgart based firm Coast Office Architecture. The modernistic, almost futuristic, monochrome meeting zone sets a cutting edge tone, and holds a sleek laptop bar and flat screen display monitors in a stretch of glossy black glass, integrating Microsoft’s . . .
Austrian Newspaper Wirtschafts Blatt Offices
Working with designers IDFL, leading Austrian newspaper Wirtschafts Blatt set out to create a workspace that embodied their brand throughout its architecture, furniture design, color palette and interior graphics. The key brief was to ‘Change to a new spirit”, requiring dynamic use of space and introduction of fresh ambiance for a motivational and quality environment . . .
LEGO Office Denmark
Located in Billund, Denmark, this LEGO office is intended to be a place of creativity, innovation, and judging by the incorporation of a huge slide leading to the collaboration areas, fun! Via
Inside The Cool Digs Of Rackspace
Offices are spaces that people often find dull and boring. Not only because we relate them with work that needs to be done, but for the hours many of us are desperately counting until that wonderful moment when the little handle on that clock hits 5. But what if we have an office with areas . . .
Architectural Renderings By Dbox
New York based creative agency Dbox showcases some excellent architecture in their portfolio. Though they primarily focus on the non residential segment, there are some striking interior visualizations of luxury housing as well. Dbox introduces themselves: It was a class we taught called ‘dialog box, Arch 372’ in the mid 90s. To us it meant . . .
Beautiful Office Interiors of a Canadian Media Company
Contemporist tips us on this fantastic office space of Canadian company Astra Media designed by Lemay Associés. Planned to accomodate 350 employees in 4 flours, this headquarters reflect the company’s intention to transform to a more youthful and modern image. Check it out… The colors kind of remind us of eBay’s workplace prototype.
Beautiful Offices of Stelmat Teleinformatica
We love this cute chirpy headquarters of Brazilian telecommunication company Stelmat Teleinformatica. This is not your average boring office. Designed by About:Blank Architecture, the office stands out with its modern eco-friendly approach to office design. Green roofs, photovoltaic panels, rainwater reuse and sun-shading techniques like brise-soleil, among others, maximize efficiency and reduce resource consumption. There . . .
Nature-Dominated Office in Denver
Since an office overgrown with vegetation is not something we come across on a daily basis, we though this was worth a share. Tres birds art installation in Denver is all about Natural Systems dominating human spaces. The artist explains: “Domination implies taking over. If we had it our way, natural systems would dominate entirely. . . .
Dreamhost Office
Not all web hosting companies have cool offices. There can be exceptions but they are not that common. That is why we are delighted to bring you another one of these rarities: Dreamhost’s Office. Designed by Studio O+A, our former web host’s (yes, Home Designing started off on them!) base in La Brea, California sports . . .
Google Russia Offices
You haven’t seen them all yet. Google’s Russia Offices in St. Petersburg and Moscow, both designed by Swiss firm, Camenzind Evolution, are as vibrant and exotic as the unique cities they are located in. Similar to AOL’s offices and Pixar’s offices, both of which we have featured here, Google’s spaces include meeting dens that foster . . .
AOL’s New Palo Alto Offices
AOL, the company that now owns the world’s biggest tech blog, gadget blog and political blog, revealed its new headquarters in Palo Alto, California. After putting Studio O+A (the same folks who redid Facebook’s headquarters) in charge, AOL’s new look is a conglomeration of the 1980’s corporate world vibe, raw concepts and materials, with a . . .
Apple’s Spaceship Inspired Future Cupertino Offices
Earlier this week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced plans for a spaceship-like new office campus in Cupertino, California that would hold up to 12,000 Apple employees and completely revamp the way the company operates. Jobs presented the Cupertino City Council with plans for the four-story, eco-friendly offices reportedly designed by world-renowned Norman Foster Architects. The . . .
Pixar’s Office Interiors
Have you ever wondered what the interiors of the headquarters of one of the most prominent animation studios in the U.S. looks like? More importantly, what would it be like to work for a company like Pixar? We take you through their office interiors and try to imagine what a typical workday would look like . . .
Skype’s Stockholm Office Sparks with Contrast
You may already be familiar with Skype’s US offices, which we featured a while back, but have you seen their Stockholm digs yet? Working for a tech company such as Skype, one would expect eclectic interiors. In the case of Skype’s new Stockholm setup, the results don’t disappoint. Colorful designs and fantastic murals line otherwise . . .
Belkin’s Bright and Colorful Office Spaces
Tech accessory maker Belkin’s headquarters developed by South California based builders HBC looks like a fun place to work. Spanning an area of 80,000 square feet, the office area includes an open ceiling design, systems furniture, private, exterior offices, conference rooms and a 7000 square feet (beautiful) cafeteria and kitchen. Bright lighting and warm welcoming . . .
Skype Office Interiors
Popular internet telephony application Skype’s North American Headquarters sought to set themselves apart from their opponent’s in the Bay area in Palo Alto California. When the project was initiated it was discovered that the site had more to contribute than was originally thought with the hidden high ceilings allowing for an industrial style design, thereby . . .
Yelp’s Office Interiors
Startup blog TechCrunch recently did a video walkthrough of local search and community site Yelp’s office in San Francisco. Created by Studio O+A (the same guys who did Facebook’s office), this little hub was designed to capture the startup spirit in a fun manner as well as include references to San Francisco (Bike parking, hint, . . .
Unconventional Office Space Design
Russian designer Stanislav Orekhov is known for his exceptional CG visualization skills in rendering life-like environments. (Remember the Palace?) Today we are putting together a list of some of the rather unconventional looking office spaces he has rendered. The emphasis is on public spaces(common areas) within offices. Though there is no clear indication on which . . .
