Talk about extreme makeovers. Google’s new office in Pittsburgh(Pennsylvania State, US) shines at the penthouse of a 100 year old biscuit factory in the city, thanks to architects from Strada. Assigned with the task of breathing Googleness into a space that had little to do with technology (or people for that matter), Strada conducted extensive . . .
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Tumblr’s New Office
Microblogging site Tumblr (Think of it as Twitter on steroids) is making a lot of news of late. After steadily growing their userbase, acquiring millions in funding recently and strengthening their brand at fashion events, they are now adding a new office in Richmond(state capital of Virginia in US). The building they are set to . . .
ANZ Center, Melbourne: Colorful, Creative Office
Congratulations to Australian architectural office Hassell for taking out first place at the 2010 World Architectural Festival for best interiors and fit out award with their project, “ANZ Business Centre”. Located on the Yarra River, this is an impressive building. This banking headquarters is designed to accommodate 6,500 employees making it the largest single-tenanted commercial . . .
Interiors of Wikileaks’ (former) server bunkers in Sweden
The world seems to be revolving around a certain unicorn haired man who happens to be the storm center of a controversy that has rocked governments around the globe. Whether you stand by Julian Assange or those who oppose his actions, we think it shouldn’t prevent you from enjoying these fascinating images of Wikileaks’ (former . . .
Russian Web Company Yandex’s Offices
Search giant Google, social networking behemoth Facebook and chirpy microblogging site Twitter may all have great digs, but if you think that the only tech companies that have cool offices reside in the silicon valley you couldn’t be more wrong. Take a look at Russian search engine company Yandex’s offices and you will see what . . .
Stockholm Office Built in Old Bomb Shelter!
Ocassionally, we drop articles featuring astounding Office spaces like this or that, which are either designed like no other or simply built into an amazing space. In Stockholm, Sweden (somewhere probably very inconspicuous) there is a cavernous lair that was once used as a Bomb Shelter and Bahnhof is a Swedish internet provider that managed . . .
Office Space of Creative Studio Raw
We just love this cute little office space of UK based design studio Raw. It’s clean, simple and to the point. This no-nonsense approach to the studio’s design is reflected in the company’s web and graphic design projects too and have landed them quite a few big clients (including the Liverpool football club). That is . . .
Colorful Offices of Creative Studio 3FS
It’s official- the wall decal is the new mural! These popular graphics are fun, witty, and technically “green†because they are easily applicable and transferable. In our search for creative office spaces, we found the offices of Third Frame Studios to demonstrate just how clever these décor concepts can be. Slovenian firm Zek designed the . . .
Adobe’s Office: An Artist’s Visualization
We are definitely sure this is NOT how Adobe’s offices look like currently, but these visualizations from designer honchaymoi make us wish they were real. They reflect everything we would expect out of a creative company’s office space. The brilliant splash of color, the iconic signages, and a very healthy dose of fun put into . . .
Bizarre energy pod that keeps Googlers refreshed
We don’t usually come up with single-product-posts at HD but every once in a while something cool comes up that just forces us to bend the rules a little. This alien looking Energy Pod by Metronaps which Google provides to its employees for taking power naps is one such product. As far as form goes, . . .
Twitter Is Growing And So Is Its Office
We have covered Twitter offices not once, but twice before on HD. But given the rate at which the company is adding on employees it was just a matter of time before they outgrew their new base at San Francisco. To combat the space crunch, Twitter has decided to add on more area by taking . . .
Can the office of a finance firm ever be cooler than this?
If you would go by the views, you might mistake Artis Capital Management’s San Francisco based office for a luxury hotel. The scenery the office offers is staggering and I doubt if we have ever come across an office in this kind of a setting before. Rottet Studio architects were involved with the design and . . .
Google’s Sydney Office
It is nothing new and we have seen them before. Google offices do make people go green with envy and at times make them rethink their choice of a workplace. This awe that it creates on a viewer is no accident. In fact, it is part of a bigger business plan. Google is one of . . .
Beautiful Offices of LEGO
Chatting breeds creative ideas or thats what it looks like if one walks into the LEGO offices. Designed by architectural firm Bosch & Fjord, the place looks and feels vibrant. If you think that they may have one meeting room too many there, here is their explanation: The idea of having 13 meeting rooms (yes, . . .
Stunning Workplaces of a Creative Agency
Have you ever been to the parliament? No, not THAT one. We are talking about the Parliament agency’s office. We have got some pictures of the place and gotta say that we are pretty darn impressed! It belongs to a bunch of guys who believe ‘recycling is not old school’ and have inculcated the same . . .
Wonderfactory Office
The interwebz is buzzing with news about an unannounced Apple Tablet that is rumoured to hit us sometime in 2010. The word around is that Apple has tied up with a number of content publishers to push content to users through this new device. Branding and interaction firm Wonderfactory recently published a video that envisions . . .
Google’s offices from around Europe
Google work places are known to be fun! These pictures below, are from different offices around Europe. The work places in Milan, Madrid and Munich were designed by DEGW, a company that usually designs for various Fortune 500 companies, while the one in Zurich was designed by the swiss firm Camenzind Evolution. Google Madrid The . . .
Long Barn Studio: Another Cool Architect’s Office
You got to hand it to these architects. Maybe it is the absence of the normal you-design-clients-approve process that inspires them while they design spaces for themselves. Whatever be the reason, as we have seen before, the results usually turn out really good. Check our this office by Nicolas Tye Architects that they designed for . . .
Facebook’s New Cool Office!
Studio o+a was responsible for redesigning Facebook’s new 150,000-square-foot office at Palo Alto, California, USA. During the design process, the design firm consulted employees to find out their expectations about the work environment and they designed the space for each department with a different twist. There is another interesting point here. Some of the walls . . .
Office Meeting Room Designs
We have had a few requests asking us to do a post on office meeting rooms. So here is one, finally! We will start off with a few conventional meeting rooms and gradually move into more ‘revolutionary’ ones. Meeting Room Design by Burak Office meeting room by Pangmen Meeting Room With Wall Art by Nemanja . . .
An Office In The Woods: Selgas Cano Architecture
Wouldn’t you just love to work in this office? Spanish Architect firm Selgas Cano thrills us with their spectacularly vibrant yet low-impact office that just merges into the landscape. It is sleek with minimalistic furniture but creates quite a visual impact with it colours and use of environment. Working here would surely make you will . . .
