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.
ID Studios has designed the new offices of enterprise tag management company Tealium, located in San Diego, California.
When they decided to expand into a new Corporate Headquarters to house their growing company, Tealium enlisted ID Studios to design a unified, creative space that inspires their diverse and talented teams of surfers, inventors, and “super-smart people” to come to work every day.
Baskervill has designed the new offices of software vendor and manufacturer AvePoint, located in Richmond, Virginia.
Faced with an extremely tight schedule, the project – from initial design meeting to client move in- was completed in only 3 months. To meet the schedule, extremely detailed planning and coordination from all parties was required. The design team allotted 2 weeks for design coordination and documentation, 3 weeks for building permits and ten weeks for construction and furniture installation.
Contract Workplaces has designed the new offices of employment network Laborum, located in Santiago, Chile.
The challenge of the project was to develop an environment that reflected corporate values in a single inclusive space both for collaborators and customers, while supporting an organizational culture characterized by innovation, flexibility and young spirit.
Based on this premise, the project was conceived as an open plan layout, a large integration and collaboration space where closed offices and traditional fixed positions have been replaced with flexible work areas. The design revolves around a large central volume, which projects the corporate image materialized by the reception and the lounge, and which acts as an articulating axis between the public and private areas.
Area Sq has designed the new offices of software company Gigamon, located in Reading, England.
Following a lease event for network visibility and traffic monitoring vendor, Gigamon, relocated to a larger UK headquarters to support their expanding European operation. Working closely with the client, Area Sq were tasked with providing a modern workplace, which supports a new way of working, provides better breakout facilities and enhances collaboration amongst teams.
Roof Design Studio has designed the new offices of IT security company Eclectic IQ, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
ROOF Design Studio was challenged to design environments for the new accommodations of a computer company, Eclectic IQ.
The concept was to create differentiated spaces in various areas of the building, whether they were work rooms, meeting rooms, conference spaces, halls or even dining areas. These spaces would have to allow staff, working 10 or more hours a day on demanding subjects, alone or in groups, to enjoy these spaces in a relaxed way, sitting or lying down, with work in progress or during short breaks.
Dani Arps has designed the new offices of healthcare software company Eligible API, located in Brooklyn, New York City.
The views and the wide open space. Working in an empty space that requires no demolition—which was the case at Eligible—is a wonderful thing. My biggest challenge was filling the generous expanse without losing the stunning views all around (including some of the water). In the end, we managed to retain a sense of airiness despite the addition of three conference rooms, three private offices, and three more informal meeting rooms.
IDF Studio has designed the new offices of mortgage lending company Blend, located in San Francisco, California.
Blend is a San Francisco-based tech company developing software and data applications intended to streamline the originating process for mortgage lenders, while offering a better user experience to their borrowers.
The team at Blend wanted an office design that was clean and fresh yet preserved their industrial Mission office roots. Creating a space that complemented the 360 degree views of downtown began by developing a palette of blues and grey. Then came the interplay of machine-age materials, organic textures, and geometric shapes; a confident and energizing setting for home lending disruption.
RMW architecture & interiors has designed the new offices of cloud applications and services company Oracle, located in Santa Clara, California.
Oracle’s Santa Clara campus had been a 95% closed office environment since it was originally owned and occupied by Sun Microsystems in the 1990’s. In 2014, RMW was engaged to add two buildings (9 and 10) to the existing campus, buildings to introduce the new Oracle Workplace.
Setter Architects has designed the new offices of cyber defense company Palo Alto Networks, located in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Palo Alto Networks is a company involved in developing cyber defense solutions. It is located in downtown Tel Aviv, on the 24th floor of a complex of multi-story office towers alongside an eclectic variety of buildings built during the city’s historical eras. This is a multi-layered colorful part of Tel Aviv, where alongside banks and high tech companies, one finds low-tech businesses and assorted shops such as painting workshops, artists’ studios and restaurants.
Rapt Studio has designed the new headquarters of virtual storage company Dropbox, located in San Francisco, California.
The magic of Dropbox is it allows you to work anywhere, using a nearly invisible interface. But the company’s 300,000-square-foot physical offices couldn’t be invisible. The space needed deliberate visual cues to support collaboration among the company’s many teams.
The solution: a bustling city layout based on landmarks, neighborhoods, and shared community values.
Tétris has designed the new offices of ride share company BlaBlaCar, located in Paris, France.
BlaBlaCar, an online collaborative car-renting company, is developing a big program of staffing and has leased 9,000 sqm in Building #cloud.paris in the 2nd district of Paris. Tétris was selected for the design and implementation of these new project that will host 960 people.
The company wanted its office to reflect its image of a young and dynamic team, and therefore favored the creation of many places of exchange and assembly.
FENNIE+MEHL have designed the new offices of creative technology consultants ThoughtWorks, located in San Francisco, California.
Can a physical space be a vehicle for change? That was the question FENNIE+MEHL pondered when the global software development company ThoughtWorks tasked them to find and build out a new San Francisco office.
Committing to ThoughtWorks’ mission of passionately advocating for positive social and economic justice, F+M passed over real estate options in more affluent areas and found the perfect vacant space in the heart of the city, at a literal and symbolic intersection of new tech, urban grit and multicultural vibrancy.
Platform Design Ltd has designed the new offices of network security and performance company Juniper Networks, located in Addlestone, England.
Creating a working environment to help staff work collaboratively, think creatively and embody Juniper Networks’ corporate values were the cornerstones of the design brief.
The Juniper Networks re-designed UK office in Addlestone is a unique amalgamation of business and design disciplines. Starting with a strategy based on extensive research and employee surveys, a design direction and vision was formed.
Baskervill has designed the new offices of web design and development company CO+LAB, located in Richmond, Virginia.
CO+LAB aspires to remove complexity from companies’ all-important websites. So when they were quickly outgrowing their space, it’s no surprise they wanted a no-fuss transition. The end result shows that simple design can be edgy. Their office lets the grit and heritage of the industrial neighborhood’s exposed brick and rafters take center stage, complemented with a sleek color palette. Their custom furniture offers interesting shapes and flexibility for workers. To meet the web design shop’s technology needs and its cultural wants, there’s a careful balance of public and private spaces. The design highlights unique characteristics left over from previous renovations. Things like different layers of paint, hooks in the walls, exposed brick and structural beams with their original markings are now statement pieces of the design.
Gresham, Smith and Partners have designed the new offices of electronics distribution company DOW Electronics, located in Tampa, Florida.
For the 12,760-square-foot DOW Electronics corporate office renovation near Tampa, Fla., GS&P was tasked with fitting 66 employee workstations, two training rooms, multiple open and closed collaborative meeting areas, two conference rooms and an updated lobby and dining center within the space. The new environment creates an inspiring aesthetic that reflects the energy and enthusiasm of the company and its employees. The office remained fully functional while undergoing renovations in two phases. Total design and phased construction was completed in 15 months.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
