Multi-level Factory and Office – Amsterdam
The dutch architecture firm GROUP A designed this office space which is a multi-level factory and office building on the edge of Ijburg, Amsterdam. The office was created for two companies which required a large facility to undertake simulations and a set of 8-meter high factory spaces on top of one another to delineate a simple and pragmatic building.
Situated adjacent to the water of the ijmeer in an area set aside for the development of commercial buildings, the rectangular volume maintains the scale and proportions of the neighbouring buildings on site. The facade features a skin made out of 3 x 1 m corten steel sheets which lend a warm and reddish brown patina effect. The decidedly industrial treatment lends a distinct aesthetic to the building while referencing the character of the companies.
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New York City Office – HBO
HBO is an American premium cable television network, owned by Time Warner. Their New York office space was designed by a+i architecture who made the office a heady mix of dark floors and furniture and bright accents. Being a television company it is fitting that their stairway is covered in film reals, this not only looks great but infuses the surroundings with the character of the company. The conference rooms are also very creative, with various sizes of rooms ranging from small meeting rooms to large board rooms.
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Marquee – Executive Offices
Marquee Executive Offices is managed by a group of Asian entrepreneurs who began this serviced office business from their very own office building. Their knowledge of Asian business cultures combined with a decade’s worth of experience created a solid foundation for the group. The wide range of services helps their customers to work efficiently. They also use integrated telecommunication, security and IT systems to provide benefits and flexibilities to support the growing trend of mobile business activities.
Marquee has a commitment to quality service, this is the key to successfully achieving client goals. Such an approach has allowed Marquee to be the leading serviced offices provider in Jakarta. Marquee Executive Offices also provide virtual office solutions to enhance the client’s corporate image and improve day to day business processes.
The Valve – Office Space Washington
Valve is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue, Washington. It was founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, and made famous by its highly successful and critically acclaimed first product, Half-Life. The company moved into this 75,000 sqft office in 2010, which was designed to be a highly collaborative and support the company’s dynamic work processes.
The Washington office was designed by Replinger Hossner in collaboration with LMN. According to their description:
The flexible and interactive workplace design is focused around large team work spaces, cabals, which allow gaming teams to expand and contract around specific production needs. The collaborative nature of the work extends into extra-wide corridors where circulation, display of production work and team gathering overlap. A variety of meeting spaces occur throughout the office, culminating in a flexible area large enough for the entire company to gather.
[Photography by Ed Sozinho via OfficeSnapshots]
The Hub – Coworking in Madrid
This space was once a garden, then a railway station and finally a garage. However this state of affairs is no more, today the space houses the Madrid outlet of The Hub, a coworking network for social entrepreneurs. The team behind this coworking office in Spain was ch+qs arquitectos, their aim being to leave as much of the original concrete space untouched as possible – something which they clearly achieved.
The goal for The Hub was to create myriad flexible workstations that could serve as timeshares for entrepreneurs looking to “change the world.” It didn’t require an expensive furniture shipment. Instead, designers brought in loads of fruit boxes, which today serve as stools, desks, ladders, shelves, and an entire ticket office—offering extreme flexibility. Walls were left raw, save for felt lining conference rooms. In-floor heating and cooling lies beneath the raw wood.
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Cartoon Network – Office
This wacky office is the office space of the Cartoon Network, the design is unsurprising for a company which values originality, creativity and thrives on enthusiasm. The office is littered with funky colours and cartoon memorabilia, you can tell people truly love the subject matter of their work. We love how the whole design of the office space is centered around the businesses philosophy and corporate image. The actual layout of the office is pretty standard/boring, but its the genuine way in which it was outfitted which gets our stamp of approval!
Gazprom London Office – Regents Place
Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Gazprom recently opened a London office in Regents Place. As one would expect, the offices are very well designed. The office is 90,000 sq ft large and houses 600 employees.
According to IOR the architects behind this office place:
An in-depth understanding of what Gazprom needed was the foundation for our design for the company’s HQ. Bringing together five sites under one roof created a ‘Gazprom village’ which vividly expresses its culture and aspiration. The design provides spaces with intelligent flexibility without compromising business efficiency or quality of finish.
The offices are also very flexible in that the executive meeting space also turns into a party space. This was achieved via a combination of folding furniture, folding walls and glass skywall providing a truly multi-functional space with a unique solution as seen in the video below.
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Escada Head Office – Munich, Germany
This 2,000 square-meter office space in Munich is the head office of the fashion chain Escada. Escada commissioned the Parisian architecture studio Carbondale of Michigan-born Eric Carlson to design the architectural public face of its head office, including the entry façade, entry court, interior courtyard, lobby and furniture.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Corporate Headquarters
This ultra cool campus is the office HQ of the American clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch. The office is located in New Albany Ohio and was designed by Anderson Architects. The tree cover and grassy meadows fit in with the corporate image of Abercrombie & Fitch.
…the interior landscape of the buildings consists of clusters of large worktables in open, light-filled sheds. Enclosed spaces within these areas are limited to special offices and conference areas, often occurring as tall towers flanking two-story voids. Storage spaces, small meeting rooms and display areas create a train of “subway cars” that glide through the sheds and create accessible common areas.
Here’s a video montage of this office campus:
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Sound Alliance – Australian Office
This Australian office space is the workspace of Sound Alliance, the largest independent online entertainment publisher in Australia. According to the company’s website they reach over one million unique browsers each month. The offices are funky, bright and creative, achieving this through a mixture of loud colours and plain wood. The architect behind this Australian office was Rory Toomey of Environa Studios.
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