Most offices are just plain standing buildings and their interiors reflect nothing but boredom. But some companies have gone unconventional and changed the way the offices look. The purpose is to make employees more happy and energetic by offering them a playful and relaxing environment.
Here is a list of 10 Offices That Are Absolutely Marvelous:
#10 Pionen White Mountain Office – Stockholm, Sweden
Run by one of Sweden’s largest ISPs, this data center is located underground in an old nuclear bunker deep below the bedrock of Stockholm city. It has greenhouses, waterfalls, German submarine engines, simulated daylight that gives a realistic natural view.
#9 Facebook Office – Menlo Park, California
Facebook’s office is designed in a way that reflects its core values – openness and transparency. Facebook’s walls are covered with massive art installations, and there are lots of relaxation spaces, like DJ space, Gym etc. They have sleep pods too.
#8 Valve – Bellevue, Washington, United States
Valve, one of the most successful video game companies in the world, is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States. The office has a big and shiny interior, there’s an alien barnacle on the ceiling, a crowbar hanging from a pinboard and the walls are covered with the gaming stuff .There is free food, gym, musical instruments, and even bedrooms.
#7 Airbnb – San Francisco
The company’s headquarters in San Francisco has a 72,000 square-foot office space that reflects their innovative thinking about travel. Walking through their offices is like a travel through different countries and cultures as rooms and spaces are designed after the places around the world.
#6 LivingSocial – Washington, D.C.
The workspace at LivingSocial reflects the vision of the company and encourages staff interaction. Their office contains large mirrored wall, games machine, flat screen TVs, and photos of doughnuts. They are to make sure that workers don’t get bored and overworked.
#5 Pallotta TeamWorks – Los Angeles, California
Pallotta TeamWorks, a charitable organisation, built their office in low budget with just $40 per square foot. To design this office on a tight budget they took large shipping containers and turned them in office space inside a large warehouse.
#4 Red Bull Office – London
Red Bull HQ, designed by Jump Studios, is sized around 1,860 square metres. The stunning interior generates adrenalin and a sense of dynamic excitement, emotions associated with the Red Bull brand and its various activities. And the most fun part of this office is that it has slides.
#3 Google
Google spends a lot of money on making the working space fun. Their offices are creative, fun and innovative in design so that employees can relax and refuel themselves with new thoughts. They also offer free food to all their employees.
#2 Inventionland – Pittsburgh, United States
The offices of Inventionland are truly remarkable and brilliant in design. Spanning around 61,000-square-foot, Inventionland facility houses 16 themed sets, including a mockup pirate ship, tree house and giant robot.
#1 Selgas Cano – Madrid, Spain
A transparent building located in the woods near Madrid in Spain is the office of Spanish architecture firm Selgas Cano. Spanish architects Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano designed this office for their own practice.
