Swiss Life’s ‘Cocoon’ Office – Zurich

January 6th, 2010 by Stephen

Camenzind Evolution is officially 3/3 on creating wonderful office spaces. The first two were Google’s Zurich and Stockholm locations, and this time they have another hit with Swiss Life’s ‘Cocoon’ – located in Zurich, Switzerland. This office is not only pleasing to look at from the outside, but is an excellent example of how good design can create a very usable interior space.

Instead of packing employees into small cubicles, this Swiss Life location is filled with large offices and work areas that allow employees to work both independently and together. One of the many fabulous features are the glass walls that offer visual openness alongside audible privacy. The fact that every office has a huge exterior window gives so much natural light you might wonder if they even need lamps. The views of beautiful Zurich can’t hurt morale either. The Cocoon was also designed to eliminate barriers of communication between the various inhabitants.

With the large open atrium and spiraling pathway, it is difficult to know how many floors the Cocoon houses. is it only one? Or do you count the number of elevator stops? While they don’t have many of the frills other offices we’ve shown offer, it is probably better in the long run to work in a well-designed and pleasing atmosphere.

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IMAGE CREDIT: Various images shot by Ferit Kuyas, Nick Brandli, and Romeo Gross. Images sent and used courtesy of Setfan Camenzind, of Camenzind Evolution. Please give credit where credit is due.

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Google’s New Office – Stockholm, Sweden

December 24th, 2009 by Stephen

Merry Christmas Eve! Today, we are lucky enough to be bringing something brand new to the internet. Pictures from inside of Google’s newest office space in Stockholm, Sweden. This new space was designed by Swedish Architecture firm, Camenzind Evolution, the designers of the now famous Google Zurich Office. See ALL Google offices here.

When beginning to design the office, it was learned that the employees wished to maintain a small-company atmosphere and leave a Swedish fingerprint on the space, all while combining several Swedish offices into a centralized location for engineers and the marketing and sales divisions.

The office is filled with everything we know to be Google, though with a bit less of the very extravagant elements the Zurich space contained. The conference rooms are themed with famous Swedish inventors like Linne, Ericsson, Nobel, and Bohlin. Several of the other rooms have unique themes as well. Google just seems like a fun company to work for, and this office doesn’t change that belief in the slightest. Plenty of places to play on different games, a great looking kitchen area, and of course many places to lounge make this Google office one of the best. And naturally, this branch of Google pays employees with meatballs.

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IMAGE CREDIT: Images sent our way by Stefan Camenzind, Photos snapped by Bruno Ehrs. Please link to us if you use any images.

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Gensler Baltimore: More Pictures

December 18th, 2009 by Stephen

Earlier this week, Jose showed us the sleek and clean offices of Gensler Baltimore, and we were actually able to acquire a few more images of the space. The new ones are larger and give broader, sweeping views of the space as compared to our first post. If you weren’t impressed, theres nothing new here, but if you liked the space, these might give you a better picture of the space as a whole.

The Baltimore office is currently in the process of achieving LEED CI Gold rating as well.

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IMAGE CREDIT: Images snapped by the Fantastic Mr. Michael Moran, and sent over by Elaine Asal.

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OKIA / Tank Offices

December 17th, 2009 by Stephen

We get to see a lot of great offices on this site, and again that is definitely the case with OKIA/Tank’s collective offices located in Tallinn, Estonia. OKIA is a web agency and Tank is Estonia’s leading advertising company, which together seem like an ideal fit for sharing office space.

There are just too many things to like in this office. Instead of just being plain, modern, and open, this space really has some warm elements that add a lot of character to it. The wood that is speckled throughout mixes very well with the greens. And of course they have a fish pond. Jose thinks it’s where employees keep their lunches, but in any case, there aren’t really any better ways to upstage a fishtank than that. Bunnies, picket fences, ultra-awesome bathrooms, and sauna-looking office pods. How can you not be inspired by at least one thing?

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IMAGE CREDIT: Images sent over by Kaupo.

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Gensler Baltimore Office

December 15th, 2009 by Jose

We’ve looked at architecture firm Gensler a couple times before, and we’re doing it again because all their offices are just so pretty. Remember their Chicago Office? That was a good one. And who could forget their lovely San Francisco Office? Well today we’re checking out their office in Baltimore, Maryland, and it’s pretty great, too.

It’s a new office, which explains why it’s so darn shiny and clean. They a really awesome feature that we don’t see very often in other offices (probably because they are illiterate) and that is a library chock full of books. Instead of playing video games, these guys read! That is crazy. If I hired an architecture firm to build something for me, I’d pick the ones that read for fun, not the ones that spend their working hours playing Halo. For shame.

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