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Some Pictures of Facebook’s Menlo Campus

Stephen Searer — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:00:52 +0000

Facebook recently began moving employees from their Palo Alto office space, which was an amazing space built by Studio O+A, to their new campus in Menlo Park (the old Sun campus), which is being completed by Gensler. Gensler is also working on their new London space.

Interestingly enough, the Palo Alto space, while amazing looking, was actually done very frugally because Facebook knew it was only going to be a temporary solution. Project costs were kept to a minimum with furniture being the bulk of the purchasing, rather than costly construction labor.

These images probably don’t do the place justice, though they do give a glimpse of a few areas of the new office. Some of the design seems to be heavily influenced by Studio O+A’s Palo Alto style, with groupings of great looking furniture lumped throughout the office. There are also some standard open desking systems, with some nice drop cabling from the ceiling.

Another interesting feature is their new conference room scheduling system, which looks to be the Steelcase RoomWizard. These are great, but you’ll notice that there are also going to be plenty of impromptu meeting spaces tucked around the campus.

Anyway, hopefully we’re able to get some great architectural photos of the space once its all done to get a better idea of what it is like, but in the meantime, if you haven’t seen these already, enjoy!

Images via Allfacebook.de

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Facebook’s New Seattle Office

Stephen Searer — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:00:34 +0000

Don’t get your hopes up about this post because it is nothing quite like Facebook’s main headquarters, which was designed by the firm o+a. This new space is in buildout stage, and has a lot of growing to do. The space itself is built for engineers, but after seeing Campaign Monitor’s engineering space, I wonder how effective their employees will be.

Regardless, the space has a wonderful view, and has the beginnings of some neat design. The wall coloring and the furniture give the impression that the space will be given a similar, though most likely smaller, makeover as some of the elements are similar. In either case, take this for what its worth, and thanks to Techcrunch for the tip and pics

Check out the space as it is slowly filled, and click the images to enlarge as usual.

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IMAGE CREDIT: First five images snapped by flickr user jdong. Remainder snapped by Andrew Bosworth

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Facebook’s London Office – Video Tour

Stephen Searer — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:30:39 +0000

We’ve had a good amount of Facebook content lately, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t keep adding to it. Luckily for us, Kara Swisher of All Things Digital was able to take a tour of the company’s London space.

This Facebook office is quite a bit different than the new Palo Alto office, but is very nice nonetheless. It has approximately 50 employees and is basically dedicated to sales and regional support, thogh it does have some programming capability. As far as the design goes, there seems to be several elements similar to Palo Alto like the frosted glass, the color schemes, and the names conference rooms. Palo Alto definitely wins on name creativity though. The office is located on Carnaby Street in London.

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Facebook’s New Office – Video Tours

Stephen Searer — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:00:10 +0000

It wouldn’t be right to gloss over Facebook’s new office space with only one post, so here is another, though rather than photos, it is all video. The first video does a great job of showing just how large the Facebook floorplan is, however, if you didn’t like the Blair Witch Project, you many not like the shakiness of it. The second video was shot by Techcrunch and is quite a bit longer and more detailed with lots of questions being asked and answered. Hope you like them!

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The New Facebook Office

Stephen Searer — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:42 +0000

In the past, we’ve posted several times about Facebook’s office space, but nothing quite like today’s post. Facebook recently moved their offices out of several smaller locations spread throughout Palo Alto, CA and into one central, 150,000-square-foot building that used to house Agilent Technologies. Many of the building’s original features either remain or have been repurposed for Facebook’s use.

The space was designed by studio o+a who took time to interview employees to see what they wanted and what would make their work experience better and more productive. Employees collaborated with designers throughout the entire process to ensure the best product possible. Because of the differing departmental needs, small neighborhoods within the building were created giving each department its own unique flavor and vibe.

The company has remained committed to providing free gourmet meals, snacks, and drinks in micro-kitchens located throughout the building. In order to keep the company agile and fresh, employees are encouraged to write on walls, add artwork, and move furniture as they see fit. If I worked there, I’d move my furniture into Mark Zuckerberg’s offices and then challenge him to a game of ping-pong or basketball on the company tables and court.

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IMAGE CREDIT: Photos 1-11 were snapped by Cesar Rubio. Photos 12-17 snapped by Jasper Sanidad. All images used with permission of o + a.

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