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Wild West Coast: Feldman Architecture converts an old stables building

11 May 2018

The organic form slots into the San Francisco cityscape|||

Snøhetta’s SFMOMA

12 Jul 2016

Acxiom's corporate cultural shift by Studio O+A

28 Jul 2015

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Uber hails new workplace of 'neighbourhoods'

15 Jun 2015

The office is contained in an old t-shirt factory|The factory windows were appropriated from elsewhere in the building and create light-flooded interiors|Break-out spaces incorporate a mix of designer and Californian furniture|The pavilions reference the Californian timber-framed houses|Each pavilion is unique in shape and the combination of materials used|A ping-pong table and a chess table reflect the two different sides of the business|A ping-pong table and a chess table reflect the two different sides of the business|Gagne created the table to echo the design of the Eames chairs|Sail-like dividing screens were installed to break up the main space when necessary|The garden contains custom-made metal planters|An old elevator carriage repurposed as a coat cupboard|'Sails' create unusual room dividers||

Bitcoin developer Chain.com's San Francisco HQ

24 Mar 2015

Uber's elevator lobby with tinted-mirror walls|Workstations are positioned by the windows for maximum light exposure|The corridor contains standing-tables|The reception desk made from marble and dark wood|The "war room"||

Uber's San Fran HQ by Studio O+A

10 Nov 2014

Meeting alcoves border the newly installed staircase|Feminine charms: the reception and conference room|School desks were custom powder coated in a yellow hue used for BMW's|Oak floors feature in the high-traffic areas. The furniture is by US firm Poppin|The executive spaces, where desks sit atop pink rugs, separated by curtains|Elaborate archways from a salvage company mark out the boardroom area|Decorative architectural mouldings create the feel of a Parisian apartment|Designer Josef Medellin painted the mural behind the mantelpiece||

Grow Marketing's San Francisco HQ by Josef M Design

02 Sep 2014

Adobe's downtown San Francisco office, an 'edgy' sibling to its global HQ|There are two seats for every person, out at a desk, the other elsewhere|The office space contains a mix of standing and sitting desks|Booths within the kitchenette feature videoconferencing facilities|Team Relax, one of two loungey spaces at either end of the office|The Multipurpose town hall space. Furniture can be quickly reconfigured||

Adobe's San Francisco HQ by Valerio Dewalt Train

25 Jul 2014

StorkStand attaches to the back of office chairs to create a mini standing desk|It can hold up to 23kg weight||

Kickstarter-funded mini standing desk

24 Jul 2014

A lime green Smeg and hot pink stripes on the polished concrete|A sculptural stairwell: O+A believes functional elements offer unique opportunities for design|The classroom area includes raw materials such as wood, steel and metal|Bicycle racks are incorporated as a design feature|The tree-house like "nook" for employees to rest in|Hot pink cushions and a glass phone booth beneath the staircase|A quiet spot upholstered in Paul Smith plaid||

Capital One Labs' HQ, by Studio O+A

03 Jul 2014

The coffee area is manned by baristas from local coffee shops, who work at Yelp on rotation|Custom-made rope lighting in the coffee area||O+A incorporated reclaimed doors with fluted or frosted panels|indow seating on the 5th floor (R)|Welcome to Yelp|The Yelp reception space|Guests can help themselves to confectionary from the old sweet shop style jars on the windows||

A vertical campus for Yelp's San Francisco HQ

10 Jun 2014

Airbnb's HQ recreates the homes for rent on its site|Timothy Goodman's wall of illustrations in the top-floor cafeteria|A meeting room styled like a Milan apartment|...and other modelled on a Paris home|Assigned desks complement the mix of breakout and meeting space|The President's Room, a clubby counterpoint to the other meeting rooms|A room based on the founder's apartment (complete with fake chairs)|The 100-year-old warehouse building in San Francisco's SoMa district||

Airbnb's San Francisco offices by Gensler

26 Mar 2014

A nature-themed reception, with a desk made from bowling-alley flooring|Twitter's corporate blue is put to good use in cheerful breakout areas|Down time: A glass-enclosed games room sits next to a snack station|Creating a multipurpose central hub, or 'Commons', was a key part of the brief|Green deer - part of the Twitter HQ's forest theme - on the prowl|A large roof terrace overlooks the skyline||

Twitter HQ by Lundberg Design and IA Interior

23 Mar 2014

Pinterest needed new digs after its popular saw staff go from 12 to 300|Wheeled worktables in the main atrium can quickly be reconfigured|A cuboid 'war room' where staff members can get some intense work done|The four large white cubes create various private spaces over two levels|Workstations are spread throughout the building|A relatively stripped-back approach is intended to encourage customisation||

Pinterest HQ in San Francisco

22 Jan 2014

Pivoting doors close off the box-like conference room to the rest of the space|The early-20th-century dancehall was taken back to brick and timber|Open-tread stairs clad in reclaimed timber lead up to the new mezzanine|Up on the mezzanine, the steel-mesh balustrade matches the desk partitions|The desk and other furniture are from Coalesse, a client of Tolleson's|Skylights and glass walls help light to penetrate|Flos's Skygarden pendant gangs in the kitchen|The kitchen table is used as extra meeting space||

Tolleson's San Francisco HQ by Huntsman AG

06 Dec 2013

O+A's brief was to mix 1960s sci-fi with a raw workshop aesthetic|It all goes a bit sic-fi ski lodge in the upstairs lounge area||Glass-box meeting space gets a twist with Death Star artwork|Nerdy: a steel screen shows the opening lines of Star Wars in binary code|||

Giant Pixel office by O+A

22 Aug 2013

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