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Portland creative agency Swift crafts a space that reflects its values

12 Jun 2017

Airbnb's low-tech and flexible Portland office

22 Dec 2015

Chicago’s early skyscrapers provide a fine backdrop||

Chicago Biennial

15 Dec 2015

Top launches at the world's contract design show NeoCon

03 Aug 2015

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

|Suspended ceilings were removed, gaining the workplace an extra 75cm of height|The kitchen acts as a touchdown and meeting area, with metal lockers and a custom-made table|The kitchen acts as a touchdown and meeting area, with metal lockers and a custom-made table|Salvaged cast-iron wall lights (formerly shovels) hang on the exposed columns|The meeting room is encased in aluminium-framed glazing, echoing the look of an old industrial steel door|A 'real' pre-war, industrial, Midtown New York building|"We often create much of the detail of a project ourselves"||

Designers of top NY venues create Midtown office

29 May 2015

1stdibs – the world's most sumptuous office?

21 May 2015

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LinkedIn blocks Google – speaking architecturally

08 May 2015

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Mecanoo's first US project has a 'dutch touch'

08 May 2015

A pink Eileen Gray chair in a suite inspired by a Parisian atelier|Chapter 5, styled as the fictional home of Covell’s daughter|The more feminine Chapter 3 is supposedly Covell’s bohemian Parisian apartment, shared with his lover Claudine, and features softer colours and textures|The first apartment is inspired by George Covell’s early life in Oklahoma|The materials are rustic, utilitarian, with a muted colour palette|“I tend to use more vintage than new; it’s usually better made unless you have a huge budget"|The eclectic kitchen and sun room in the two-bed Chapter 4 suite|Breer hand-painted the upholstery for this sofa herself|Cement tiles by LA firm Kismet have been used throughout|The apartments lie in a 1930s building above the uber-cool Bar Covell in up-and-coming neighbourhood Los Feliz|The entrance is recessed within a brick alcove, so Breer installed a gold door to counteract its anonymity||

LA's Hotel Covell inspired by a fictional muse

30 Apr 2015

BIG & Heatherwick's 'office of the future' for Google

01 Mar 2015

3M's various buildings now overlook a pedestrian area that was once a car park|The plaza planters and walkways are transformed by LED rope lights at dusk|The tangram-inspired design uses 3M's reflective tape, used for road markings|Illuminated ceilings in softly rounded shapes give a retro-futuristic look|Collaboration hubs have touch-screen tables and walls, and soffit display|Streamlined Corian furniture, like the reception desk, features throughout|Bright, pebble-like seating fulfil's 3M's aim to be more informal and less beige|A new steel staircase, one of two inserted to aid circulation between floors||

3M HQ: no sticking to the past

13 Oct 2014

Lovegrove's Anne chair|The Anne chair was inspired by the American courthouse chair|Jephson Robb's Alex sofa|Robb's reductive process saw the Chesterfield buttons reduced to just three|The sofa leg is made of solid wood with a copper band|The classic Chesterfield sofa|Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance's Harper chair|The Harper chair is inspired by the image of Americans sitting on rocking chairs on open verandahs|Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance's inspiration||

Lovegrove for America's oldest furniture company

20 Sep 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

The building is an old laboratory research facility, with the loading dock now a lounge area and breakout space|Facebook’s instantly recognisable branding is prominent throughout|Different coloured carpet tiles from Milliken Contract, define the various departments of the building|Conference rooms each have their own style, and were given their names by staff|Staff are encouraged to personalise the office by adding their own artwork|The furniture was recycled from Facebook’s former offices, which were scattered throughout the city|An orange crane, left over from the office’s previous life as a lab, now supports a conference table|Exposed concrete walkways are the roads through this ‘mini city’|Huge expanses of whiteboard in one of the meeting rooms create the mother of all brainstorming hubs||

Facebook's Palo Alto offices by Studio O+A

07 Dec 2009

The inaugural Brighton Design Show spotlights local creativity

The inaugural Brighton Design Show spotlights local creativity

Perkins and Will's Toronto office is designed for a healthy workplace and culture

Perkins and Will's Toronto office is designed for a healthy workplace and culture

Why Australian office design is ahead of the curve on health and wellbeing

Why Australian office design is ahead of the curve on health and wellbeing