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F-00Famous offices

Famous office buildings: 5 design profiles

Five office buildings that are well documented in public sources. Each profile gives the key facts with links, explains how the design works, and lists ideas a small office can borrow.

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Apple ParkApple Park is Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California. Its main building is a four-storey ring of curved glass around a large, planted courtyard. Staff began moving in in April 2017.
The SpheresThe Spheres are three linked glass domes at Amazon's headquarters in downtown Seattle. Inside is a planted workspace where staff can meet and work among about 40,000 plants. They opened in January 2018.
Bloomberg LondonBloomberg's European headquarters stands in the City of London, near St Paul's Cathedral. It opened in October 2017, won the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2018 and scored 98.5% against the BREEAM sustainability method at design stage, which makes it a widely cited example of sustainable office design.
The EdgeThe Edge is an office building in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam. It houses Deloitte's Dutch headquarters and became known for its record sustainability score and the thousands of sensors that help run it, a widely cited example of sustainable office design.
Johnson WaxThe Johnson Wax Administration Building in Racine, Wisconsin, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1939. Its Great Workroom, a single open hall held up by slim, tree-like columns, is one of the best-known open-plan offices ever built.
Aerial view of a large ring-shaped building with a green courtyard, surrounded by trees and suburbs
F-01ProfileApple Park, CupertinoApple Park in Cupertino: size, architect, opening date, energy and the design ideas a smaller office can borrow...
Three linked glass domes surrounded by green trees in downtown Seattle
F-02ProfileThe Spheres, SeattleThe Amazon Spheres in Seattle: three glass domes with about 40,000 plants, used as workspace. Size, architect...
F-03ProfileBloomberg's European headquarters, LondonBloomberg's London office: Foster + Partners design, BREEAM score, the bronze ramp, ceiling petals and the Roman...
F-04ProfileThe Edge, AmsterdamThe Edge in Amsterdam: PLP Architecture design, 40,000 m² floor area, 28,000 sensors and a record BREEAM score...
F-05ProfileJohnson Wax Headquarters, RacineFrank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax Administration Building: the Great Workroom, its tree-like columns, glass tubes...