Conventional office design is passe.
Many offices are now turning into stylish spaces, looking cool, comfortable and attractive.
Take a tour across the world's most amazing workplaces...
Apple's spaceship office
Apple's spaceship office was Steve Jobs's dream. Jobs wanted to build a 'spaceship'-type campus in Cupertino, California, to house his ever-growing staff.
The building which resembles a spaceship is situated on a 155-acre campus, south of San Francisco. The will be completed by 2015 and will house around 12,000 people.
The building could be the 'best office building in the world', Jobs had said.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Google's office in Taiwan.Google offices across the world have a unique style. They are designed to make workplaces attractive and comfortable for employees.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Facebook's office.San Francisco-based design firm Studio O+A designed Facebook's new corporate headquarters in Palo Alto's Stanford Research Park.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Pixar Animation Studios.Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar headquarters is spread over a huge campus in California. Its design is very creative and has lively light settings.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Selgas Cano office.Selgas Cano office
Spanish architecture firm Selgas Cano's office looks as if it is in the middle of a forest.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Unileverhaus.Unileverhaus
The Behnisch Architekten-designed Unileverhaus recently won the 'World's Best Office Building' award at the World Architecture Festival Awards.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Saatchi's conference room.Saatchi & Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency network with 140 offices in 80 countries.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Red Bull office.Red Bull
Red Bull's office in London is funky and impressive.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: JWT office.JWT
JWT in New York has a creative workplace.
JWT, the fourth largest marketing communications network in the world, has more than 200 offices in over 90 countries.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Hyves office.Hyves
Hyves is a social networking site in The Netherlands.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Innocent Drinks office.Innocent Drinks
Innocent Drinks is a UK-based company founded in 1999 whose primary business is producing smoothies and flavoured spring water.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Canon office.Canon
Cannon Design revamped the building to build a three-storey interior gallery, rooftop penthouse and garden.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Pallotta Teamworks office.Pallotta Teamworks
Pallotta Team Works is a for-profit, privately owned company. The office cubicles are built in stacks, one on top of the other.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: TBWA Hakuhodo office.TBWA Hakuhodo office
The design was a creative joint venture between TBWA, a global advertising company, and Hakuhodo, Japan's second-largest advertising agency. It is located in an eight-storey amusement complex in downtown Tokyo.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Yahoo office in Barcelona.Yahoo! Barcelona
A theme from Spanish Artists was incorporated to build this award winning office in Barcelona.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Bahnhof's office.Bahnhof's 'White Mountain' Office
Bahnhof is a Swedish Internet service provider founded in 1994.
Bahnhof data center is inside the secure bunker Pionen, which is buried inside the White Mountains in Stockholm.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: ANZ Centre.ANZ Centre
This beautiful and spacious headquarters won the World Architecture Festival's Interiors and Fitout of the Year award.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Disney Store Headquarters.Disney Store Headquarters
The Disney Store headquarters was designed by Clive Wilkinson Architects.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: DTAC Headquarters.DTAC Headquarters
Designed by Hassel, the office is a modern and lively place. It also has a running track, indoor soccer, table tennis and concert spaces.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: YouTube office.YouTube office
YouTube's office in San Bruno, California even has a large swimming pool.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Groupon office.Groupon, Chicago
Groupon prides to have a great office. It is a deal-of-the-day website operating in the United States and Canada.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Mother's office.Mother, London
Mother is a creative agency with offices in London, New York and Buenos Aires.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: T Mobile office.T Mobile
Based in Bonn, T-Mobile International is a holding company for Deutsche Telekom.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: Nike office.Nike
The 1500-square metre Nike building in London has won several awards for the most innovative office interior.
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World's 25 most amazing offices
Image: ING Amsterdam.ING Amsterdam
The ING Group's corporate headquarters, ING House was designed by Roberto Meyer and Jeroen van Schooten.
The light-infused building features a 250-seat auditorium, foyer, restaurant, and library.
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