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World's 25 most amazing offices

Last updated on: December 29, 2011 13:33 IST
Apple's spaceship office.

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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Google's office in Taiwan.

Google

Google offices across the world have a unique style. They are designed to make workplaces attractive and comfortable for employees.

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Facebook's office.

Facebook

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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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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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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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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Saatchi's conference room.

Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency network with 140 offices in 80 countries.

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Red Bull office.

Red Bull

Red Bull's office in London is funky and impressive.

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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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Hyves office.

Hyves

Hyves is a social networking site in The Netherlands.

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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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Canon office.

Canon

Cannon Design revamped the building to build a three-storey interior gallery, rooftop penthouse and garden.

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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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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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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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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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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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Disney Store Headquarters.

Disney Store Headquarters

The Disney Store headquarters was designed by Clive Wilkinson Architects.

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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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YouTube office.

YouTube office

YouTube's office in San Bruno, California even has a large swimming pool.

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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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Mother's office.

Mother, London

Mother is a creative agency with offices in London, New York and Buenos Aires.

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T Mobile office.

T Mobile

Based in Bonn, T-Mobile International is a holding company for Deutsche Telekom.

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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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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.