9 unusual Google offices with their own unique features
Google has entered into an agreement to lease the former Mayfield Mall in Mountain View, California, near its main headquarters, to renovate it into a new office complex.
The company is known for its creative approach to the design of office space and the creation of the most comfortable working conditions for its employees. We have collected 9 unusual Google offices, each of which, in addition to the standard set for the company, has its own unique features.
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1. Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, is called "Googleplex" and is located on the territory of the famous Silicon Valley. Among other things, it has its own swimming pool, near which a lifeguard is constantly on duty.
2. Google Dublin European Headquarters Google Dublin Campus is a unique office space in Ireland's Dublin Historic District. The recently completed fourth building of the huge complex is 14 stories high and is the tallest commercial building in the city. There is, for example, such a green room with a hollow in which you can discuss work issues.
3. The New York office of the company allows you to work against the backdrop of the New York skyline, and also offers tons of Lego constructors to “unload” the brain during a break.
4. At the beginning of the year, a new Google office in Tel Aviv opened, which features a balanced beauty of modern design and nature. Almost 50% of the space here is occupied by interiors designed in an eco-natural spirit, in which the company's employees can communicate calmly.
5. The company's office in Santa Monica, California, welcomes employees and visitors with colorful surfboards lined up against the wall. I wonder if they can be used for their intended purpose, for example, at lunchtime?
6. Google's office in London encourages its employees to love gardening. On the ninth floor there is a kind of garden with seedlings. Those who wish to plant any seeds must write their name on the waiting list. Employees are given special wooden containers for seedlings, but if someone does not look after their plants, they are deprived of this privilege, and the next person on the list gets his chance. Also here you can find "Grandma's Apartment", "Hobbit Hole" and an ejection seat from a fighter.
7. The main idea of the Canadian office of Google in Toronto was the movement. The space is equipped so that employees spend more time moving around the premises. And on the office balcony you can play mini-golf.
8. At the company's office in Zurich, the hungriest employees can urgently get to the cafeteria by going down such a "non-childish" slide. In addition to the slide, there is a pole, along which you can also go down to the floor below, feeling like a real fireman; numerous various egg booths scattered throughout the office; a relaxation room with aquariums where you can soak in a bath; "ski" zone; penguins and many, many other interesting things.
9. Google's fabulous office in Moscow opened in December 2010. Everyone who wished to participate in the development of its concept. The idea was to create a Google office with a Russian soul. As a result, the choice fell on Russian folk tales and cartoons and films loved since childhood. The entire office is decorated in the style of famous works. So, for example, you can sit on an exact copy of "12 chairs" in the meeting room of the same name, turn the steering wheel in "Vrungel" or count the birds in "38 parrots". Well, the most favorite zone of employees is Lukomorye. (Ilya Varlamov)