The goal of GitHub’s new office expansion was to soften the harsh, masculine feel of their current brick and timber-framed building while providing a variety of opportunities for working at different times of the day.
O+A’s challenge at Blend Labs in San Francisco was to bring the nimbleness and comfort of a modern tech office to a financial services company eager to take the angst out of mortgage transactions.
Upon entering this dynamic space, one’s mind might not immediately jump to the quaint yet historic past embedded into the bones of this Battery St. location. In fact, if not for the humble design elements of Douglas fir beams, high ceilings, and stall like enclosures, there would be no indication of its original purpose.
The corporate spirit of Splunk, the international data software company headquartered in San Francisco, is innovative, passionate, disruptive, open, and fun. A predictable, staid headquarters was out of the question.
Unity has emerged as the world’s leading software platform for universally accessible game development. Embodying the company’s democratized approach, Unity’s new San Francisco headquarters was designed as an open framework for building next generation gaming tools.
Located in San Francisco’s mid-market neighborhood, 1355 Market Street is a landmark office building. The project co-locates several of Microsoft’s diverse product teams within one building allowing the site to serve as a vertical campus.
Project: Airbnb Headquarters Architects: WRNS Studio Project team: Kyle Elliot, Wrignt Sherman, Edwin Halim, Stephanie Herbert, Jane Chua, Wesley Wong, Pauline Souza, Sam Nunes Location: San Francisco, California, USA Area: 107,000 sq ft Photography: Mark Mahaney, Jereny Bittermann Airbnb, an online marketplace for vacation rentals that had 4 million hosts at the end of 2020,
Project: FIS Mobile Office Design: Blitz Architecture and Design Architecture: Gary Lee Partners Location: Jackson Square – San Francisco, California Size: 25,000 square feet Photography: Jasper Sanidad Blitz Architecture has designed a new office space for global payment technology company FIS Mobile located in San Francisco, California. FIS, the world’s largest global provider dedicated to banking
