The TBWA/ Hakuhodo in Tokyo reflects the traditional-yet-sophisticated touch of Japanese wooden art. This workspace came into existence through a three-way collaboration of TBWA with Hakuhodo, a Japanese ad major, and Klein Dytham, an architecture company. The workspace has won awards for its design, which is inspired from an old bowling alley. There is a lawn with lush green grass and an adjacent open space with offices, project spaces, and meeting rooms.

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Lightspace is a company that rents office space and venues for meetings and conferences in Brisbane, Australia. Their offices are created from a converted warehouse, featuring a rustic industrial feel that is both chic and relaxed.  They specialise in offering open plan office spaces within a vibrant entrepreneurial community, ideally suited  for small creative businesses.

If you’re looking to rent office space, meeting rooms or conferencing venues please check out what eOffice has to offer.

Carr is a multi-skilled firm of Architects and Interior Designers. It  has established itself as one of Australia’s leading architecture and interior design firms having demonstrated a capacity to push conventional boundaries. They recently designed the offices of Norton Rose in Canberra Australia. Norton Rose ia a Global multi-disciplinary law firm with offices around the globe.

The brief was to create a progressive, innovative workplace with a strong sense of identity specific to the unique requirements of the Canberra team and tenancy. Of equal importance, given the recent merger of international law practice Norton Rose with Deacons in Australia, was continuity of NR’s global values and identity.  The views of Canberra’s natural surroundings provide a strong connection to place throughout the workfloor. Canberra’s unique urban planning and relationship to indigenous Australia has strongly influenced design decisions from the creation of graphic and signage details to the selection of colour.

Just as importantly key efficiency factors, specifically increased density of workplace population, flexible environments facilitating cost effective space management and environments encouraging interaction, have been introduced.

Architects Rosan Bosch recently designed the LEGO offices in Denmark. The design has made it possible for the designers to work closer together, in an environment that reflects the playfulness and ingenuity of the LEGO brand itself.

The open space at the centre of the room creates a dynamic flow where informal meeting places create a setting for social interaction and exchange of information. Towards the sides, there is room for concentrated work, and specially designed means of exhibition such as the show-off podiums and the model owers give the designers a chance to display their work to each other, facilitating the sharing of knowledge and ideas across the department. On the first floor, an expansion of the balcony has made room for five small and three large meeting rooms in each their own colour with glass facades and a view of the large, open space.

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More and more companies are adopting agile working arrangements, we recently saw how Microsoft embraced coworking in Amsterdam, now it is the turn of Unilever in Switzerland. The offices were designed by Camenzind Evolution, the ethos behind it being that the company doesn’t care where the work is done, as long as it gets done. As we know, one of the benefits of coworking and hotdesking is that is can reduce overheads. In Unilever’s case adopting an agile workplace saved it about 40% on real estate overheads. It seems that hotdesking and agile working is no longer a thing of the future, not only does it increase employee satisfaction, it also makes business sense. Here at eOffice we’re glad this trend is going from strength to strength, if you’d like to learn more about how you can take advantage of hotdesking and coworking check out our main website to see what we have to offer.

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An international idea contest was held for Tallinn’s new City Hall in Estonia and the best concept was presented by the Bjarke Ingels Group from Denmark together with Adams Kara Taylor of the UK.

The purpose of the international idea contest was to find the best architectural solution for the new administrative building of the city government that will be situated on a 35,000 m2 plot near the Linnahall building. The contest for the new city was met with a great interest, 81 architects and their teams were willing to present an entry. Of those, the international jury chose the best 9 to shortlist as finalists into the second phase of the competition. By May 15 the finalists handed in their final solutions. The international jury’s decision to award BIG’s entry first place in the competition was unanimous and was presided by the vice mayor Taavi Aas.

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Just a short drive from Schipol airport, the Microsoft office in Amsterdam is a world away from the traditional corporate office space which can be seen replicated all over the world. This office is completely permanent desk free, in other words the office fully employs hotdesking. For such a large office space this is no mean feat! The company wanted to put the focus firmly on coworking and collaboration, employees are allowed the freedom to work in the area of the office which is the most suitable for the type of work they are doing at any given time. Microsoft was so committed to the idea of hotdesking in Amsterdam that there aren’t even offices or assigned desks for senior employees.

According to a press release the benefits of coworking and hotdesking to Microsoft are clear:

• A 30% reduction in real estate costs
• Increased productivity
• Enhanced market reputation and ability to attract and retain top talent
• Increased employee mobility
• Benefits for the environment

Baker & McKenzie is one of the world’s largest law firms, with more than 3,750 locally admitted lawyers in 70 offices worldwide they are a truly global institution.  This new innovative office space is located in Australia, and was designed by Bates Smart Architects.

Extensive user group consultation was undertaken to determine Baker & McKenzie’s needs and aspirations, resulting in a fit out that aims to promote a team focused, collaborative and learning focused work environment. Their dynamic workspace features team clusters of highly glazed single and dual occupancy enclosed offices and democratic planning in which no individual owns the window. Exciting shared staff spaces have a comfortable, residential feel and are connected by a new interconnecting stair and striking  sculpture. The outcome is a timeless, welcoming, grounded space with an innovative twist – a reflection of Baker & McKenzie’s brand and culture.

If you’re looking for an Office in Australia, or meeting and conference rooms please click the links to see what eOffice can offer!

J&A Garrigues is one of Spain’s most prestigious the law firm’s. Their offices are located in Seville and they recently moved from their old headquarters with the view to modernise the firms image. The task was undertaken by the Spanish architects  EDDEA.

If you are looking for office space in Spain, eOffice has many locations across the country including office in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville.

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The typical office desk is usually characterised as a simple and formal piece of office furniture. Kuubo takes an innovative approach to the humble office desk, it was created by the Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa for the Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra. The desk aims to be stylish and functional by providing elegantly hidden extra storage space, something many offices are in dire need of.

Fukasawa has designed a versatile work surface that gives users different  options that go against this trend by reducing everything to the bare essentials. It can be considered a team centre, functioning as a temporary workstation, conference and meeting table, a manager’s desk with space for clients etc..

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