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McDonald’s HQ Workplace / Studio O+A + IA Interior Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

McDonald's envisioned a new central office that would speak to an increasingly urban and health-conscious culture. Part corporate headquarters, part cultural center, school and history museum, the new West Loop office illustrates the power of place to bring people together in a common purpose.

Stevenson School Library / Studio O+A

Paula Pintos — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:00:00 +0000

“Books In the Running Brooks...”. Because most learning, research, and information storage now takes place online, stacks stocked with books are no longer the definition of a library. At Stevenson School, O+A’s design removed shelves of unused books to make way for the hands-on, collaborative forms of learning and study that now shape a student’s life. Essential books remained as a reminder of where the larger culture comes from and to give students access to texts needed for their classes, but the aim of the design was to open up space and delineate its functions.

Slack Headquarters / Studio O+A

Andreas Luco — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000

When Slack asked O+A to create its new multi-floor headquarters in San Francisco one design story presented itself immediately. Slack’s CEO Stewart Butterfeld is an outdoorsman, a hiker who goes off grid every year and recharges in the various types of wilderness—desert, mountains, forest—that make up the Pacifc Crest Trail.

Cisco Meraki / Studio O+A

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:00:00 +0000

It’s not often a design firm gets to go back and check in on past projects. Usually, we visit a few weeks after move-in, but it’s rare that we get to see a space a few years later. Meraki’s expansion to a new floor offered an opportunity to observe how the company had grown into (or in this case out of) the space O+A designed for it four years ago. Rapid growth is a good thing, but it comes with its own challenges: too many workstations, not enough storage. For Meraki’s new space, we put strategies in place that will make the future more manageable.

Microsoft Envisioning Center / Studio O+A

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:01:00 +0000

Microsoft’s Envisioning Center is a lab, and like labs everywhere, it makes use of forms and structures unique to its purpose. The starting point here was the traditional office—workstations and meeting rooms— reimagined as technology-enabled super amenities. In the office of the future the workplace will work with you, anticipating and responding to your needs.

VARA / Studio O+A

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

With San Francisco securing its place as one of the world’s technological hubs once-industrial areas of the city are turning into digital foundries. Unlike the industrial areas of old these foundries attract people who want to live nearby. Vara, the new housing development at 1880 Mission is a living space for urban professionals who may walk to work, work from home, work in a café—or all three.

Capital One Lab / Studio O+A

Cristian Aguilar — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

A bank is not a client to whom designers would normally suggest their most adventurous color choices, but the creative team at Capital One Labs in San Francisco was an exception. This group, which develops apps for easy and effective interface with Capital One’s online customers, wanted their space to reflect the wide open spirit of their team. Capital One Labs is essentially a design studio, and the people who work there wanted it to look like one. They didn’t want to drape it in banker’s gray.

Yelp Headquarters / Studio O+A

Cristian Aguilar — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 01:00:00 +0000

As tech companies take root in urban locations where space is limited, the collegial spirit of Silicon Valley finds new modes of expression in high-rise buildings and converted industrial facilities. Key to our design for Yelp was the concept of a vertical campus– an all-encompassing, self-contained community stacked on multiple floors. Yelp moved its HQ from a smaller site in San Francisco to a classic Financial District high-rise. As with most multi-story occupancies, the design challenge at Yelp was to facilitate group dynamics so that people interact with each other even though they work on different floors.

Cisco Offices / Studio O+A

Cristian Aguilar — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The panoramic view of San Francisco’s water front from Cisco-‐Meraki’s new offices in some ways setsthe theme for O+A’s design. Viewed from almost any angle, the interiors create an impression of light, spaciousness, bright color, long sightlines. Meraki, which was recently acquired by Cisco Systems, takes pride in the elegance of the wireless routers itdesigns. O+A sought to build the space the way Meraki builds its products, with an emphasis on simplicity and seamless ease of use, while remaining mindful of the importance of the Cisco-‐Meraki merger to the company’s identity. Located in the rapidly changing Mission Bay neighborhood, Cisco-‐Meraki’s 110,000-‐square-‐footsuite of offices now becomes Cisco’s principal San Francisco location.

Zazzle / Studio O+A

Javier Gaete — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Zazzle is a custom-‐manufacturing company that produces unique products from artwork and personal materials provided by the client. On Zazzle’s website, users can upload images to create custom, on-‐demand products, or they can purchase products created by other users or participating companies. In creating the company’s new headquarters in Redwood City, Studio O+A drew on Zazzle’s respect for artisanal values and hand-‐crafted quality.

Evernote / Studio O+A

Daniel Sánchez — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:00:00 +0000

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Giant Pixel / Studio O+A

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Giant Pixel is a small company with big aspirations. For its first headquarters, the gaming software developer bought a turn-of-the-century former printing press near San Francisco’s Mint Plaza, an area known for creative redevelopment and modernity drawn from vintage architecture. The design challenge was to fit a variety of distinct work areas into three floors with small footprints—and to do so with both beauty and economy.

AOL Offices / Studio O+A

Andrew Rosenberg — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

AOL launched a company-wide initiative to adapt to changes in online culture—which the company had been instrumental in creating in the first place. As part of this effort, AOL moved its West Coast headquarters to a new corporate space in Palo Alto and brought in Studio O+A to give the office a fresh design.