Airbnb Office in San Francisco

Airbnb by Gensler, Interior Design Fair and Novo Construction — Airbnb by Gensler, Interior Design Fair and Novo Construction

Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk gave the Gensler Airbnb team, led by Principal Lisa Bottom, a challenge to create a home for Airbnb that would express the company’s unique culture, values and brand. Important considerations included connections to the site and its rich history, connections to the local San Francisco community, sustainability in the design and construction of the space, and the creation of choices for workers in how they could work throughout the day.

To ensure that the Gensler design team fully understood the culture and values that made Airbnb unique, they embedded themselves in Airbnb’s offices for four months. During that time the team was able to experience the company culture and participate in events along with Airbnb employees. With this setup, the project was an unusual collaboration between the Gensler designers and the Airbnb founders, who are designers in their own right.

Dropbox Office ft. China Basin Headquarters

Dropbox by Skyline, Boor Bridges and Geremia Design — Dropbox by Skyline, Boor Bridges and Geremia Design

Dropbox Meeting Room — Dropbox Meeting Room

The design for this young company’s new 85,000 sq. ft. China Basin headquarters provides flexibility for their fast-growing business, while introducing innovative approaches to urban workplace density.

If cubicles are the suburbs then our approach to Dropbox HQ is downtown, with their core product as the design inspiration. The company’s new workspace a simple, well-executed container that maximizes functionality and allows for customization without compromising honest aesthetics. Our design reiterates our belief that all spaces – particularly the all-too-often neglected office – deserve real materials and attentive, appropriately-scaled interventions.