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Towering trees and lush plants fill Amazon’s new rain forest-inspired work space in Seattle, bringing in the outside world to boost productivity and well-being. Photo: Alamy
Employees stand in a break room designed as a subway station at the Google building in Zurich. The office boasts a massage room, band rehearsal space, games room, napping areas, a sky lounge, movie room and slides. Photo: Reuters
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As a manufacturer of children’s toys, Lego’s office in Denmark takes a more playful approach to the workspace. Photo: Alamy
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Lego's office in Denmark has an open floor plan with bright furniture and a curved metal slide. Photo: Pinterest
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Lego's office in Billund, Denmark, has giant building blocks in the facade. Photo: Alamy
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Airbnb’s office in San Francisco has spaces divided into 16 identical neighbourhoods, with each housing a meeting room, phone rooms and large communal work tables. Photo: Getty Images
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Each of the four floors in Airbnb's San Francisco office uses a different city as a theme. Photo: AFP
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Towering trees and lush plants fill Amazon’s new rain forest-inspired work space in Seattle, bringing in the outside world to boost productivity and well-being. Photo: Alamy
Employees stand in a break room designed as a subway station at the Google building in Zurich. The office boasts a massage room, band rehearsal space, games room, napping areas, a sky lounge, movie room and slides. Photo: Reuters
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As a manufacturer of children’s toys, Lego’s office in Denmark takes a more playful approach to the workspace. Photo: Alamy
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Lego's office in Denmark has an open floor plan with bright furniture and a curved metal slide. Photo: Pinterest
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Lego's office in Billund, Denmark, has giant building blocks in the facade. Photo: Alamy
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Airbnb’s office in San Francisco has spaces divided into 16 identical neighbourhoods, with each housing a meeting room, phone rooms and large communal work tables. Photo: Getty Images
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Each of the four floors in Airbnb's San Francisco office uses a different city as a theme. Photo: AFP
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Towering trees and lush plants fill Amazon’s new rain forest-inspired work space in Seattle, bringing in the outside world to boost productivity and well-being. Photo: Alamy
How Covid-19 is changing the way we work for ever
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