FEATURES · HEADQUARTERS · 2026-10-09
10 of the Most Impressive Company Headquarters in the World
Ten headquarters from seven countries, picked for what is inside them as much as for how they look. For each one: who designed it, how big it is, when it opened, and a video tour you can watch. Every figure comes from a named source on file.
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01 Apple
Cupertino, US · opened 2017
Apple’s campus in Cupertino, designed by Foster + Partners for about 12,000 people. Apple put the cost at about $5 billion.
- Floor area
- 260,129 m² (2,800,003 sq ft)
- People
- 12,000
- Architect
- Foster + Partners
- Certification
- LEED Platinum
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗ Full Apple profile: pay, benefits, office history →
Image: video still from “I visited Apple Park in Cupertino — Campus & Visitor Center Tour” · ThisIsE on YouTube
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02 Google · Bay View
Mountain View, US · opened 2022
Google’s first campus it designed and built itself: two low buildings under tent-like canopy roofs, with an event center for 1,000 people and 240 short-stay rooms for employees.
- Floor area
- 102,193 m² (1,099,995 sq ft)
- People
- 4,000
- Architect
- BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) + Heatherwick Studio
- Certification
- LEED v4 BD+C: NC Platinum
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗ Full Google profile: pay, benefits, office history →
Image: video still from “The first campus built by Google | Bay View and Charleston East” · Google on YouTube
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03 NVIDIA · Endeavor / Voyager
Santa Clara, US · opened 2017
Two triangle-roofed buildings, Endeavor and Voyager, joined by a solar canopy. Inside: a tiered “mountain” of seating and round “treehouses” for meetings.
- Floor area
- 116,128 m² (1,249,990 sq ft)
- Architect
- Gensler
- Certification
- LEED Gold
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗ Full NVIDIA profile: pay, benefits, office history →
Image: video still from “Inside Nvidia HQ: What a $2T Company's Office Looks Like | WSJ Open Office” · The Wall Street Journal on YouTube
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04 Amazon · The Spheres
Seattle, US · opened 2018
The Spheres: glass domes in downtown Seattle where up to 800 employees can work among plants and a living wall.
- Floor area
- 5,465 m² (58,825 sq ft)
- People
- 800
- Architect
- NBBJ
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗ Full Amazon profile: pay, benefits, office history →
Image: video still from “Inside Amazon's Spheres, the Biodome Office in Seattle” · The Wall Street Journal on YouTube
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05 Bloomberg
London, GB · opened 2017
Nine storeys in the City of London built around a 210-metre helical bronze ramp. A Roman temple, the London Mithraeum, sits under the building.
- Floor area
- 102,193 m² (1,099,995 sq ft)
- People
- 4,000
- Architect
- Foster + Partners
- Certification
- BREEAM
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗ Full Bloomberg profile: pay, benefits, office history →
Image: video still from “Bloomberg unveils new European headquarters in London” · AFP News Agency on YouTube
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06 Tencent · Tencent Binhai Mansion
Shenzhen, CN · opened 2017
A “vertical campus”: two towers joined by sky bridges holding a full-size basketball court, a running track and climbing walls.
- Floor area
- 270,000 m² (2,906,253 sq ft)
- Architect
- NBBJ (design architect); Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. / Shenzhen Tongji Architects (architect of record)
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗ Full Tencent profile: pay, benefits, office history →
Image: video still from “Inside Chinese tech giant Tencent's vertical campus | CNBC Reports” · CNBC International on YouTube
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07 LEGO Group · LEGO Campus
Billund, DK · opened 2019
Eight interlocking building “blocks” around a four-storey atrium, bringing LEGO’s Billund departments together on one campus for about 2,000 people.
- Floor area
- 54,000 m² (581,251 sq ft)
- People
- 2,000
- Architect
- C.F. Møller Architects
- Certification
- LEED Gold
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗ Full LEGO Group profile: pay, benefits, office history →
Image: video still from “First Look Inside the New LEGO HQ Office in Denmark!” · Beyond the Brick on YouTube
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08 Booking.com · Booking.com City Campus
Amsterdam, NL · opened 2023
One city campus for about 6,500 Amsterdam staff, with 28 themed breakout spaces — a bouldering wall and aerial hoops among them — and three restaurants.
- Floor area
- 65,000 m² (699,654 sq ft)
- People
- 6,500
- Architect
- UNStudio
- Certification
- BREEAM Excellent
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗
Image: video still from “Booking.com's Amsterdam Campus” · #bookingcomteam on YouTube
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09 adidas · ARENA
Herzogenaurach, DE · opened 2019
ARENA’s three office floors hover above a landscaped base at the entrance of the World of Sports campus, around an atrium with a floating staircase.
- Floor area
- 52,000 m² (559,723 sq ft)
- People
- 2,000
- Architect
- Behnisch Architekten (ARENA); COBE (HALFTIME)
- Certification
- LEED Gold
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗ Full adidas profile: pay, benefits, office history →
Image: video still from “adidas Headquarters Tour | Inside Look at the World HQ, Archive, and Innovation Lab In Herzo” · YouTube on YouTube
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10 NAVER · 1784
Seongnam, KR · opened 2022
Built as a live test bed for robots: delivery robots move between floors in robot-only elevators, alongside an in-house clinic and startup space.
- Floor area
- 168,179 m² (1,810,262 sq ft)
- People
- 5,000
- Architect
- SAMOO Architects & Engineers
- Certification
- LEED Platinum
Watch the video tour on YouTube ↗
Image: video still from “1784 Inside | 사옥을 누비는 100대의 자율주행 로봇들 [Rookie]” · NAVER on YouTube
How we picked: headquarters on the index with a confirmed floor area, a named architect and at least one video tour, chosen so that no two come from the same kind of building. The order is ours and is not a ranking. Floor areas and headcounts are as published; we do not estimate.