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A thriving new campus boosting the spirit of innovation..

The thriving campus of Google Ireland consist of four buildings located in the heart of Dublin’s historic docklands district! With over 47’000 m2 of unique office space, the campus represents an amazing workplace for Google’s ever growing sales, marketing, finance and engineering teams, coming from more than 65 countries and speaking over 45 languages. Masterplanned by the Swiss architecture studio Evolution Design in collaboration with local firm Henry J. Lyons Architects, the campus represents the Google EU Headquarters and serves as the center for sales and finances in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The tallest of the four campus buildings is the newly constructed 14-storey building 'Google Docks' which is also the tallest commercial building in Dublin. Two other buildings – 'Gasworks House' and 'Gordon House' – have been home for Google already and were completely refitted.

The fourth building,'One Grand Canal' – fondly referrred to as ‘1GC’ – was newly fitted out.

STIMULATING INNER CITY CAMPUS

For the Masterplan the architects had to find a smart solution for the nearly impossible – to create a stimulating and interactive campus within a bustling environment in the midst of the inner city. Apart from innovative office spaces, the Masterplan required the successful organisation of a multitude of additional functions, such as 5 restaurants, 42 micro kitchens and communication hubs, game rooms, fitness center, pool, wellness areas, conference, learning & development centre, tech stops, over 400 informal and formal meeting rooms and phone booths, etc.

“All these additional functions are part of the holistic work philosophy of Google, encouraging a balanced, healthy work environment and enabling as much interaction and communication between the Googlers as possible. In fact, as empirical researches and studies show, interaction and communication are crucial for creativity and innovation,” says architect Tanya Ruegg from Evolution Design.

In order to achieve these important goals, the locations of all functions were very carefully balanced between the different floors and buildings. In addition, a bridge is planned to be built to connect 'Google Docks', ‘Gasworks House' and 'Gordon House' together, encouraging an easy flow between buildings and people.

UNIQUE BUILDING IDENTITIES

Google Docks. The newly constructed 'Google Docks' is the main campus building where each of the 14 floors represents the unique identity and strong values of Google.

The Floor Themes include:

‘SEARCH’ – dedicated to finding any information as a fast, seamless experience

‘APPINESS’ – dedicated to the popular Google Apps

‘BE GREEN’ – expresses Google’s ecological focus

‘@HOME’ – dedicated to Google’s aspiration of giving its users the feeling of being at home

‘CREATE’ – expresses the free, unrestrained and open-minded spirit of Google, opening endless opportunities to its users and allowing them to create

‘ORGANIZE’ – dedicated to Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful

‘INNOVATE’ – expresses Google’s boundlessly advanced, dynamic and progressive character

The main area of each floor is the communication hub which is integrated among various functionalities depending on each floor – from open plan and flexible working spaces, to micro kitchens and informal meeting rooms, alternative working zones, game areas, cafés, gym and even a 25m indoor swimming pool. These spectacular hubs are created as unique highlights of each floor, bringing an exciting fresh quality to the working experience.

The distinctive character of each floor theme is also reflected through different materials, colours and shapes with either literal or more subconscious connection to the particular theme dedicated to the floor.

Gasworks House, 1GC and Gordon House

‘Gasworks House’ has been redesigned representing EMEA’s characteristical natural and human-made landscapes, beginning from the sky, down to mountain peaks, rural and urban worlds, forests, sands and at last water.

'1GC' played homage to the Irish culture and its many myths, legends and traditions. It includes a replica Irish pub and a library space based on the Long Room in Trinity College. The design inspiration for ‘Gordon House’ was taken from the multicultural nature of the company, blending the colours of country flags from around the world in a virtual corridor of colour. This created a well-connected and stimulating working environment embracing diversity and function as well as being unique, flexible and sustainable.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability is a key focus area for Google and indeed all Google real estate projects work to LEED accreditation. Google Docks received LEED Platinum certification: The first LEED Platinum certification in Ireland.

Architect: Evolution Design in Association with Henry J. Lyons Architects

Masterplan, Google Docks, 1 Grand Canal, Gasworks House

Design and Construction:

Project Management, QS: Gardiner and Theobald

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: Ethos, AxisEng

Structural Engineering: Aecom 

LEED Consultancy: Mott McDonald

Planning Consultancy: John SpainAssociates Fire and DAC

Consultancy:MauriceJohnson&Partners

Catering Consultancy: TriconPLC

Acoustic Engineering: I-Acoustics

Photographer: Peter Würmli

RECEIVED AWARDS

Fit Out Project of the Year 2013 Award

IDA International Design Awards 2013 "Interior Design Office" - Gold

A' Design Awards 2014 "Interior Space" - Platinum

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Google Campus Dublin / Camenzind Evolution + Henry J. Lyons Architects

• Architects: Camenzind Evolution , Henry J. Lyons Architects
• Area Area of this architecture project Area:  47000 m²
• Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011
• Photographs Photographs: Peter Wurmli
• Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers:   Troldtekt
• Structural Engineering : AECOM
• Mechanical & Electrical Engineer : AxisEng , Ethos

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• Project Management, Qs:  Gardiner & Theobald
• Mechanical And Electrical Engineering:  Ethos, AxisEng
• Leed Consultancy:  Mott McDonald
• City:  Ballsbridge
• Country:  Ireland
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Text description provided by the architects. Google Ireland opens the doors to its thriving new campus: Four buildings located in the heart of Dublin’s historic docklands district! With over 47’000 m2 of unique office space, the campus represents an amazing workplace for Google’s ever growing sales, marketing, finance and engineering teams, coming from more than 65 countries and speaking over 45 languages.

Masterplanned by the Swiss architecture studio Camenzind Evolution in collaboration with local firm Henry J. Lyons Architects, the campus represents the Google EU Headquarters and serves as the center for sales and finances in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The tallest of the four campus buildings is the newly constructed 14-storey building 'Google Docks' which is also the tallest commercial building in Dublin. Two other buildings – 'Gasworks House' and 'Gordon House' – have been home for Google already and were completely refitted. The fourth building,'One Grand Canal' - fondly referrred to as ‘1GC’ - was newly fitted out.

STIMULATING INNER CITY CAMPUS For the Masterplan the architects had to find a smart solution for the nearly impossible – to create a stimulating and interactive campus within a bustling environment in the midst of the inner city. Apart from innovative office spaces, the Masterplan required the successful organisation of a multitude of additional functions, such as 5 restaurants, 42 micro kitchens and communication hubs, game rooms, fitness center, pool, wellness areas, conference, learning & development centre, tech stops, over 400 informal and formal meeting rooms and phone booths, etc.

All these additional functions are part of the holistic work philosophy of Google, encouraging a balanced, healthy work environment and enabling as much interaction and communication between the Googlers as possible. In fact, as empirical researches and studies show, interaction and communication are crucial for creativity and innovation.

In order to achieve these important goals, the locations of all functions were very carefully balanced between the different floors and buildings. In addition, a bridge is planned to be built to connect 'Google Docks', ‘Gasworks House' and 'Gordon House' together, encouraging an easy flow between buildings and people.

UNIQUE BUILDING IDENTITIES Google Docks. The newly constructed 'Google Docks' is the main campus building where each of the 14 floors represents the unique identity and strong values of Google.

The Floor Themes include:

‘SEARCH’ – dedicated to finding any information as a fast, seamless experience ‘APPINESS’ – dedicated to the popular Google Apps ‘BE GREEN’ – expresses Google’s ecological focus ‘@HOME’ – dedicated to Google’s aspiration of giving its users the feeling of being at home ‘CREATE’ – expresses the free, unrestrained and open-minded spirit of Google, opening  endless opportunities to its users and allowing them to create ‘ORGANIZE’ – dedicated to Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it  universally accessible and useful ‘INNOVATE’ – expresses Google’s boundlessly advanced, dynamic and progressive character

The main area of each floor is the communication hub which is integrated among various functionalities depending on each floor – from open plan and flexible working spaces, to micro kitchens and informal meeting rooms, alternative working zones, game areas, cafés, gym and even a 25m indoor swimming pool. These spectacular hubs are created as unique highlights of each floor, bringing an exciting fresh quality to the working experience.

The distinctive character of each floor theme is also reflected through different materials, colours and shapes with either literal or more subconscious connection to the particular theme dedicated to the floor.

Gasworks House, 1GC and Gordon House

‘Gasworks House’ has been redesigned representing EMEA’s characteristical natural and humanmade landscapes, beginning from the sky, down to mountain peaks, rural and urban worlds, forests, sands and at last water.

'1GC' played homage to the Irish culture and its many myths, legends and traditions. It includes a replica Irish pub and a library space based on the Long Room in Trinity College.

The design inspiration for ‘Gordon House’ was taken from the multicultural nature of the company, blending the colours of country flags from around the world in a virtual corridor of colour. This created a well-connected and stimulating working environment embracing diversity and function as well as being unique, flexible and sustainable.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability is a key focus area for Google and indeed all Google real estate projects work to LEED accreditation. The Google Dublin Campus is currently awaiting the prestigious LEED Gold and LEED Platinum certification.

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Google Offices – Dublin

• Evolution Design
• Client Google ,
• size 507,000 sqft
• Location Dublin , Ireland ,
• Industry Technology ,

Google has recently moved their Dublin operations into a brand new complex spanning four buildings and 47,000+ m2. Masterplanned and designed by Camenzind Evolution , the campus has been structured to resemble the a bustling city environment.

Camenzind Evolution has sent us the following briefing on the project:

“Google Ireland opens the doors to its thriving new campus: Four buildings located in the heart of Dublin’s historic docklands district! With over 47’000 m2 of unique office space, the campus represents an amazing workplace for Google’s ever growing sales, marketing, finance and engineering teams, coming from more than 65 countries and speaking over 45 languages. Masterplanned by the Swiss architecture studio Camenzind Evolution in collaboration with local firm Henry J. Lyons Architects, the campus represents the Google EU Headquarters and serves as the center for sales and finances in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The tallest of the four campus buildings is the newly constructed 14-storey building ‘Google Docks’ which is also the tallest commercial building in Dublin. Two other buildings – ‘Gasworks House’ and ‘Gordon House’ – have been home for Google already and were completely refitted. The fourth building,’One Grand Canal’-fondly referrred to as ‘1GC’ – was newly fitted out. STIMULATING INNER CITY CAMPUS For the Masterplan the architects had to find a smart solution for the nearly impossible – to create a stimulating and interactive campus within a bustling environment in the midst of the inner city. Apart from innovative office spaces, the Masterplan required the successful organisation of a multitude of additional functions, such as 5 restaurants, 42 micro kitchens and communication hubs, game rooms, fitness center, pool, wellness areas, conference, learning & development centre, tech stops, over 400 informal and formal meeting rooms and phone booths, etc. All these additional functions are part of the holistic work philosophy of Google, encouraging a balanced, healthy work environment and enabling as much interaction and communication between the Googlers as possible. In fact, as empirical researches and studies show, interaction and communication are crucial for creativity and innovation. In order to achieve these important goals, the locations of all functions were very carefully balanced between the different floors and buildings. In addition, a bridge, designed by HLW with Reddy Architecture, is planned to be built to connect ‘Google Docks’, ‘Gasworks House’ and ‘Gordon House’ together, encouraging an easy flow between buildings and people. UNIQUE BUILDING IDENTITIES Google Docks. The newly constructed ‘Google Docks’ is the main campus building where each of the 14 floors represents the unique identity and strong values of Google. The Floor Themes include: ‘SEARCH’ – dedicated to finding any information as a fast, seamless experience ‘APPINESS’ – dedicated to the popular Google Apps ‘BE GREEN’ – expresses Google’s ecological focus ‘@HOME’ – dedicated to Google’s aspiration of giving its users the feeling of being at home ‘CREATE’ – expresses the free, unrestrained and open-minded spirit of Google, opening endless opportunities to its users and allowing them to create ‘ORGANIZE’ – dedicated to Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful ‘INNOVATE’ – expresses Google’s boundlessly advanced, dynamic and progressive character The main area of each floor is the communication hub which is integrated among various functionalities depending on each floor – from open plan and flexible working spaces, to micro kitchens and informal meeting rooms, alternative working zones, game areas, cafés, gym and even a 25m indoor swimming pool. These spectacular hubs are created as unique highlights of each floor, bringing an exciting fresh quality to the working experience. The distinctive character of each floor theme is also reflected through different materials, colours and shapes with either literal or more subconscious connection to the particular theme dedicated to the floor. Gasworks House, 1GC and Gordon House ‘Gasworks House’ has been redesigned representing EMEA’s characteristical natural and humanmade landscapes, beginning from the sky, down to mountain peaks, rural and urban worlds, forests, sands and at last water. ‘1GC’ played homage to the Irish culture and its many myths, legends and traditions. It includes a replica Irish pub and a library space based on the Long Room in Trinity College. The design inspiration for ‘Gordon House’ was taken from the multicultural nature of the company, blending the colours of country flags from around the world in a virtual corridor of colour. This created a well-connected and stimulating working environment embracing diversity and function as well as being unique, flexible and sustainable. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability is a key focus area for Google and indeed all Google real estate projects work to LEED accreditation. The Google Dublin Campus is currently awaiting the prestigious LEED Gold and LEED Platinum certification.”

Floor Area : 47,000 m2 Architecture & Design : Camenzind Evolution in association with Henry J. Lyons Architects  (Masterplan, Google Docks, 1 Grand Central, Gasworks House) Architecture & Design : HLW International in association with Reddy Architecture (Gordon House, Bridges) Project Management, QS : Gardiner and Theobald Mechanical and Electrical Engineering : Ethos, AxisEng Structural Engineering : Aecom LEED Consultancy : Mott McDonald Planning Consultancy : John Spain Associates Fire and DAC Consultancy : Maurice Johnson & Partners Catering Consultancy : Tricon PLC Acoustic Engineering : I-Acoustics Project Photography :   Peter Würmli

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Irish Offices Interior Architecture: EU Headquarters for EMEA – by Evolution Design

17 Feb 2016

Google Dublin Campus

Architects: Evolution Design with Henry J. Lyons Architects

Google Campus Dublin – Google EU Headquarters, Republic of Ireland

A thriving new campus boosting the spirit of innovation

Photos by Peter Wurmli

The thriving campus of Google Ireland consist of four buildings located in the heart of Dublin’s historic docklands district! With over 47’000 m2 of unique office space, the campus represents an amazing workplace for Google’s ever growing sales, marketing, finance and engineering teams, coming from more than 65 countries and speaking over 45 languages.

Masterplanned by the Swiss architecture studio Evolution Design in collaboration with local firm Henry J. Lyons Architects, the campus represents the Google EU Headquarters and serves as the center for sales and finances in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The tallest of the four campus buildings is the newly constructed 14-storey building ‘Google Docks’ which is also the tallest commercial building in Dublin. Two other buildings – ‘Gasworks House’ and ‘Gordon House’ – have been home for Google already and were completely refitted. The fourth building,’One Grand Canal’ – fondly referrred to as ‘1GC’ – was newly fitted out.

STIMULATING INNER CITY CAMPUS

For the Masterplan the architects had to find a smart solution for the nearly impossible – to create a stimulating and interactive campus within a bustling environment in the midst of the inner city. Apart from innovative office spaces, the Masterplan required the successful organisation of a multitude of additional functions, such as 5 restaurants, 42 micro kitchens and communication hubs, game rooms, fitness center, pool, wellness areas, conference, learning & development centre, tech stops, over 400 informal and formal meeting rooms and phone booths, etc.

“All these additional functions are part of the holistic work philosophy of Google, encouraging a balanced, healthy work environment and enabling as much interaction and communication between the Googlers as possible. In fact, as empirical researches and studies show, interaction and communication are crucial for creativity and innovation,” says architect Tanya Ruegg from Evolution Design.

In order to achieve these important goals, the locations of all functions were very carefully balanced between the different floors and buildings. In addition, a bridge is planned to be built to connect ‘Google Docks’, ‘Gasworks House’ and ‘Gordon House’ together, encouraging an easy flow between buildings and people.

UNIQUE BUILDING IDENTITIES

Google Docks. The newly constructed ‘Google Docks’ is the main campus building where each of the 14 floors represents the unique identity and strong values of Google.

The Floor Themes include:

‘SEARCH’ – dedicated to finding any information as a fast, seamless experience

‘APPINESS’ – dedicated to the popular Google Apps

‘BE GREEN’ – expresses Google’s ecological focus

‘@HOME’ – dedicated to Google’s aspiration of giving its users the feeling of being at home

‘CREATE’ – expresses the free, unrestrained and open-minded spirit of Google, opening endless opportunities to its users and allowing them to create

‘ORGANIZE’ – dedicated to Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful

‘INNOVATE’ – expresses Google’s boundlessly advanced, dynamic and progressive character

The main area of each floor is the communication hub which is integrated among various functionalities depending on each floor – from open plan and flexible working spaces, to micro kitchens and informal meeting rooms, alternative working zones, game areas, cafés, gym and even a 25m indoor swimming pool. These spectacular hubs are created as unique highlights of each floor, bringing an exciting fresh quality to the working experience.

The distinctive character of each floor theme is also reflected through different materials, colours and shapes with either literal or more subconscious connection to the particular theme dedicated to the floor.

Gasworks House, 1GC and Gordon House

‘Gasworks House’ has been redesigned representing EMEA’s characteristical natural and human-made landscapes, beginning from the sky, down to mountain peaks, rural and urban worlds, forests, sands and at last water.

‘1GC’ played homage to the Irish culture and its many myths, legends and traditions. It includes a replica Irish pub and a library space based on the Long Room in Trinity College.

The design inspiration for ‘Gordon House’ was taken from the multicultural nature of the company, blending the colours of country flags from around the world in a virtual corridor of colour. This created a well-connected and stimulating working environment embracing diversity and function as well as being unique, flexible and sustainable.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability is a key focus area for Google and indeed all Google real estate projects work to LEED accreditation. Google Docks received LEED Platinum certification: The first LEED Platinum certification in Ireland.

Google Barrow Street Dublin 4 Ireland Floor Area: 47’000 m2 Completion: Phased, from 2011 to present

CREDITS – ARCHITECTURAL Evolution Design in Association with Henry J. Lyons Architects Masterplan, Google Docks, 1 Grand Canal, Gasworks House

CREDITS – DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM Project Management, QS: Gardiner and Theobald Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: Ethos, AxisEng Structural Engineering: Aecom LEED Consultancy: Mott McDonald Planning Consultancy: John Spain Associates Fire and DAC Consultancy: Maurice Johnson & Partners Catering Consultancy: Tricon PLC Acoustic Engineering: I-Acoustics

RECEIVED AWARDS Fit Out Project of the Year 2013 Award IDA International Design Awards 2013 “Interior Design Office” – Gold A’ Design Awards 2014 “Interior Space” – Platinum

PHOTOGRAPHY © Peter Wurmli

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Take a look around Google’s newest office in Dublin, Google Docks

From the front there’s little indication that this is the office of one of the most significant international companies in Ireland.  The monolithic building, clad in black and yellow, looks like any modern commercial office – functional but sleek.

Google Docks, Dublin

As you approach the building from the adjacent rail line you pass old dock buildings, now converted into SME offices and apartments as well as dilapidated structures once used as the city’s mills. Getting off the train and looking up to the building you can see indications of modern life –  a busy gym on one floor and above that a stylish restaurant.

Walk to the front of the building and it becomes a little clearer who occupies this structure. Large red, blue, green, and yellow flower pots line the entrance and looking through the glass fronted reception it’s possible to make out similarly coloured shapes rising from the floor.

Turn the corner to the glass wall and it becomes clear what those shapes are – they floor-to-ceiling tall letters spelling out G O O G L E . This is Google’s newest, and biggest, office in Dublin City.  This is Google Docks, Dublin .

For most of us this is the closest we’d get to looking around one of Google’s famously funky offices ( although Google has never been shy about letting people explore their working space ).

But how does Google create its iconic work spaces?

In Europe, at least, many of Google’s office redesigns are done by a German company called Camenzind Evolution .  They’ve worked on Google offices from Dublin to Switzerland, to Tel Aviv in Israel and in the past week (from what we can tell) they’ve updated their site to include their latest work on Google’s Dublin campus .

Google Docks

Google operates four buildings in Dublin City, The Gasworks, Gordon House, 1 Grand Canal, and Google Docks ( formally The Montevetro ).  Of these, the latest and the largest is Google Docks.

Since buying the building in 2011 Google has spent a significant amount of time upgrading and personalising it; and the result of this can be seen on the Camenzind Evolution website .

From chain-mail curtains to woodland themed work booths and canteens the company’s work in Google’s offices is certainly unique.  But if you thought that Google was all fun and no work than have a look at the floor plans , they reveal that, as funky as the offices look, they’re still most definitely offices ( not that they look too shabby ).  Much of the floor space is designated as desk space with many other areas designed as meeting areas or “alternative working areas.”

Google Docks office. Credit: Google

Only a few places are set aside as “special communal areas” or informal areas.  But with that said the communal areas are pretty nice – who wouldn’t want swings in their offices or a chase long with Lego Star Wars Super Star Destroyer to play with ?

And this isn’t the end of Google’s customisations, construction work continues on Google’s campus; with the company having secured planning permission for the development of a land bridge to connect three of its buildings (Google Docks, Gordon House and the Gasworks).  The glass and steal bridge will stand eight meters above the street and, according to planning permission, will be illuminated.

Along with that Google also has plans to convert a ground-floor car park into a 380 seat auditorium.

And if that isn’t enough for you, have a look at Google’s Tel Aviv office , which has also been designed by Camenzind Evolution, and was opened in November 2012.

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Google Offices, Dublin

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Designed by Evolution Design in collaboration with Henry J. Lyons Architects, Google Campus’ offices in Ireland are spread across 47,000 square metres featuring a colourful and vibrant ambience that helps to create a bustling environment across the four buildings in the heart of Dublin, Ireland. The designers were challenged to create a stimulating environment that would allow a multitude of diverse areas – five restaurants, 42 micro kitchens and communication hubs, game rooms, a fitness centre, pool, learning and wellness areas, conference rooms, phone and booths and more. These additional spaces focused on creating a balanced and interactive work atmosphere that would stand true to the holistic philosophy of Google.

Each floor is built on a central theme – ‘SEARCH’ is dedicated to finding any information as a fast, seamless experience, ‘HAPPINESS’ is dedicated to the popular Google Apps, ‘BE GREEN’ expresses Google’s ecological focus, ‘CREATE’ expresses the free, unrestrained and open-minded spirit of Google, ‘ORGANIZE’  is dedicated to Google’s mission to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.  Each floor has a distinctive color, well chosen materials and shapes that reflect the mood and purpose, and lastly ‘INNOVATE’, which expresses Google’s advanced, dynamic and progressive character.

The main area of each floor is the communication hub, which is integrated among various functionalities depending on each floor – from open plan and flexible working spaces, to micro kitchens and informal meeting rooms, alternative working zones, game areas, cafés, gym and even a 25 metre indoor swimming pool. These hubs are created as the unique highlights of each floor, bringing an exciting fresh quality to the working experience. The distinctive character of each floor theme is also reflected through different materials, colours and shapes.

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The Google headquarters in Ireland – behind the scenes

We offer a look behind the scenes at the Google headquarters in Dublin. Four buildings make up the campus. More than 47,000 square feet of office space all departments are housed - marketing, finance and engineering. Employees in more than 65 countries and speak more than 45 languages.

Google headquarters in Ireland - modern, innovative and welcoming

The major project - the new Google office in Ireland was designed and built by architect architects Camenzind Evolution Studio in collaboration with Henry Lyon. The project objective was to create a stimulating and interactive environment for employees. The architects tried to design a multifunctional space - five restaurants, 42 small kitchens, recreation areas, a gym, pool, spa and more than 400 meeting rooms formal and informal research center are just the highlights from the inside. All spaces have been designed for the work environment interactive and communicative philosophy, according to Google. The buildings are connected by a bridge.

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Google headquarters is thematically divided into different zones - each topic is presented on a stick. The theme of the "Search" focuses on the expansion of the search results, the issue of "Google Apps" is limited to innovative and popular Google applications that protect "environmentally friendly concepts" nature "Google Home "is a familiar environment for users to do" creativity, organization and innovation "in search of new challenges and interesting applications. It is scientifically proven that certain combinations of colors awaken the imagination and capacity building performance - it is not surprising that are red-green-yellow-blue chosen exactly as accents inside.

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Google Ireland to develop new Dublin office campus for 1,700 workers

by Leigh Mc Gowran

Google office building in Dublin. Image: © Nicola.K.photos.adobe.com

The planner’s report said Google’s proposal will develop an ‘underutilised plot’ and make a ‘positive contribution’ to the local area.

Google Ireland has been given the go ahead to establish a new campus in Dublin’s city centre that will accommodate a reported 1,700 workers.

Dublin City Council granted planning permission to Google Ireland on 27 January to increase the height of the Treasury Building on Grand Canal Street from six to eight storeys.

The company is refurbishing and extending the building, previously the headquarters of the National Treasury Management Agency, which it bought in 2020 for €120m. The extension will provide an additional 7,802 sq m of office floor space.

The planner’s report stated that Google’s proposal would “significantly regenerate and likely rejuvenate an existing office block”. It noted that given the central location of the site, the height of existing structures and nearby buildings, as well as public transport options, the site could be considered an “underutilised plot”.

The report added that the development could “make a positive contribution” to the area with new street frontage, landscaping and upgraded public footpaths. It said the proposed changes will “likely redefine and improve the streetscape along Grand Canal Street” while generating new employment and increasing footfall, which could “have a significant economic benefit for the local area”.

When developed, the Treasury Building is expected to form part of a new city centre company campus with the nearby Annex building.

Google currently employs around 8,000 people in Dublin, where it has its EMEA headquarters, and it already has bases in a number of buildings in the vicinity.

The company revealed last year that it decided not to go ahead with plans to lease the seven-storey Sorting Office in Dublin’s docklands for up to 2,000 employees, raising concerns that the company was pulling back on its operations in the city or on in-person workspaces.

But in the planning application for the Grand Canal Street site, consultants for Google told Dublin City Council that “while the future landscape of workplaces is uncertain, Google Ireland is fully committed to this exemplar redevelopment that reuses the old, imagines the new and seeks to set the standard for future offices in Ireland”.

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'the foundry' expected to boost business tourist revenue by 17 per cent.

Google’s offices on Barrow Street in Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Google is building a new 'digital innovation centre' in Dublin that will bring up to 15,000 extra overseas business visitors to the city each year. The 15,000sq ft premises, called the Foundry, is Google's first such investment outside of the US and will be officially unveiled by the Taoiseach in September.

The Foundry is currently in the final stages of construction. It will host conferences and research gatherings for the staff of thousands of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) each year from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The new facility, which is located in its Gordon House building on Barrow Street in the docklands, contains a purpose-built 360-seat auditorium, meeting rooms, catering and broadcasting facilities. It also houses a Google merchandising store, its first outside of its Mountain View headquarters in California, although the shop will not be open to the public.

Google declined to reveal the value of the investment, but the company has been working on the project for more than a year and it involved a complete redesign of a large section of the Liam Carroll-developed Gordon House. 'Ideas factory' John Herlihy, who heads up Google's Irish operations, told The Irish Times yesterday that the facility will operate as an "ideas factory" for small businesses.

Google will invite SMEs from across the EMEA region to participate in conferences and research events hosted by it. It will share with the businesses consumer-behaviour data and analysis mined from its website, and help them identify marketing trends and design digital marketing campaigns.

“We will essentially act as digital consultants for these companies. It is more or less a digital teaching facility and it is the first time we will have tried to do anything like this here,” said Herlihy.

The centre has more than 70 conference bookings pencilled in for this year, following its September opening.

Google said there were 5,000 overseas visitors due to attend these events, in addition to attendees from Irish-based business owners and staff. Spin-offs If it were to maintain that rate of bookings, it will bring 15,000 extra business tourists from overseas to the city annually. Most of the events will be themed by business sector: for example, Google is hosting an event for European retail businesses in September.

“We hope there will be spin-offs for hotels and restaurants,” said Herlihy.

According to figures published by Fáilte Ireland, there were 154 international conferences in Dublin last year bringing 85,000 delegates and €106 million to the city.

In a full year, the Google investment could boost this by about 17 per cent.

Fáilte Ireland yesterday welcomed the plan: "Business delegates are high-yield visitors spending on average much more than that of a leisure tourist – we would hope that if they will like what they see, they may choose to bring their own corporate meeting to Ireland in the future."

Official figures show business tourists generally spend about €1,400 each per visit, about triple that of a regular tourist.

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Hello everyone,

You will be allowed in as far as the reception and you could ask them but if you want a tour I suggest you do so in writing before you venture in but it is only an office block and you can see most of what is inside by standing in Grand Canal Street train station.

I'm not sure it's possible without a valid business reason unless you know someone inside that can get you signed in.

You can always browse this to get a peek : http://officesnapshots.com/2013/06/10/google-dublin-office-design-headquarters/

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From our AI research center in Ghana to our beehives in the Googleplex, take a tour of our offices and data centers around the world.

Twenty-five years ago, Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched Google Search from a small garage in a California suburb. Today, Google has offices and data centers on six continents, in over 200 cities. In honor of our 25th birthday, we’re taking a look at some of the most interesting facts about a few of our offices and data centers across the globe. Take a world tour with us and discover something new.

Johannesburg, South Africa

When you enter our Johannesburg, South Africa office, the first thing you see is an art installation made by local craftswomen from nearby communities. The women used 46 kilometers (about 28.5 miles) of beads to build the piece, which reads "Howzit" — South African slang for "How are you doing?"

The reception area in our Johannesburg office greets you with a “Howzit?”

The “Hiveplex”

Mountain View, United States

In 2010, we set up bee hives around Googleplex, our Mountain View headquarters. The project was aimed in part at supporting the area’s bee population as well as giving the Google kitchens access to fresh local honey. Today, Googlers of all levels of beekeeping skill at several Google campuses are able to help check hives, collect honey and learn more about the importance of bees to our ecosystem.

A few colorful beehives on our Mountain View headquarters when they were first set up in 2010. Photo credit: Emily Wood

Teaching old buildings new tricks

Various locations, United States, Ireland & Finland

In pursuit of our goal to hit net-zero emissions across our operations and value chain by 2030, we’ve invested in “ adaptive reuse projects ,” where we renovate existing buildings rather than rely on solely new construction. One of those is our office in Dublin, Ireland, which is a 150-year-old former Flour Mills building at Boland Mills. Other examples of adaptive reuse office projects include Playa Vista, formerly an aircraft hangar; and Pittsburgh and New York City’s Chelsea Market buildings, both formerly Nabisco factories. (In fact, the factory in Chelsea Market is where the Oreo cookie was invented!) We’ve also repurposed various Google data centers from already existing structures, including a paper mill in Finland and a coal mine in Alabama.

The Google office in Dublin, Ireland, was formerly a flour mill. Photo credit: David Dickens

Park ‘n charge

United States

Google continues to invest in its corporate electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for employee vehicle charging in the U.S. — striving to provide electric vehicle charging stations for 10% of the total parking spaces at our Bay Area, California headquarters. To date, we’ve installed more than 5,000 electric vehicle charging ports at our offices.

Many electric vehicle-owning Googlers in the U.S. can charge their cars while they work using employee vehicle charging stations.

Going global

Tokyo, Japan and Hamburg, Germany

Our first international office opened in Tokyo, Japan in 2001, and our second in Hamburg, Germany. Today, we’ve got offices and data centers on six continents, in over 200 cities globally.

Googlers chat and collaborate in one of our Tokyo office cafés.

A breath of fresh air

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

The design of our Belo Horizonte office brings the outside indoors: It features native vegetation from the Cerrado biome, the second largest biome in Brazil after the Amazon. Among the plants featured in the interior landscape project are over 360 orchids, grown from seedlings cultivated in a controlled environment that allows them to be pathogen-free. The cultivation process helps us monitor the office's air quality, since sub-optimal air quality levels are tied to plant infestation. As the orchids grow, we replace them with new seedlings, donating the mature plants to nearby communities.

The indoor landscaping installation in our Belo Horizonte, Brazil office features native vegetation from the Cerrado biome, the second largest biome in Brazil after the Amazon.

Accessible design

Seoul, South Korea

When we recently designed a brand new floor in Google's Seoul, South Korea office, we incorporated feedback from Googlers who are part of our disability alliance in order to create a more accessible space. The plans — which include braille signage, wider spaces for wheelchair mobility, and automatic sliding doors — are part of our commitment to “universal design,” or designing spaces for people of all abilities.

Our office in Seoul features paths that are wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair’s 360-degree turns.

Welcome to Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Google's United Arab Emirates office in Dubai is our only office located in a desert — although Dubai, a coastal metropolitan city, is far more than just sand dunes. The office reflects the diversity of the surrounding region, from the names of the meeting rooms to our hallway themes.

The reception area in Google's Dubai office.

AI in Africa

Accra, Ghana

In 2018, we opened our first AI Research Center in Africa, in Accra, Ghana . The center houses research labs that explore how we can use AI to help solve pressing problems affecting millions of people both in Africa and globally, like mapping buildings in remote locations to provide better electricity. Our local researchers collaborate with research teams across the globe to work on AI-based tools that create change for communities across Africa and the world.

Our first AI research center in Africa, located in Accra, Ghana

Dragonscaling the roof

No photons wasted! The Bay View campus in California has a roof that can’t be missed; its “dragonscale” solar canopy provides electricity for the building's interior or is collected as sustainable power for other uses. This first-of-its kind design is made up of nearly 90,000 solar panels across both Bay View and Gradient Canopy.

An aerial view of our Bay View campus, showing the “dragonscale” solar roof

Homage to local artists

Montreal, Canada

The new Google Montreal, Canada office, which opened in 2021, pays homage to the vibrant city and its historic neighborhoods. It features carefully curated art from local artists and makers, including pieces by Karen Desparois (art pictured below); Nadia Myre , a Montreal-based artist from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation; Bryan Beyung , a street artist and painter born in Montréal to a Chinese-Cambodian refugee family; and Ngan Siu-Mui , a Hong Kong-born artist who studied traditional Chinese art before immigrating to Canada.

Behind the reception desk in Google’s Montréal office hangs a quilt by Karen Desparois, a local quiltmaker whose designs tell stories using geometry as an organizing principle. The reception desk quilt features an easter egg for Googlers and visitors to solve.

A love letter to the ATL

Atlanta, United States

At Google Atlanta , you’ll find the WERD Cafe, named for the first Black-owned and -programmed radio station in the United States. The design of the entire Atlanta office pays homage to the city's cultural, artistic and musical history, including artwork from more than 20 local artists, a rainbow LGBTQ+-themed staircase and (functional!) boombox sculptures.

The WERD Cafe in our Atlanta office pays homage to the first Black-owned and -programmed radio station in the United States.

Sticky-note art

London, England

More than 200 talented Googlers have contributed to the sticky-note art gallery in Google’s 6 Pancras Square London office. Some of the creations include Pikachu, Mario and Luigi from Super Mario Bros. and various "Doctor Who" characters.

A certain sticky-note art character watches over Googlers chatting in the London office

Goodbye, refrigeration

St. Ghislain, Belgium

In 2010, as part of our goal to make our global operations more sustainable, we opened and began operating our first energy-efficient data center, near St. Ghislain in Belgium. This was our first data center in the world to run entirely without refrigeration, instead using a more sustainable advanced evaporative cooling system that relies on water from a nearby industrial canal. The St. Ghislain location is also the site of a solar plant, built in 2018 — the first solar facility we built on a data center facility site.

Our data center in St. Ghislain, Belgium

Standing lunch date

Tokyo, Japan

Our Tokyo Stream office is right in the middle of energetic Shibuya and overlooks the iconic Scramble Crossing. The office ramen bar is inspired by off-street ramen shops around Shibuya, and serves this delicious noodle soup with “standing” style seating.

The ramen bar in the Google office in Tokyo, Japan

Hydropowered up

New York City, United States

This year, Google’s New York City offices started running on clean energy from upgraded hydropower installations. Matching office electricity consumption with clean energy sources means we can rely less on power plants powered by fossil fuels which, over time, can result in cleaner air and a more sustainable future for our planet. The update to New York City offices together with our recently announced clean energy deals in Europe and the Bay Area are all part of our commitment to operating our offices and data centers on 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030 .

The electricity consumed by offices at Pier 57 in New York City are matched with carbon-free energy sources.

Papel picado

Mexico City, Mexico

Some of the artwork in Google’s Mexico City, Mexico office are inspired by “papel picado,” a decorative Mexican folk art made of paper cut into elaborate designs. (We've also celebrated papel picado with Doodles ).

Design elements inspired by papel picado decorate areas of our Mexico City office

All aboard!

Paris, France

Before it was a workplace for Googlers, our Paris, France office building was a 19th-century Parisian residence called the Hôtel de Vatry. The owners later sold it to a railway company, which used it as their headquarters. Some original details of the space remain — like a ceiling featuring the names of the destination cities of the trains in the West of France.

Google’s Paris, France office building was built in the 1800s.

Urban farm-to-table

The Google Brazil office in Belo Horizonte shares a building with the first urban farm in Latin America. Salads served at our employee cafe are partially sourced from the farm, too, creating a literal farm-to-table experience for our employees (the produce travels just 17 floors via elevator!).

The cafe in the Google office in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where the walls are lined by 2,116 spice jars referencing minerals found in the state, by the artist Máximo Soalheiro.

Restored prairie land

Tennessee, United States

Google data centers are some of the most efficient in the world, even as computing demand grows. Beyond the sustainability aspirations we have for our own operations, we are also committed to investing in the environmental priorities of our local communities. For example, we’re working to restore more than 100 acres of prairie land surrounding our Tennessee data center to benefit the local ecology.

Developing developers

In 2019, we opened the Developer Space @ Google Singapore , located on our campus there. It's a place where local developers and startups come to learn, connect, engage and be inspired. At Developer Space, visitors can share resources and take hands-on mentorship and networking opportunities with various Google teams. It also hosts events like a monthly open mic night focused on different tech topics, and a developer academy program for women.

The Developer Space @ Google Singapore

GBikes abound!

GBikes, a common sight on our Mountain View campus, launched in 2007 to help Googlers get around. In 2019, there were 1.9 million completed trips across the entire GBike fleet — that’s 765,000 miles, which is about 31 times around the Earth!

Gbikes are a fun way to get around campus.

In the arena

Detroit, United States

Google's Detroit office is in the Little Caesars Arena complex — the home of the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Pistons, as well as other entertainment and community events.

Google’s Detroit office is located in an arena complex.

Hardware engineering, represent!

New Taipei, Taiwan

When our first office in Taiwan opened in 2006, it had just one employee — now we have Googlers working in several sites across Taiwan, which is home to our largest hardware engineering hub outside of the U.S.

Taiwan is home to our largest hardware engineering hub outside of the U.S.

Stan the T. rex

An infamous part of Google lore concerns Stan, a giant bronze Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that sits at the heart of our Mountain View headquarters. Legend has it that Stan is meant to remind us that changing and evolving are good things. But while Stan may be a replica of a fossil, he’s still the life of the party — he often dresses up for special occasions, like Pride.

Stan keeps a watchful eye over the Mountain View campus while reminding Googlers that changing and evolving are good things. Photo credit: Emily Wood

Okay, and one more office fact (to grow on):

Design plans for the long-delayed G.C.H.E.E.S.E office

Just cheesin’

In what has been our lengthiest process ever, we are still interviewing candidates for the Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering (G.C.H.E.E.S.E.) — our first office on, yes, the moon. This team will work in an office that's just a smidge behind schedule, since we announced it would open in 2007. Let’s just say we’re taking it one small step at a time!

25 years of Google — and a look at what’s ahead

As we celebrate our birthday, here’s a look back at how our products have evolved over the past 25 years — and how our search for answers will drive even more progress over the next quarter century.

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Maggie Rogers Adds Fall 2024 Tour Dates

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Maggie Rogers has announced the second part of her Don’t Forget Me Tour . The second leg takes place in October and November. See all of Rogers’ tour dates below.

Tickets to a handful of Rogers’ shows are available exclusively in-person at box offices. She explained in a press statement:

On the last album, Surrender , I decided to go old school and sell tickets in-person in an effort to reduce fees, combat bots, and get tickets directly into the hands of fans. That process was so fun; this year, I’m hosting “Box Office Week,” where I’ve set some special prices for fans who want to come purchase tickets in person. Here’s how it’s going to work… from April 13th to April 20th, in every city where I’m playing an arena this fall, you can go to the local box office to choose your seats and buy your ticket for a special in-person price. You can find all the exact information for your city HERE . In NYC, Philly, Boston, and Chicago, I’m going to be in person selling tickets directly to you at the box office. After the box office day festivities, I’ll be playing a show that very same night in those four cities where me and my band will perform Don’t Forget Me for the very first time.

Rogers’ new album, Don’t Forget Me , is out tomorrow, Friday, April 12.

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05-04 Charlotte, NC - Lovin’ Life Music Fest 05-23 San Diego, CA - Gallagher Square at Petco Park 05-24 Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre * 05-27 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre * 05-31 Irving, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory * 06-01 The Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion * 06-03 Rogers, AR - Walmart AMP * 06-05 Indianapolis, IN - Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park * 06-07 Cincinnati, OH - The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park * 06-08 Milwaukee, WI - BMO Pavilion * 06-09 Sterling Heights, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre * 06-11 Alpharetta, GA - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre * 06-14 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 06-16 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion * 06-19 Raleigh, NC - Coastal Credit Union Music Park * 06-20 Charleston, SC - Credit One Stadium * 06-22 Miami, FL - FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park * 08-15 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion # 08-17 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion # 08-18 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion # 08-21 Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel-Stadium # 08-22 Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel-Stadium # 08-24 Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel-Stadium # 08-25 Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel-Stadium # 08-29 Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park # 08-30 Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park # 09-01 Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park # 09-02 Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park # 09-04 London, England - Hackney Empire 09-05 London, England - Hackney Empire 10-09 Austin, TX - Moody Center ! 10-15 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center ! 10-17 Boston, MA - TD Garden ! 10-19 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden ! 10-22 Toronto, Ontario - Coca-Cola Coliseum ! 10-24 Chicago, IL - United Center ! 10-25 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center ! 10-29 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena ! 10-30 Portland, OR - Moda Center ! 11-01 San Francisco, CA - Chase Center ! 11-02 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum !

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