Big Tech firms are telling staff to RTO. See inside some of the coolest offices of major tech companies. --[Reported by Umva mag]

The domes, called Amazon Spheres, opened in 2018 and are conservatories that comprise part of its Seattle headquarters. The Spheres have more than 40,000 plants, fish tanks, and four stories of waterfalls.

According to Amazon's website, the Spheres were designed to offer employees a "serene" place to work. They are also open to the public.

The futuristic headquarters comprises a 500,000-square-foot building called Endeavor and a 750,000-square-foot building called Voyager. Both are "Star Trek" references.

Nvidia paid just over $374 million in May for the land, which includes eight buildings and two parking facilities where its headquarters is based, but it already owned the Endeavor and Voyager buildings, The San Francisco Standard reported.

The project's design principal, Hao Ko, previously told Business Insider that its design concept is "rooted in that idea that people do their best work when they are provided with a choice."

Ko told BI the ceiling material was selected to help absorb noise. An expansive "four-acre workspace" also incorporates lush parks and "treehouses" designed for communal gatherings.

Ko also said Nvidia challenged the Gensler team to create spaces that are inspired by the surrounding nature.

According to Ko, "By refining the design of the workplace based on how people use it, we will continue to drive more innovation and a more resilient future."

The music and audio streaming platform occupies several floors of the World Trade Centre in New York.

There's also an arts and crafts room and a separate events space for new product launches.

It has some fun features including a "that's so 90's" gaming room, a separate arcade games room, and an artist listening room.

The New York Business Journal reported that the office has several statues of cats around it called "The Podcats."

Mattias Stålhammar, Spotify's senior director and global head of workplace, told the publication that the statues are placed around the building as a nod to its pet playlist and its many podcast categories.

The company set up bee hives around its headquarters in 2010 to support the local bee population.

Googlers also get access to fresh local honey and some of them even help with beekeeping and collecting honey.

It's Google's second-largest square footage assemblage of the company's buildings after its 111 Eighth Avenue building in New York City, which is 2.9 million square feet.

Googleplex's architect Clive Wilkinson designed it after winning a competition in 2004, KQED reported.

He worked directly with Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to develop the plans.

Wilkinson told KQED in a 2022 interview that some of the cool on-site features have made Googlers overly dependent on the firm, which he said was "dangerous."

The Googleplex designer reportedly said, "This notion that you can provide everything that would support a worker's life on campus might appear to be extremely generous and supportive … but it also has a whole range of potentially negative impacts."

Another tech giant that has an eye-catching office space is Apple. Its
Cupertino headquarters, Apple Park, is a marvel of modern architecture and design. With its sleek and circular design, it's no wonder people liken it to a spaceship.

The complex, designed by architecture firm Foster and Partners, debuted in 2017 when the iPhone X came out. It's place on a hill and the highest point of Apple Park.

Arup, a structural engineering company that worked on the HQ, made headlines this year after reportedly being targeted in a deepfake scam.

"Our financial stability and business operations were not affected and none of our internal systems were compromised," Arup told the FT.

The pub has Guinness on tap and offers bar snacks. Kathy Aberin, Pinterest's director of workplace design and construction, told Business Insider that not having a pub and not having Guinness was a non-negotiable for the Dublin-based workers.

The area has a cool feature that reflects the weather outside through sounds. When it's sunny outside, you will hear birds chirping in this workspace, and raindrop sounds when it's raining outside. It's programmed to change every 20 minutes.

The forest area has soft seating and workstations, complete with a second monitor and keyboard. The forest also has hidden features like decor resembling moss, mushrooms, and animals.