Gone are the days of dreary cubicles and barren lunch rooms—employers have now realized the benefits of giving their corporate headquarters a glow-up. When the office aesthetic is inspiring, employee creativity and productivity tend to follow. From creative clubhouses to kombucha on tap, here are some of the coolest office spaces in New York City that make employees actually look forward to Mondays.
1. CLA
- CLA’s New York office (One Grand Central Place, 60 E 42nd St Suite 5100, New York) was designed by NELSON Worldwide and located right by Grand Central Terminal. As soon as employees clock in, the expert touch is immediately apparent. Bronze, the design industry’s latest metal of choice, takes center stage in CLA’s office’s interior. The metallic hue is seen through circular ceiling fixtures, accented on wood-clad walls, and in statement lighting, all contributing to a warm, inviting atmosphere.
2. Magic Spoon
- Magic Spoon’s SoHo office (117 Hudson Street, New York) embraces Instagram aesthetics to create a fun, hyper-social workplace. The conference rooms are designed in the style of cereal boxes. There’s the “Blueberry Muffin” room, the “Fruity” room with razzle-dazzle red walls and chairs upholstered in yellow pineapple-print cloth, and the “Maple Waffle” room, reserved for meetings with investors. Designed during the company’s return-to-office push, this space embraces the latest trend of corporate office design: elements that mimic the comforts of a living room with touches of high-end resort hospitality.
3. Publicis Groupe
- Publicis Groupe’s clubhouse (375 Hudson Street, New York), known as Le Truc, is inside its neo-Brutalist headquarters in SoHo. The space was designed by Architecture Plus Information (A+I) to encourage creativity and collaboration. Inside, employees are met with a futuristic spaceship-like aesthetic, punctuated by a fruit bowl of colored nooks and a funky purple conversation pit. Central to Le Truc’s design is an anti-hierarchical ethos, with fewer than 90 desks for an estimated 250 staff. Instead, employees use team rooms, phone booths, sofas, and other flexible spaces—all while enjoying a view of the Hudson River through floor-to-ceiling windows.
4. Peloton
- Peloton’s headquarters (441 9th Ave #6th, New York) were designed by Architecture Plus Information (A+I) and switched out the traditional office for a “Vertical Penthouse” concept. The eight office floors are all connected by a continuous staircase, and the cafeteria, gym, terraces, and boardrooms are all centered around an open atrium. Biophilic elements and cascading brick walls add a natural warmth to the sunlit floors.
5. Squarespace
- Squarespace’s New York office (8 Clarkson St, New York) is like their brand in 3D—sophisticated and proof that function can be as elegant as form. The design eschews color, instead creating depth, texture, and warmth through materials like polished concrete floors, concrete workstations, wood slats, leather benches, and walnut accents. The Greenwich Village office strikes a balance between workspace and hotel, featuring a rotating art installation (in collaboration with galleries like Sperone Westwater) in the entry lobby, a library, a roof terrace, and a 12th-floor panorama bar so that employees have polished spaces to work, collaborate, relax, and socialize.
6. Nate
- Nate’s New York office (1145 Broadway, New York) was designed in collaboration with McK Design Co. to put self-care first. The Flatiron headquarters features a meditation room, all-gender bathrooms, a rooftop intended for exercise, a wellness room, and a kitchen stocked with snacks and kombucha on tap. Most spaces are multi-functional, with the kitchen serving as a social hub and the meditation room transforming into a massage studio on Fridays. The office also includes pods for therapy appointments while pops of playfulness come in the form of all-yellow boardroom chairs and a ping-pong area.
7. Amazon
- Amazon (424–434 5th Ave, New York), following years of renovation– has transformed the Lord & Taylor building into a New York Tech Hub for over 2,000 employees. An eleven-story staircase links each floor to ‘promote connectivity’ and opens up to a skylight called ‘the lantern’. The Midtown Manhattan office integrates remnants of the former department store’s historic design with commissioned textile art in materials like jute, eucalyptus, terracotta, and brass.
Some other NYC corporate highlights:
- Calvin Klein (205 W 39th St, New York): Located in the Garment District, Calvin Klein’s headquarters is more than just an office – the 39th Street space also holds archives of every single Calvin Klein design ever made.
- JP Morgan Chase (270 Park Avenue, New York): JPMorgan Chase’s construction of a new 60-story global headquarters in Midtown East reflects the company’s loyal commitment to New York City.
- Blackstone (345 Park Ave, New York): Blackstone, an alternative investment company, is expanding its Midtown office, making it one of the largest recent office leases in New York City. The space will grow from 750,000 square feet to just over 1 million square feet.
- Bloomberg (731 Lexington Ave, New York): The global publisher of financial news and data calls Midtown home. Their HQ has a high-floor terrace with direct views of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building.
- The New York Times Company (620 8th Ave, New York): This 52-story skyscraper in Times Square serves as the headquarters for The New York Times and is ranked among the top 150 buildings in the U.S.
