New Delhi, June 24: Google's Dublin office reflects the company's overarching philosophy, which is nothing less than “to create the happiest, most productive workplace in the world.” Located in the tallest commercial building in Dublin, the Montevetro, or Google Docks as it is now called, houses Google's headquarters for Europe, the Middle East and Africa designed by Camenzind Evolution.The multi-hued Dublin complex comprises of office spaces tagged with names such as 'Clown College', 'Funland' and 'Bouncing Castle'. The building consists of fourteen individually-themed floors of creative work environments with each floor embodying a value revered by the company, such as 'search', 'appiness', 'be green', '@home', 'create,' 'organize,' 'innovate'. The entire space offers labyrinth of play areas; cafes, coffee bars and open kitchens; sunny outdoor terraces with chaises; gourmet cafeterias that serve free breakfast, lunch and dinner; Broadway-theme conference rooms with velvet drapes; and conversation areas designed to mimic trees. The company's staff from over 38 countries come to work here , with the company offering employees their own gym, swimming pool, pool tables, shuffle boards, bean bags and swings the common language everyone seems to speak is 'fun'. The vibrancy of the workspace, according to Goggle, encourages creativity. For instance, an area with video games gives employees a chance to decompress and not focus on work for a little while, or a meeting area that's filled with color and interesting structures could help stir up employees' creative juices.”In keeping with a company built on information, everything is carefully planned, well researched and is backed by data. In one of the open kitchen areas, there is an array of free food, snacks, candy and beverages. “The healthy choices are front-loaded,” it says. Given that the company's success depends on collaboration and innovation, everything has been designed to remove psychological barriers to interacting. The theory is that open spaces that are fun, prompt people to facilitate idea exchange.Here are some amazing pictures from Google's office in Dublin, Ireland.1. Front view of the 14-story Google Docks building.2. The reception area. 3. Huge and colourful Google letters make the office lively and vibrant. 4. The big letters also double up as a meeting space. 5. The best thing about the cafeteria is the ambiance and decor. The Google cafeteria provides for all the employees wants and needs. The great thing about Google cafeteria is that it offers great gourmet food which is locally farmed, and culturally diverse. Google has assigned food to different categories and labeled it according to healthiness. A green label means "go" for large quantities, and includes foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Yellow foods (e.g. lean proteins) should be eaten less often; red foods (fat, sugar, etc.) should be eaten rarely.6. Offering everything from top of the line gourmet meals to M&Ms, Google enables its employees to eat what they want. "When you walk into many Google cafeterias, the first thing you pass is the vibrant salad bar," says an employee. "The idea is that if you fill your plate with produce, you'll go lighter on everything else."7. Another view of the cafeteria.8. In addition to its cafés, Google has snack rooms which contain various cereals, candy, nuts, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit and other snacks, and dozens of different drinks including soda and make-your-own cappuccino.9. A microkitchen.10. A view of the actual workspace at the Google's Dublin office.11. Since you spend a massive proportion of your life at your workplace, it goes without saying that where you work really matters. This may be one of the reasons why Google chose to impart so much colourfulness and liveliness at the employee's workspace. 12. The floor theme for this one is: Appiness, for Google Apps.13. A meeting room. 14. A sleek microkitchen space. Google says the idea of a microkitchen is that an employee can choose a snack from a variety of offerings when they want to eat, without needing to spend their money or leave the office. 15. Combing work and play together.16. An amphitheater. The floor theme is Green here.17. Bored? Need a break? Spend some time here.18. Communication hub on the 'have fun' floor at google docks.19. Little meeting space for some not-so “office talk.”20. There are lots of lively colours to jazz up the place. 21. Another communication area.22. Signature bright colors highlight booths.23. Another microkitchen on 'waterworld' floor of gasworks building.24. This is on the sands of the world floor.25. Pretty interesting lamp shades at the floor. 26. A music room.27. A nice relaxation space overlooking the river downside. 28. Googlers say they inherited the informal work environment — the casual dress, the flexible hours — from Silicon Valley.29. One astonishing fact about Google is that they are always in search of young employees who are filled with creativity and enthusiasm towards their work. Majority of the employees at Google are from the age group of 21-30. 30. Another view of the relaxation space.
