Thinking About the Perfect Office

We’re a little over nine months out from finishing our current office lease. You see, historically, we’ve always done subleases, and we plan on continuing to do so. The big difference this time is that we plan on heavily customizing our space, unless an awesome creative space comes along, which isn’t likely in the financial district of Buckhead in Atlanta.

A sublease usually only needs to be negotiated 3-4 months before assumption of the lease. But, when building out or modifying an office, it’s usually good to add another 3-4 months for pulling permits, doing construction, etc.

Now, if you had a clean canvas and could paint a perfect of the perfect office, what would it look like? That’s a question we’ve been debating for a few days now. Here are some of the initial ideas:

• Open, collaborative space with no cubes or individual offices
• Lots of conference rooms and phone booths for privacy
• Awesome kitchen with free food
• Bright colors and modern decorations
• Lounge area with sofas for hanging out
• Multi-purpose area that can host events, all hands meetings, etc
• Balcony or patio outdoors
• High in the sky with great views or a loft style space with tall ceilings
• Shower and relaxation room

What else? What should we add to the list? Do you have any good examples?