6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices that make work seem like a dream

Anyone who works or has worked in an office is familiar with the lifeless 9-to-5 routine, stress and <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedentary_lifestyle" target="_blank">sedentarism</a>, which are obviously very bad for anyone's health and also, creativity. But architects all over the place are tackling the issue with working environments that stimulate and make employees feel good, useful and inspired by working in beautiful, sustainable spaces. Take a look at our 6 best office spaces, including an office made entirely from <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/incredible-amsterdam-office-created-entirely-from-cardboard/" target="_blank">cardboard</a>, another one filled with <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/google-employees-in-zurich-zooglers-have-the-worlds-coolest-re-purposed-office/%20" target="_blank">games</a> and colorful micro-spaces and even one with a modular vegetable patch for growing and eating healthy goods at work.

<h3><a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/incredible-glass-office-gives-employees-a-bugs-eye-view-of-the-forest-floor/" target="_blank">Selgas Cano's woodland glazed office in Madrid</a></h3> Spanish architecture firm <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.selgascano.com" target="_blank">Selgas Cano</a> works from a stunning <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/incredible-glass-office-gives-employees-a-bugs-eye-view-of-the-forest-floor/" target="_blank">glazed office</a> immersed in a Madrid's forest. Its streamlined design features a window that extends all-along allowing workers on their desks to spot wildlife pass by and watching the seasons change.

<h3><a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/incredible-amsterdam-office-created-entirely-from-cardboard/" target="_blank">Nothing's cardboard office in Amsterdam</a></h3> Dutch designer <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.projectjoost.com/" target="_blank">Joost van Bleiswijk</a> and design director <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.alrik.nl/#/work/" target="_blank">Alrik Koudenburg</a> created a striking office for Amsterdam-based agency <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.nothingamsterdam.com/#/en" target="_blank">Nothing</a> entirely from <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/incredible-amsterdam-office-created-entirely-from-cardboard/" target="_blank">cardboard</a>. Using 'no glue, no screw', this cool idea gives good use to a cheap throwaway material and it costs next to <em>nothing</em>.

<h3><a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/google-employees-in-zurich-zooglers-have-the-worlds-coolest-re-purposed-office/%20" target="_blank">Google's playful office in Zurich</a></h3> <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.camenzindevolution.com/" target="_blank">Camenzind Evolution</a> transformed a local brewery in Zurich into a colorful, <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/google-employees-in-zurich-zooglers-have-the-worlds-coolest-re-purposed-office/%20" target="_blank">collaborative office</a> for Google's EMEA Engineering in Zurich. Filled with pool tables, loungers and slides, this funky interactive space inspires cutting-edge creativity and innovation.

<h3><a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/hayden-place-is-a-sustainable-office-for-the-cuningham-group-in-culver-city/" target="_blank">The Cuningham Group's LEED Gold office in Culver City</a></h3> The <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.cuningham.com/projects/workplace-corporate#8665-hayden-place" target="_blank">Cuningham Group</a> worked with <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.rethinkdev.com/projects/development/culver-city-office-building-the-plant/" target="_blank">REThink Development</a> to designed their green, <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/hayden-place-is-a-sustainable-office-for-the-cuningham-group-in-culver-city/" target="_blank">LEED Gold certified-office</a> in Culver City. Featuring sustainable technologies, natural light and ventilation, shipping containers turned offices and luscious indoor gardens, this former MGM studio warehouse promotes hands-on sustainability and food farming.

<h3><a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/green-macquarie-bank-office-is-part-space-station-part-cathedral/" target="_blank">Macquarie Bank’s energy-efficient office in Sydney</a></h3> California-based <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.clivewilkinson.com/" target="_blank">Clive Wilkinson Architects (CWA)</a> redesigned the <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.macquarie.com/us/corporate" target="_blank">Macquarie Bank</a>'s <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/green-macquarie-bank-office-is-part-space-station-part-cathedral/" target="_blank">headquarters</a> in Sydney, Australia and reduced its energy consumption by a whopping 50%. Designed as a new collaborative workplace, the ten-story light filled atrium features 26 tiny 'meeting pods” that allow good communication between themselves and the whole space.

<h3><a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/abandoned-warehouse-to-be-transformed-into-lush-zero-energy-office-space-in-amsterdam/" target="_blank">Except's crystal forest office</a></h3> Worldwide sustainability cooperative <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://www.except.nl/en/#Home" target="_blank">Except</a> has turned an abandoned shipyard into a green, <a title="6 Beautiful and eco-friendly offices we would love to work in" href="http://inhabitat.com/abandoned-warehouse-to-be-transformed-into-lush-zero-energy-office-space-in-amsterdam/" target="_blank">energy-neutral office</a> in Amsterdam. Filled with lush, modular, hydroponic modules that produce food indoors, this 'Crystal Forest' space flourishes thanks to chlorine-free rainwater.