Google Office Opening - Space designed for fun, excitement and collaboration

This is the reception area, this is where we signed in, including signing an NDA and they gave me the requirements about where I can take photos and where not to take photos.

Very cool space, they design their office spaces with industrial chic in mind and the Google colours are throughout the space in fun and engaging ways. Encouraging self expression is also evident throughout the office.

This Google office has teams working on a variety of product development divisions including Chrome, Mobile, Ads, Commercialization and Social. This local office has developed a leadership reputation within the company, building their centre for mobile application development and working to make the user experience “super easy and super fast.”

Yes, the rumours about great food is true. They had a big spread for the opening but I did hear from employees that the fully equipped industrial kitchen is used extensively.

The space is designed to be unique and fun. “We do our best to make our engineers very comfortable and the theme of the space is fun, excitement and collaboration.”

And yes, the rumours of the slide are also true.

Kristina from Footloose Games was too fast on the slide for me. She used the slide a few times. It basically covers a single flight of stairs but adds a big bunch of fun. Sorry, I didn't get a better picture.

They offer lots of great employee perks including Massage, fitness programs a range of healthy snacks are available all the time.They obviously do a lot to keep energy up and provide unique ways for people to work together.

Thank you Google for the introduction to your space at the Tannery in Kitchener. Thanks for allowing us a peak into your world. And thank you for helping me understand where your space is in the building. I took a few shots of their view as I now have a much better understanding of how the space within the Tannery is being used.

So this is the font of the Tannery building and Google is on the 2nd and third floor of this wing. Desire2Learn is in 3rd and 4th floor centre part of the building and not shown in this photo. 

This is a Google view of the corner of Charles and Victoria.

This is a view from their patio that looks onto Joesph Street. Desire2Learn has a patio above Google's patio.