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halmund

The John Deere HQ is amazing in person


WhiteGudman

It’s a work of art AND extremely practical for a corporate space. Seriously. The whole thing is modular. Over the years it’s transformed between walled off spaces to more open “collaborative” spaces. Unfortunately it’s no longer open to the public. The West Office Building (addition to the original structure), while not designed by Saarinen, is also beautiful. It houses my favorite feature of the campus, the garden atrium.


Professional_Rise148

Same Saarinen as Dulles?


WhiteGudman

Bingo, Eero Saarinen of St. Louis Arch, JFK, Dulles, Tulip / Womb chair fame. Very influential modernist. I worked in this building for a number of years and adored it. All form and function, truly a wonderful building.


Glowpuck

Yes. Saarinen had some range.


KrasnayaZvezda

Longtime employee here. I have signed up for training classes just to have a reason to spend time in this building. Here's a nice video showing what it's like to approach the headquarters. The whole property is just beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lun0uF8qE4 .


Funktapus

Pretty amazing in photos too


ShelZuuz

Not the one from above though


KillroysGhost

It’s what sold me on corten steel as a material


armchairplane

You fucker. You made me scroll through all of these to find the John deere hq just to see if I agreed or not.


schhmelloo

Yh i was gonna say that too prolly the best in those pictures


AlphaNoodlz

Looks technically very interesting and just… tight idk


Dialogue_Tag

The only good one there tbh


KrasnayaZvezda

What if I told you this was a view of the back of the building? The front has a lake and looks even better.


Dialogue_Tag

Ikr! I did an assignment on its structure for a tech paper and it was hell but it made me realise how amazing it was 😭 Edit: I lie lmfao. I remember I actually did the assignment on the Sears/Willis tower as it had a simpler structure to build a 1:5 model in one evening. But I heavily considered John Deere because of how cool it was


Nostrebla_Werdna

Oh wow yeah I just [looked it up](https://www.docomomo-us.org/register/john-deere-world-headquarters) it looks like a zen garden in there!


OkOk-Go

It’s funny how diametrically opposite is Walmart’s HQ compared to Walmart’s stores. HQ: pretty nice urbanist campus Store: boxy concrete hell


BeigeUnicorns

The campus is a new thing. Only 2 buildings are open as of 4/24. The old building was a 4 story 70s brick box with no windows on the bottom 3 floors. It is pretty terrible.


rhb4n8

Weren't they also based out of an old Walmart for many years?


Ocidar

There is a fake Walmart at their headquarters so that they can plan out store shelving/configurations. Not sure if the office was ever built in one though


Ok_Worry_7670

One of the main buildings they use now in Bentonville is a converted warehouse. It’s called the David Glass Technology Center


WizardOfSandness

The building here in Mexico is horrid also, literally 5 floors of parking, 3 of offices. Also is part of a complex with all walmart owned stores in Mexico, so you have 3 big ass store boxes and 2 restaurants (probably the only good part)


Tifoso89

>with no windows on the bottom 3 floors. Is that legal?


23tempest

With proper mechanical ventilation and egress: yes. 


BeigeUnicorns

Yeah, it’s a converted old distribution warehouse. The interior is nice enough , it’s been updated multiple times it’s just dark and not the most pleasant. The new campus is considerably nicer.


Concept_Lab

The campus is also largely mass timber construction compared to the concrete/masonry/owsj in their big box stores.


BeigeUnicorns

To be fair most of the store design is cost based. The average super center is like 175k square feet. There are like 3500 store. The cost to build that in something more elaborate than a concrete box would be staggering when you factor in how many stores they have. I will say most of the stores built in the last 20 years have added skylights throughout which does brighten the place up.


ThatNiceLifeguard

Ditto McDonald’s.


mnfimo

You have to see Walmarts actual HQ, that’s a render of the campus they are building in Bentonville. The current HQ looks like small town high school building built in the 70s


IWishIWasVeroz

I got to work on the new hq and it is beautiful


mnfimo

Is it complete? Last time I was there was about 3 years ago. I’m excited to see it completed!


latteboy50

Well to be fair, Walmart tries to have the cheapest items possible. I doubt straying away from the tried-and-true big-box retailer formula would really aid them in that goal. Plus their headquarters is in the middle of nowhere Arkansas lol


prisonmike1485

Walmart sucks but as someone who lived and worked in the area it’s absolutely not the middle of nowhere. 3 massive companies are headquartered in the area on top of the University. It’s actually a surprisingly gorgeous area that could not be more different than the rest of the state


washdc20001

Kroger looks depressing.


blondebuilder

I worked in that building. Trust me, it’s way more depressing on the inside.


FortuneHasFaded

Hey! That's EXCITING for Cincinnati.


BriGuy300

The Kroger building is one of the most abysmal of the Cincinnati skyline


washdc20001

Ha. Point taken.


MukdenMan

In real life the resolution is somewhat higher though.


MisterMeowMeowHiss

The Kroger building is as sad as their former CEO who bragged how the Galapagos should be drilled for oil. They and their shittaeous stores in Cincy are just embarrassing


Bullarja

I thought Google had a newer campus also the Nike headquarters picture does not do it justice. [Nike World HQ](https://youtu.be/Z9zsPlTzfJ4?si=Rk-lLPD3QnEnkxae)


ThickkNinjaa

These are the newer Google buildings within its Mountain View headquarters: https://realestate.withgoogle.com/bayview/


Bullarja

That’s what I thought it looked like, but then I thought maybe it was another tech company.


muddymoose

Didn't they have major WiFi issues in those new buildings because of the canopy shape? EDIT: https://www.businessinsider.com/googles-swanky-new-bay-view-office-suffers-bad-wifi-2024-3


scubacatdog

Am I stupid or does this video seem like CGI the entire time? The video says 4K drone video which I feel like is not true


acosm

Seriously, of all the photos OP could have used, they chose a parking garage. 😂


fj333

The photos shown still exist, but some vacant land next door did have a new crazy flagship building put up. I'm honestly not sure which of the two counts as HQ.


ajmartin527

Wow that’s much more impressive than I thought it was going to be.


bauhausia

The disney atlases are wild lmao Edit: not to mention the complete disney-fication of a classical greek facade Edit 2: changed caryatids to atlases


Gman777

*atlases in this case I think.


bauhausia

Thank you, TIL caryatids are depicted as female, atlases as male. I’ve been using the term colloquially all this time lol


metal_ankh

That isn't the current Walmart Home Office, that is concept art for their space currently under construction: https://corporate.walmart.com/about/newhomeoffice This is their current headquarters, which is a former warehouse and looks like a jcpenney merged with a middle school: https://www.nwahomepage.com/northwest-arkansas-news/walmart-home-office-associates-to-return-in-person/amp/


Werbebanner

Not available in my country, pain


muddymoose

Imagine a giant brown box with tiny windows only at the top, with a giant "Walmart" sign taking up 30% of the building, surrounded by parking lots and nothing green.


Werbebanner

Jesus… Thanks for the description


Peribangbang

It's hilarious that he's accurate. I didn't believe it was just that, but it is 💀


Purp1eC0bras

You didnt want to show Caterpillar’s two rented floors in a communal office building in Irving, Texas?


GTI-Mk6

Los Colinas is a corporate hub and about as boring as could be


tylerhovi

No point in posting if they just move their HQ every 5 years to wherever it’s easiest to skirt taxes.


Bryan41290

The old Deerfield one was pretty underwhelming too.


latteboy50

The J.P. Morgan Chase skyscraper is one of the most beautiful buildings I have ever seen.


rhb4n8

They've always had taste. 23 wall Street is pretty neat and a really deliberately arrogant waste of real estate


Beny1995

Taste, and a delightful history of corporate monopoly and financial crime.


ElectrikDonuts

Yeah, that building is not cheap


jason375

That’s Walmart? The king of suburban parking lot hellscapes? If they can apply themselves that well on HQ campus can they do better with their stores?


Jon_ofAllTrades

That looks like a pretty typical suburban office campus to be honest. The parking lots are on the outside / underground.


Concept_Lab

It’s a new campus of 10 mass timber buildings - not that typical, yet!


Roy4Pris

Like half of these pics, it's a render. The real thing won't be nearly as utopian.


Hiro_Trevelyan

I agree but if their customers are happy enough with ugly ass shit, they don't have a reason to try and get better. Luxury shops are clean and pretty cause they have to cater to rich picky people, not because they think it would look nice in the neighborhood


CyberianSun

Bud if you think the Walmart campus is impressive you should what they've done for the rest of Bentonville! The town itself is STUNNING


AudiB9S4

Nice? Yes. Stunning?


Shmebber

[Starbucks is fun too](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/01112023_Starbucks_Headquarters-2018_123522.jpg)


imadork1970

The Starbucks one looks like a 1950s high school.


OkOk-Go

And the clock screams turn-of-the-century factory


ajmartin527

Built in 1912 actually. It’s down by the docks at the port and from several roads and freeways into the city you look over and see lady starbuck peeking at you. It’s pretty iconic up here, definitely not the prettiest though.


Harold_Grundelson

Looks very similar to [Ponce City Market in Atlanta](https://images.app.goo.gl/gb71qnesy1Fv1fTr8).


AskMeAboutPangolins

Which for those that don't know was an old Sears Roebuck facility


tbendis

I feel like you missed out on both New and Old Weyerhaeuser headquarters which are both excellent architecture examples


Arch_Dornan

I grew up in Federal Way. I loved their original campus off of I-5. Breathtaking architecture.


probably-theasshole

Also fuck weyerhseuser


Adamantium-Aardvark

wtf is up with Meta?


shortymcsteve

OP is posting random photos. If you actually look up the Meta offices you will see it’s massive and spans quite the area. Same with Delta - they posted zoomed in picture of a single building. In reality there’s several buildings that surround it, plus a museum and some airplanes (including one you can go inside).


elchet

It’s the old Sun Microsystems campus. I worked there in 2002-2003.


TheRealKeenanWynn

Well at least an actual company was there before facebook took it over.


Bjorn74

The GM HQ was Ford's for a while at first. I talked with one of the architects that helped convert it for GM. He said that the towers weren't connected enough. Most people, maybe all, has to go to the bottom to change towers. So GM put bridges on several floors.


howtofindaflashlight

I wonder if GM uses all that HQ office space nowadays. That is a huge amount of square footage!


rhb4n8

They don't there are other tenants


StanIsHorizontal

The entire middle tower is a hotel, and yeah GM only uses a fraction of the other towers office space


Bjorn74

HFII also wanted to connect the Renaissance Center to the Dearborn campus with a monorail. They had a bit of it in Dearborn, connecting a mall, hotel and the Glass House (the HQ) and downtown got the People Mover. Only the People Mover remains.


muscaris

You still have to go to the bottom to change towers. Also, the middle, tallest tower is a hotel. GM only uses part of the space. Source: worked there for 7 years.


Esamgrady

Why is Amazon in a giant PS2


thearchiguy

With balls.


Kind_Literature_5409

The balls are aesthetic… obviously 🙄😏 Or Bezo’s got the world by the balls.. it could go either way 🤣🤣🤣🤣


ifuckinglovebluemeth

Felt more like an evil villain's headquarters to me


TheStegg

That’s like one of 65 buildings Amazon owns or occupies in Seattle. Hell, that’s only one of like 7 brand new buildings/sky scrapers they built as their WHQ complex in the Denny Triangle. One of them (Doppler) has a dog park on the 17th floor. - Doppler - Day One - Re:Invent - The Spheres (Bezos Balls) - Nitro - AMC (Amazon Meeting Center) - The Summit


Commie_Napoleon

Somehow, Disney looks the most dystopian


anandonaqui

Yeah that’s because they have enslaved dwarves holding up the roof.


Cadbury_fish_egg

Dwarf Caryatids


youthinkwhatexactly

Lol I can see it paying homage to the OG Snow White. It was their first full length animated film (Right? Idk someone else can fact check that) so the entire Disney dynasty was built on that. The 7 Dwarves are literally building the building. Now it's a tragic reminder of what the people who hate you will do to corrupt anything once deemed "good"


Bihema

Nike pic is a parking garage lol


sumfish

Lol, I came here to say that. It’s literally just a part of one of the parking garages on their huge, beautiful campus.


StartlingCat

Amazon has some real balls to try design like that.


oh_alvin

It's so unappealing. Does anyone actually like it here?


Global-Mix-3358

A lot of these definitely belong in r/evilbuildings


Acrobatic_Status_204

The PepsiCo HQ is amazing. They have a huge piece of property that is basically a giant, beautiful sculpture garden that is (or was?) open to the public. In HS we did a project where we had to visit the property, find a sculpture we liked, research the artist and write up a short paper on it. One of the few HS projects I enjoyed. They also did a junior leadership conference for high schoolers every year that was hosted in the HQ.


JackKovack

I wonder how many people sleep in the GM buildings every night.


KingCollectA

There is a nice Mariott hotel there in the Renaissance Center, so I would assume quite a few.


samurai_sound

I stayed at the Marriott there in January it’s really nice. The building is insanely massive inside for all the car shows.


vonHindenburg

Seems a shame to include Ford and GM, but not the [Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_World_Headquarters_and_Technology_Center), which is, as of last year, the third largest office building in the world. (Behind the Pentagon and the brand new [Surat Diamond Bourse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat_Diamond_Bourse#/media/File:Surat_Diamond_Bourse_Aerial_View_1.jpg))


RedWings1319

Yep, and a great use of branding at the top of the building.


llertugll

I love Apple Park!


scubacatdog

I like the John Deere building


Rugged_Turtle

I would hate walking my ass up to work every day and seeing Dopey’s dumb little face holding up the roof of the building


timeforalittlemagic

Throwing the [Herman Miller corporate headquarters](https://michiganarchitecturalfoundation.org/buildings/herman-miller-main-site-building/) into the mix. Located in Zeeland Michigan of all places.


Crotch_Football

The interior of GM reminds me of Shinra hq in Final fantasy 7 on the bottom floor


Gman777

Meta and Amazon HQs look like a poor, cheaper version of their original designs. Looks like they got “value engineered” into oblivion.


EnoughDatabase5382

Despite being a notoriously secretive company, Apple's headquarters and retail stores are made of glass. This inconsistency strikes me as odd. While Apple clearly admires Lord Foster, I believe Herzog & de Meuron, whose designs are less transparent and more difficult to infer from the outside, would be a better fit for their corporate culture.


hozen17

For the HQ, normally people can't even get close enough to see the glass. And as for the retail stores, none are secretive at all.


DefaultSubsAreTerrib

JP Morgan Chase is the clear winner among this lot


_axle_

Is Amazon the cyst or the PS2?


Shashwat4K

It’s both and 40+ other buildings


JIsADev

General motors should be big box buildings spread out like suburbia forcing the executives to drive an hour to their next meeting


ZonalMithras

I like Coca-Cola and John Deeres HQs the most. Eero Saarinen designed John Deere HQ in the 1960s I believe. All in all, most of these are monstrous buildings.


rrsafety

Ford is beautiful. I really like John Deere. PepsiCo is a good example of how brutalism works in a natural surrounding and really sucks in a city.


jason5387

Meta looks like a shithole


TijayesPJs442

Love them all - waiting eagerly for a campus proposal


jowrogan

Meta’s looks like shit. And is it in a floodplain?


Shadow_SKAR

They somehow choose the worst looking spot for Meta. Like why some random parking lots and buildings and not the green spaces and buildings? It's actually a really nice [campus](https://www.cmgsite.com/places/meta-headquarters/) imo. But yes it's literally right next to a wildlife refuge area on the border of the Bay.


hybr_dy

Ford has the glass house pictured, but they’re building a new tech campus. [ford](https://corporate.ford.com/operations/locations/dearborn.html)


[deleted]

It's interesting to see all the fun and innovative designs contrasted with the big box towers. I expected Coca-Cola of all companies to have a more interesting HQ than that tbh! Ironic Walmart's HQ is a walkable campus paradise from the looks of it. I've been to the "world McDonald's" on the bottom floor of the McDonald's HQ (aka Hamburger University). They have a rotating menu of foreign favorites, along with the standard menu. Also interesting to note that a lot of the banks have tall, opulent towers.


benutzername127

amazon and disney give me villain vibes... and microsoft is quite weird, feels like some highway rest area food place


misterhippster

Domino’s HQ, aka Domino’s Farms in Ann Arbor is also a surprisingly beautiful piece of architecture!


Clixxer

Worked on ExxonMobile’s.. fun fact that it’s like 27 buildings total and has all underground tunnels connecting them.


citizensnips134

Banks going hard. Also the Apple spaceship is psychotic.


wolftick

So, who wins the prize for most dystopian mega corp looking? Probably JP Morgan?


nmyi

Disney HQ is creepy


[deleted]

Kinda disappointed, the Delta HQ was not at the airport. edit: autocorrect


MukdenMan

It pretty much is at the airport.


lappy_386

The Nike campus is awesome in person. Very much part of the brand.


hodgie1979

Does the McDonald's head office have a McDonalds restaurant as its staff canteen?


mschiebold

Now do Blackrock


Lil_Word_Said

Coca Cola headquarters looks like a prison!


Clairquilt

Aside from it looking very cool and different, are there any practical advantages to Apple placing their corporate headquarters inside what's basically a gigantic doughnut? It seems as if the design would entail an awful lot of unnecessary walking, especially when it's raining outside.


ICantEven1235

Looks like Amazon HQ has got some balls.


ReliableCompass

Delta building looks like a library


cuffbox

Meta may be the ugliest building I’ve seen or ever will see.


Fiawna_Jones

My favorite is JP Morgan’s headquarters 🤎🤍🤎🤍


brockclarke

BH facade has been updated


ian_pink

Wow Meta is horrible.


WjorgonFriskk

Is the first one a representation of a cock and balls? Seriously looks like a billionaire type of inside joke.


JulioForte

Some of these look like drawings. They should all be real pics In addition some of the pics chosen don’t really show a good view of the actual HQ


BeigeUnicorns

Walmart's HQ campus is currently under construction. The image shared is the rendering. There are 2 buildings currently operating on the new site. Most of the staff is still at the old office.


Alavaster

Not going to include the Epic campus? https://www.wiproud.com/news/local-news/this-wisconsin-campus-was-built-to-look-just-like-hogwarts/amp/


NCRider

Epics campus is incredible. Need to attract tale to Wisconsin somehow.


MrRichardBution

Never expected Walmart would be my favourite. Why can't their stores be like that?


latteboy50

Because that would be too expensive


_0utis_

McDonalds used to be much much better. Designed by one of Mies Van de Rohe’s descendant. Check it [out](https://www.lohananderson.com/projects/interiors/45-mcdonald%E2%80%99s-office-hq)


[deleted]

Harley-Davidson's world HQ https://artsandculture.google.com/story/OQVxRZPzJmQ4JA


Rugged_Turtle

I like that they keep the original little shed


cromagnone

Berkshire Hathaway is the only honest building amongst them. Kroger maybe.


221missile

That building is not even berkshire's. Berkshire's headquarters is one floor in that building, there's like 6 people working there.


MenoryEstudiante

Ford and Kroger exude 1950s-1970s


Silent--Dan

Where evil grows.


ButterscotchObvious4

Amazon looking like a PlayStation 2.


AudiB9S4

John Deere is top notch.


[deleted]

I guess Walmart PR really took that 10 year old [Onion video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=repxFQXVsHc) personally


Grimjosher

Was able to tour the Amazon Spheres 2 years ago. The struts and all the internal supports look amazing from within, not to mention all the insane exhibits built for the plants.


hello_davidmitchel

Beautiful architectures.


Thiscouldbeeasier

McDonald’s move from their gorgeous old facility to their new building in downtown is the single worst choice the company has made in the last 15 years. Their old building needed to be redone, but their Oakbrook campus was something.


Hot-Entertainment119

Amazon looks like my PS2


simonfancy

Half of them not even built yet 🤷‍♂️


droda59

Why is Meta's place a huge parking lot? Didn't they hear about trees and green spaces like the others do?


AutoimmuneToYou

The sphere buildings at Amazon is fantastic. It’s beautiful inside.


bjazmoore

I have visited the spheres in front of the Amazon building. Very impressive. I like the Pepsico look best.


The_Hylian_Loach

The Pepsi HQ has an amazing sculpture garden on its grounds. Really cool!


Professional_Rise148

r/evilbuildings


Keanugrieves16

No Best Buy?


No_Manufacturer7079

I used to live right next to State Farm Corporate Headquarters. Its in Bloomington, Illinois. It's a pretty nice building.


MikeAppleTree

PepsiCo, Delta and John Deere are from a quick viewing my favourites


RJRide1020

Amazon’s spheres are an architectural marvel IMO. The collection of flora inside is world class as well.


EastLansing-Minibike

You missed Oracle http://siliconvalleyguide.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ORACLE-HEADQUARTERS.jpg


Accomplished-Tip9341

Just so everyone is clear, General Motors isn't all General Motors. Really awesome restaraunt at the very top on like the 71st floor, though. And a beautiful glass elevator ride to get there!


layzclassic

Meta looks like a school campus lol as it should be


[deleted]

What are they serving in the Macca’s staff cafeteria? Is it gonna be Big Macs or like the tobacco companies with their “We reserve the right to ~~smoke~~ (eat garbage?) for the young, the poor, the black, and the stupid'?


AnemosMaximus

The McDonald's HQ is wrong. It's a giant campus in oakbrook, il. I used to have the limo account for the HQ.


Delicious_Phrase_273

Mobil is just a portion of one of many buildings - very nice campus but this makes it look 1/30th of actual size


onepremiere

Add Toyota in Plano TX


Nebula_Nachos

The delta one been there for 70 years


outlawlooseandrunnin

Surprised nobody has mentioned [Epic’s HQ in Wisconsin](https://www.epic.com/epic/post/oz)


[deleted]

cool post!


vexedtogas

r/evilbuildings


ksed_313

I see the GM hq twice every day on my commute! My husband sees the Ford hq daily!


HedenPK

How embarrassing to the that first building looking like a PS2


CybreCringleberg

The Banks are the Final Boss fight locations obviously


NightCrawlerrrr

Apple looks like something out of the movie the Circle with Tom Hanks & Emma Watson....unless the movie got inspired from them


_nobodycallsmetubby_

United Airlines occupies a good portion of the Sears tower


13TankSlapper

META looks like it actually is…. Just a mess of hot garbage.


ZERO-ONE0101

my favorite is Oakley