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Inc.com's Christine Lagorio talks with Marc Kushner of Architizer about the 2011 World's Coolest Offices. As we enter the second year of honoring the coolest offices in the world, we decided to take a step back and examine what "cool"—as applied to a workplace—really entails

We've tapped experts in architecture and workplace design to explain what's wrong with cubicles, and how to remedy your dull office. Is your closed door killing your creativity?

Sure, they're fun places to work.

The same architect designed both innovative spaces. Will AOL's cool office stand the test of time, or do you "like" Facebook's better?

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The Atelier Tenjinyama designed by Ikimono Architects, is both a study in minimalism and an experiment in exposing a workplace to a dose of the outdoors. What is the boundary between indoors and out

The Vakko Fashion Center in Istambul, Turkey, was transformed by REX from an abandoned hotel into a fashion-and-media headquarters. The Vakko Fashion Center in Istambul, Turkey, was transformed from an abandoned hotel into a fashion-and-media headquarters in roughly six weeks by carving out all but an exterior ring of the building.

When creating Tribal DDB's offices, Amsterdam-based i29 started by damping noise, and ended with a very powerful monochromatic design. No one likes to work in a noisy office

Through a meticulous restoration process, Elding Oscarson converted two 19th Century buildings into No Picnic's headquarters by installing reflecting glass walls.

Missing Link describes its office, which includes a tattoo parlor, fire pole, and shooting range, as "a riot of color and carefully orchestrated chaos." Here's one way to explain Missing Link's office: "A riot of color and carefully orchestrated chaos." The Johannesburg-based company, which designs corporate presentations, had just six weeks to take the space from design concept to reality, but used the limited timeframe to dig up salvaged finds to create a truly eclectic look. And if Tribal DDB focused on minimalism, Missing Link went the opposite route entirely: a mashup of bathtubs, graffiti, and even a tree house to achieve an overwhelming—yet cohesive—design experiment.

At the Los Angeles offices of Thornton Tomessti, a bright design celebrates no only solid structural engineering, but also organization and work-flow. When you walk into the Los Angeles offices of Thornton Tomessti , an international engineering company, it's hard not to notice the floating reception desk situated in front of a bright green mural bearing the company's name.

IwamotoScott transformed a standard warehouse in San Francisco's Dogpatch to a geometric-minded tri-level matrix of workspaces and a glorious showroom.

Before beginning the renovation of the theater, Milan-based studiometrico observed the habits, tastes, and styles of Comvert employees in order to create a workspace, complete with skating bowl, that would mesh seamlessly with their offbeat corporate culture. This retail and office space was carved into a 1940s theater in Milan for the brand Comvert, which designs and distributes clothing for skateboarders and snowboarders under the brand Bastard .