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Microsoft's new Denmark headquarters is inspired by a Bill Gates memo from 10 years ago

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Sure, you could take a trip to Washington to visit Microsoft's sprawling flagship campus. 

But wouldn't a trip to snowy Denmark be even better?

Architecture firm Henning + Larsen built Microsoft Domicile, a 194,000-square-foot space designed with Bill Gates' love of collaboration in mind, in Lyngby, Denmark.

Back in 2005, Gates released a white paper called "The New World of Work," in which he stressed the importance of communal office spaces.

This building is the living embodiment of that paper, 10 years in the making. And as of two weeks ago, it's finally open.

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The new Denmark HQ sits right beside the Technical University of Denmark. It features designated study rooms that are open to all students.



The building itself is made up of two cube-like buildings, which come together around a V-shaped atrium.



Design director Louis Becker says the plan was to use the common space as a place where all employees could gather, which follows Gates' 2005 vision.



See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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