Riding high: Bikes encouraged in Swedish office

The 45m x 45m office, by architecture studio Vida, is designed to simulate a city’s streets, with each meeting room like a stand-alone building, and the paths in between like streets on which employees are encouraged to cycle.

The ethos and playfulness of the company has been translated directly into the design of the office. Although, appropriately, Ryska Posten is a courier company, the notion of cycling indoors is also in line with the current mood, as bicycle sales in Europe outstrip car sales.