Famous Corporate Headquarters Buildings

Some companies treat their head office as an advertisement you can walk into. This gallery collects corporate headquarters whose design says something deliberate about the business inside: a car maker's tower shaped like an engine, an insurance market that put its plumbing on the outside, a basket maker that built a giant basket. Every photo shows the building itself, and every caption names the company, the architect and the year, then says what the building was meant to tell the world. To earn a place, a building had to be commissioned or built as a company's headquarters and be known for its design, whether admired or mocked. Flagship stores and whole business districts are left to other galleries.